>>3429
>the camcorder works in favor of the movie, making everything feel raw and gritty like a nightmare you can't wake up from (spoilers!)
I also got that it was also intentional on his part for a theme, but man, it was still dirt mcnasty (at least to the average viewer today).
>>3437
>If you learn about his life and philosophy, much of the mystique of his works evaporates, and the deeper meanings of them rise like oil in water.
Second this. Look up transcendental meditation, for example.
>He is an example of someone who needs a fellow creative to bounce off of and/or a studio to control him.
He has said that he presents ideas the way he envisions them, so yes, doing a television series really forced him to surrender to an audience that wasn't willing to let his creative juices flow the way he wanted (for example, the constant pressure to reveal the killer - this drove him bonkers).
I think it's a bit of a disservice that you can't just sit and watch his work without knowing where he comes from (at least for the most part). No one will casually pick up Inland Empire and sit through it unless you one, like crazy shit for the sake of crazy shit, or two, you've already figured out, more or less, what Lynch is about and want to see him unleashe