Word: lynches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those familiar with director David Lynch's work (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Lost Highway), this storyline, which is based on the actual journey made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), seems right up Lynch's alley---quirky and Midwestern, with a lawnmower thrown in for good measure. Interestingly enough, Lynch was initially opposed to directing The Straight Story. But after reading the screenplay written by Mary Sweeney and John Roach, Lynch was won over: "[I] wasn't interested in it. I never thought I would make this story, but the screenplay turned me around. I loved...
...Lynch's artistic vision more than a mere fixation on the eclectic and the bizarre? To be sure, Lynch's work holds a tremendous, albeit sometimes ironic, sense of poignancy. Take Twin Peaks, for instance: While the producers at ABC, as well as a nation of television viewers, were obsessed with "Who Killed Laura Palmer?", Lynch affirmed that the focus of the project was never the identification of the killer, but rather the depiction of one town's reaction to the loss of innocence. Twin Peaks was unsuccessful because it was marketed like a "Dallas" episode. Forced to finger...
...Lynch, the end does not necessarily justify the means, and as anyone who has ever seen his movies could attest, to seek gratification contingent only on a David Lynch ending will force you to question the price of your admission ticket. Even without our complete comprehension, Lynch always manages to show something unexpected, something fresh. But is this any less justified of an approach to filmmaking? Sure, we know what's going to happen, 15 minutes into the movie and this fact, coupled with our optimistic belief that happy endings still exist, leaves us confident that Alvin Straight will...
...Terriers, on the other hand, do not have the luxury of a No. 1 goaltender and platoon senior netminders Meghan Lynch and Beth Weisman, who have .721 and .800 save percentages, respectively...
Other partners include pharmaceutical company Merck, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Merrill Lynch and DuPont...