Friday, October 19, 2018

THE SCHOOL OF MAYA DEREN PART ONE: THE INFLUENCE ON DAVID LYNCH

I'm hardly the first person to make a connection between Maya Deren & David Lynch. Both are (primarily) L.A.-based surreal/experimental filmmakers with a lot of visual similarities (it should also be noted that both filmmakers have a fascination with black & white imagery as well).

But, like I say in my School Of Tarkovsky explorations, it's one thing to write and/or talk about the visual (and sometimes thematic) similarities between Maya Deren & David Lynch, and another thing to actually show it.

Below are some of my favorite examples of what I feel are Maya Deren's subconscious influence on David Lynch through the years (mostly starting from Lost Highway up to now).

Enjoy...

Meshes Of The Afternoon / LostHighway

Meshesh Of The Afternoon / Lost Highway/ Inland Empire / Twin Peaks: Season 3

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Ritual In Transfigured Time / Inland Empire

Ritual In Transfigured Time / Wild At Heart

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Lost Highway

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Mulholland Drive

Witches Cradles / Eraserhead

At Land / Eraserhead

Meshes O The Afternoon / Eraserhead

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Mulholland Drive

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Mulholland Drive

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Lost Hihgway

Witches Cradle / Inland Empire

Meshes Of The Afternoon / Inland Empire

Meshes Of The Afternoon / The 3 R's

At Land / Eraserhead

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