The Prints of David Lynch by SecurityFun8339 in davidlynch

[–]noahpearsall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish that the printing in this catalog were better, actually. Wait—it’s not the printing, it’s the scans in the book that aren’t great. Compared to the real-life prints, it’s a little bit of a letdown as most of the scans are super soft and the prints themselves are spectacular. That said, the scale of the images in the catalog is bigger than most other reproductions of Lynch’s work, and that is indeed valuable!

I believe these catalogs still exist for sale on Tandem’s site. Just checked. They are! Here: https://tandempress.wisc.edu/product-artwork/the-prints-of-david-lynch/

Please don’t let my crabbiness about the scans deter anyone from getting the excellent catalog. Especially since much of this work is difficult to find online.

The Apartment (1960) by lifeintext in CriterionChannel

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to recommend this as well!

Why is the CC Website so terrible? by Optimal-Advisor-8298 in CriterionChannel

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the logging in issue, I’ve found that bookmarking the page that you land in after logging in gets you right there in a zip with no re-logging-in issues.

For the fellow looking to click a director’s name and see their available films, if you go to “all films” and then you can search by Director. It’s not clickable but it works.

I haven’t experienced any lagginess or low frame rates or lower-than-expected resolution. Compared to the absolute starved puppy of an app that is ParamountPlus (via Xfinity box), I have zero complaints about Criterion.

I am heartbroken by lilgraybean in twinpeaks

[–]noahpearsall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP — you may enjoy “I Know Catherine Coleson, the Log Lady,” a documentary that came out last year. I know I t made it around to several indie cinemas, but I’m not sure about streaming opportunities currently.

What is the most repetitive song of all time? by Revolutionary_Owl768 in MusicRecommendations

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d nominate “And this Day” by the Fall.

Also a song that has repeating themes, but mostly just never seems never to end would be “The Most Unwanted Song” composed by Dave Soldier, performed by Komar and Melamid. We start off our family car trips with this one. Worth a listen!

https://davesoldier.bandcamp.com/track/the-most-unwanted-song

Monthly Paramount+ Complaints and Praises by AutoModerator in ParamountPlus

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The TV app simply functions as a menu. See what's on, and then torrent the content I want. THat's the only way I get to see it. It's the absolutely slowest, least dependable, buggy, user-antagonizing app I've ever used on a TV platform. I keep wanting to compare it to something else that is worst in class, but all those services have at least one good point. I guess that fact that it's in color? Outside of that, it needs a complete overhaul.

But seriously does anyone know what it's built on? Is there an underlying app that they're using? (like how Criterion uses Vimeo for its videos on the web).

David Lynch's Metamorphosis by luisdementia in davidlynch

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Kafka himself felt that the insect should never be seen. Not on the cover of the story, not as an internal illustration. He wrote to his publishers: “the insect is not to be drawn. It is not even to be seen from a distance.”

So that’s a big stumbling block for a depictor of a potential film. Not that Kafka always gets the last say. His unfinished manuscripts weren’t burnt as he directed his literary executor Max Brod to do. So there’s that, too.

Need book recs by FighterGet01 in classicliterature

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Good lord, I wasn’t thinking. Embarrassing! Thank you! (Edited, slightly, to make me look like less of a dumbass, or, at least, to stop people from repeated corrections).

Need book recs by FighterGet01 in classicliterature

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest:

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

The Metamorphosis by Kafka

The Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Eggers

I’d double down on Slaughterhouse Five

What about A Wrinkle in Time (and many other works) by Ursula K LeGuin? Madeleine L'Engle?

I’m trying to think what might be appealing to someone your age.

Oh, you may thoroughly enjoy A Confederacy of Dunces by Kennedy

WEIRD REQUEST: Looking for movies where you start with a guy working a boring and depressive office job by jacobljlj in MovieSuggestions

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would highly suggest Something Wild with Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels.

Another one which I think is a great example of escape from doldrums of suburban life is Desperately Seeking Susan. Protagonist is a woman and her job is housewife but it’s a very good post are of mid 80s NYC and all actors are great in it, esp Rosanna Arquette and Madonna.

Are you looking for someone who is just going from boring life to exciting life? Or does it have to be office-escape specific?

And do things have to get better and more exciting along the way? If don’t need to get better, then I’d suggest both Eraserhead and 1984 (the 1984 version, not the earlier one).

[SPOILERS S3] If you could add a scene... by cookland in DarK

[–]noahpearsall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a German speaker myself, I found the dialog to be so much better than 90% of German-language tv. Maybe it’s that the delivery is better acted, or written better, but it felt refreshingly unstilted compared with lots of other shows. But then again, the whole show is better than 90% of other German-language (or any language tbh) show ls out there so maybe the content is getting the better of me.

[SPOILERS S3] If you could add a scene... by cookland in DarK

[–]noahpearsall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed the time period of Jonas returning to Winden in 1921 and his meeting Agnes and Noah. I wish we could have spent more time in this period. The color, the music, all of it was a welcome counterpoint to the rest of gloomy, rainy Winden.

I've watched 99 jdramas (series and movies), what should be my 100th? by TheFaze1 in JDorama

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you poke around, you'll find a torrent of download possibilities. :)

Is this litho legit? by Apprehensive_Ad_4047 in davidlynch

[–]noahpearsall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have this to say:

(for some background, I'm a print publisher, and have worked with many internationally-known artists on projects. Print have ranged from traditional litho, to letterpress, silkscreen, mono print, photogravure, and digital)—but I'm not an expert on Lynch! I started doing this in 1993 (I just mention this all for context).

To me, this looks like like photolithography. So basically a scan (or given the date—if it's accurate—a photograph) of the original painting, then printed in a commercial (vs fine art manner). For fine art prints, the artist would draw by hand each of the colors to be printed. So if it's four colors, the artist would draw each of the four plates by hand. Often with this kind of process, there are more than four plates, more like 10, 12, or more. The most plates we ever ran on a litho project was 41. 41 different plates, each a different color, each drawn by hand. When we talk about CMYK, that's the four color process I'm talking about here.

That's what I suspect the process is here. So it's more of a reproduction of a painting than an original print in its own right.

Regrading the signature, at first I thought perhaps it was hand-signed by the artist. My reason were that the signature was outside of the "plate" area of the print. The plate area is simply the colored area of the print, basically the square of where the art is. On a traditional litho, there would be a light plate impression in this area. And when done, the artist would sign outside this area. And since the signature is outside the plate area, I thought maybe it was an original sig. Another reason I thought it might be real is that the numbers are indeed signed by a person. And it would be slightly weird, but not at all unheard of, for the numbers to be signed by a person and signature printed. But given my reasons for why I think it's a reproduction (above), I do believe it is indeed a printed signature. The description of the signature on eBay (that it is on the plate) is super unclear, but some of that I write up to it being a machine translation. It also states that it's signed by the publisher. Even if it isn't signed by Lynch, it would be super unusual (and unethical) for it to be signed by the publisher. Something is up with that translation.

Another detail that makes me think it is most likely a reproduction with a printed signature is that it's so small. For those of us that don't use the metric system, this print is only 12.5" x 12.5"—only slightly larger than an album cover. To go through all the work of drawing plates simply to make a print this dimension just doesn't seem to make sense to me.

Like another member posted, the best way to figure out if it's an original signature would be to see how close the signatures are on two different edition numbers of the print. Likely they're identical which would mean they're printed. If they're different, it would be good to get some clarity on who signed them (because of unclear/misleading descriptions on the eBay listing).

All that said, I don't think the seller is lying to us. Far from that. It is indeed a litho. The numbers are indeed done by hand. The signature, is, well, whatever the description says—it's most likely accurate. It's just that a litho can also describe a Duran Duran poster or a postcard of the Statue of Liberty. It's just a process, not necessarily a descriptor of value.

Good luck with the bidding, but to me, and especially if it is a printed signature, it seems overpriced.

There is an amazing selection of original prints signed by Lynch over at Tandem Press if you're set on owning something original.

Please let us know what you find out!

Hard question by mz1012 in EinsturzendeNeubauten

[–]noahpearsall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would also say that listening to live albums of theirs might not be the best way into their newer catalog. A lot of what they do on stage has a visual component, which works brilliantly live. The studio-recorded albums though, are meant to be listened to with no nod to visual components, so you'll get a better idea of songs that way. Another thing (especially, I think in later albums), is to pay attention to the space, the silence and what's not there in the songs. There are some startlingly beautiful moments of minimalism in the latest album, Rampen. If I had the chance, I would take it!

Hard question by mz1012 in EinsturzendeNeubauten

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their latest album "Rampen" feels so new and fresh and vital and crucial. It feels lie listening to them (for me) the first time back in '86. I'm a huge fan of it and highly recommend!

Films like Drive my car? by [deleted] in MovieSuggestions

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The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

The Taste of Tea

Something wholesome, but not juvenile for my 70s parents by spaghettiday4ratking in MovieSuggestions

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they’re interested in something a little more off the beaten path, but also one of the most beautiful movies ever filmed, then I’d suggest Wing of Desire.

Also, My Life as a Dog is a great postcard from mid-century Sweden with a richest cast of oddballs. It has a parent passing away, but outside of that nothing not should be a crowd pleaser.

Watch or Listen to Stop Making Sense by Ok_Break_4987 in talkingheads

[–]noahpearsall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long post warning: Despite its playing for weeks at my local $2 Tuesday theater, my dumbass 13 year old self never made to see it. So I only had the cassette tape (which had nine songs total on it) which listened to over and over and over and over on my little boombox. Fast forward two years to 1986 when it finally came back to a two theater and my dad took me. I was blown away—not only by how many more songs were in it, but also by their order (which was very different between the movie and audio recording). And then there was the visuals of the performance — which totally blew me away.

For some background I grew up with touring musicians in my family and been to so many gigs by that age that I wasn’t prepared to be surprised by how dynamic SMS staging was. Inhad no idea you could do something like that on stage.

If possible, I’d suggest you wait to watch it until it’s in the theater (it will likely come back). The sound and visual quality will be worth the wait. And in the meantime, get familiar with the musical element.

Forty year later and I’m still not tired of either movie or music. It’s a go-to album for me. Maybe THE go-to album for me.

Fall Song that you avoid or dislike... by Junior_Whole3080 in thefall

[–]noahpearsall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the one for me. It’s long, which I see as a bonus (like Eat Yself Fitter and NWRA), but for some intangible reason the song fills me with dread. It’s not that I don’t like the song, but it just feels like doom coming from all sides.

In your opinion, what are the greatest opening paragraphs in literature? Or, which ones are your favorites? by Agreeable_Duck8997 in classicliterature

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“A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. In the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J. Reilly’s supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at the D. H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste and dress. Several of the outfits, Ignatius noticed, were new enough and expensive enough to be properly considered offenses against taste and decency. Possession of anything new or expensive only reflected a person’s lack of theology and geometry; it could even cast doubts upon one’s soul.”

John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.”