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David Lynch: The Art Life offers a look at the director's life and craft whose unusual approach is in keeping with its subject's singularly strange aesthetic.
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I didn't find the anecdotes especially revealing and was unimpressed by much of the art. Jul 14, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
I didn't find the anecdotes especially revealing and was unimpressed by much of the art.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
What is so extraordinary about this film is that it doesn't show Lynch as the cinephile or the movie brat or even someone with any great interest in art history. Jul 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
What is so extraordinary about this film is that it doesn't show Lynch as the cinephile or the movie brat or even someone with any great interest in art history.
Peter Bradshaw
Typically dreamlike, and occasionally unnerving, this biographical documentary is a must for David Lynch completists, and a fascinating curio for everyone else. Jul 13, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Typically dreamlike, and occasionally unnerving, this biographical documentary is a must for David Lynch completists, and a fascinating curio for everyone else.
Kevin Maher
Not a frame of his post-Eraserhead work appears. Instead, Lynch himself is on screen a lot - daubing, smoking, recollecting. Jul 13, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Not a frame of his post-Eraserhead work appears. Instead, Lynch himself is on screen a lot - daubing, smoking, recollecting.
Tim Robey
A fascinating, very intimate portrait of the artist and filmmaker in which we hear Lynch talk through key formative moments his life in stream of consciousness fashion. Jul 12, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A fascinating, very intimate portrait of the artist and filmmaker in which we hear Lynch talk through key formative moments his life in stream of consciousness fashion.
Geoffrey Macnab
A documentary that mimics the oblique quality of Lynch's own work. Jul 11, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A documentary that mimics the oblique quality of Lynch's own work.
Anton Bitel
It is for committed fans, as his most famous films bar Eraserhead are not even mentioned, with the same going for his music. But for any long-time fans of the director or even anyone who loves painting, this is a very worthwhile watch. Oct 10, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
It is for committed fans, as his most famous films bar Eraserhead are not even mentioned, with the same going for his music. But for any long-time fans of the director or even anyone who loves painting, this is a very worthwhile watch.
Matthew Lee
[Takes] you inside the head of Lynch. That may be a scary place to be, but man is it a treat. Nov 2, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
[Takes] you inside the head of Lynch. That may be a scary place to be, but man is it a treat.
Micheal Compton
There are no easy answers when it comes to David Lynch. Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
There are no easy answers when it comes to David Lynch.
Sean Mulvihill
Nothing is straight forward in this film, when it ended I felt I knew something about David Lynch, but really know nothing. Oct 29, 2018 | Rating: 5.5/10 | Full Review…
Nothing is straight forward in this film, when it ended I felt I knew something about David Lynch, but really know nothing.
Katrina Olson
The art life is [David Lynch's] religion, and the great thing about this documentary is that you believe it. Oct 5, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The art life is [David Lynch's] religion, and the great thing about this documentary is that you believe it.
Tomas Trussow
How did the youngster who says he came from a "super happy household" end up as a cinema prince of darkness? While one cannot promise a clear answer to that, Lynch has some good stories to tell, particularly one about seeing Dylan in concert. Apr 9, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
How did the youngster who says he came from a "super happy household" end up as a cinema prince of darkness? While one cannot promise a clear answer to that, Lynch has some good stories to tell, particularly one about seeing Dylan in concert.
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