4 Responses to “Talking TOOLBOX MURDERS on ‘F This Movie!’”

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   Andreas

   December 14th, 2022 at 11:25 pm

   I‘m listening to it right now, but paused to comment here how happy I was not only to discover that you‘re a guest on this great podcast but also about Patricks praise of your writing. You sometimes seem a little surprised about how much your work means to others, so I‘m very happy whenever this is adressed outside of this community. I‘m looking forward to read WORM
   ON A HOOK again this christmas.

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   Andy C

   December 27th, 2022 at 7:49 pm

   Listened to this earlier today and really enjoyed it. Something happened late in the show that made me wonder something. Towards the end he mentioned that his film class were angry with him for weeks for showing them Lost Highway. You sounded like you were surprised. I guess what I’m asking is if you have warmed up to that movie over the years? I’ve been reading you for a long time and although you’ve never reviewed it, , You’ve dropped hints here and there that you don’t like it. Maybe you still don’t. Just curious. Anyway, Really good listen.

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   VERN

   December 28th, 2022 at 11:55 am

   Thanks for listening to that, Andy. That was a fun conversation for me. Patrick is really cool.

   I’ve only seen LOST HIGHWAY the one time, in the theater. From what I remember I think I enjoyed the first half and then the big switch mostly lost me, but I found it more interesting to think about in retrospect. I had loved some of his movies, especially BLUE VELVET, when I was younger, but MULHOHOLLAND DR. triggered an unfounded resentment about their weirdness not having specific meanings but being praised through the roof by people who were sure it was about A, B and C.

   If I was surprised that they didn’t like LOST HIGHWAY I think it was just because generally film buffs seem to like that movie, my opinions aside. And it least seems like an interesting thing to see in a class.

   I don’t really feel up to it right now but at least a partial Lynch re-evaluation would be a good idea. I bet I would still like, maybe love BLUE VELVET. I’m not sure how many of the later ones I would like, but I would be more open to them than I was at that age. WILD AT HEART (which I did not previously like) grew on me somewhat when I reviewed it for whichever summer that was, and I enjoyed FIRE WALK WITH ME this year.

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   Andy C

   December 29th, 2022 at 8:36 am

   Ok cool. Thanks for the explanation Vern. The only Lynch I found a bit of an endurance test was Inland Empire. That was 20 years or so ago though. I’m going to watch it again when Criterion put it out in March.