06-18-2012, 12:45 PM
(06-12-2012, 05:11 AM)Oldern Wrote: I am in the state of Love fully, yet I watch Twin Peaks because I was too young for it when it aired
And it is amazing. (Also, David Lynch seems like he knows. Wow.) There are scenes of fear, sadness, chaos and confusion, but I just send the characters love as well. : )
I just want to echo the recommendation of Twin Peaks as a series that is deeply disturbing but also very rewarding. I'm still in the middle of the series, but I know that I wouldn't get as much out of it if it didn't have elements that I found difficult. It's pretty clear that Lynch has a grasp of the game behind life, and he wants to tie it into our waking lives in a way that makes sense without sacrificing the allegorical driving points.
We usually do a good job in our waking life of filtering out dissonant experiences that threaten our status quo conception of the world, so it's very challenging to give your attention over to a completely constructed narrative where the writer/director/actors have so much control over what you are to think about. I simply recommend placing that trust in artists who reward you, since there are horrors they can show us that can take some time to integrate and ground.
Not sure if I'll see Prometheus.