> The Straight Story
That indeed was a nice movie. It stands out exactly as it's not like any other Lynch movies.
I always wondered what that meeting with Walt Disney Pictures looked like. "-Ok, David, please, just can you not do your Lynch thing? -What do you mean, a Lynch thing? -Oh you know..."
A particularly memorable short review of "the Straight Story" suggests that he did end in fact end up doing a Lynch thing, however I suggest people don't read this review unless they've seen the film first [1].
> Lynch lives in a very troubled world. His pictures are characterized by being presented through the mind of the protagonist. Here, the protagonist is a simple old man, who thinks slowly and simply. So that's what we get. He has long erotic meditations on fecundity on the path of life (14 kids!), so that is what we see.
> Lynch must be laughing into his gasmask at those who think this is a Hallmark card. Consider these Lynchisms...
[1] https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0579859/?ref_=tturv_perm_18
I had no idea! Thanks for sharing. Those are definitely more subtle. I had never caught on to those when viewing the movie.