Johnstantine said:Lynch is alright, but I think he's way overrated. Blue Velvet just didn't do it for me, as did, like, any of his other movies. Dune is the only one that still stands out to me, and apparently he hated it so much that he demanded his name be taken off the project.
Watch Eraserhead.
I am probably the only Lynch fanatic on this board, so just to clear it up: Lynch did NOT hate Dune. He hated the so called "Director's Cut" version, which he had no role in editing, and therefore had his name taken off of. He also hated that Dino DeLaurentiis constantly meddled in the production and compromised his artistic vision. His name appears on his original version of the film, which has been released by Criterion on DVD.
Personally, I love Blue Velvet, but I love most everything he has done. Eraserhead and Twin Peaks are his masterpieces, though.