The legacy of filmmaker David Lynch lives on; his boundary-pushing films are classics. Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre presents an homage to the director, highlighting his finest films and skill as a visual storyteller. “A Tribute to David Lynch,” from Feb. 7-22, includes these terrific films:
“Blue Velvet”: Lynch’s hallucinatory 1986 heat ripping neo-noir looks underneath white picket fences to expose the evil that lurks in suburbia. Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and an unforgettable Dennis Hopper star. (It screens at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 8). It’s paired with another doozy, the Nicolas Cage-Laura Dern 1990 road trip through desperate hell “Wild at Heart.” (It screens at 5 and 9:45 p.m. Feb. 7- 8).
Roasted and vilified by critics, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” Lynch’s hard-R surreal add-on to his groundbreaking TV series, focused on Laura Palmer’s twisted final days. The 1992 underrated horror film screens at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9-10 and 2:10 p.m. Feb. 10. It is paired well with 1997’s neo-noir puzzler “Lost Highway” starring Particia Arquette and Bill Pullman and showing at 4:45 p.m. Feb. 9-10
Lynch’s influence can be duly noted in a recent surge of body horror films. His 1977 nightmarish black-and-white “Eraserhead” laid down the tracks for others to follow. Lynch’s first trippy foray into feature filmmaking follows an urban guy with very tall hair as he deals with a freaky baby and a heartless and cold industrial world. It screens at 6 p.m. Feb. 11-12. It’s paired with what many critics hail as one of the best films ever made: 2001’s dreamy, sensual and just weird “Mulholland Drive” starring Naomi Watts and Laura Harring, both doubling down to play their characters. Part mystery, part bow to Hollywood, “Mulholland Drive” celebrates the craft and art of noir to absolute perfection. It screens at 3:15 and 7:45 p.m. Feb. 11-12.
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