Should you watch David Lynch: The Art Life?
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David Lynch: The Art Life
Documentary · 2017
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
The sides of David Lynch: The Art Life
- David Lynch talking while he paints
- A childhood in small town America
- Art school in a dark Philadelphia
David Lynch: The Art Life is good for you if…
- you love Lynch and want to see where his strangeness comes from.
- you like watching paintings take shape in his studio.
- you like a portrait of an artist before he became famous.
David Lynch: The Art Life is bad for you if…
- you want answers. Lynch tells his memories and leaves them unexplained.
- you need momentum, and long quiet shots of painting bore you.
About: art · childhood · becoming yourself
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