Film bros need to stop mansplaining David Lynch and embrace the chaos

One of my goals for this semester was to broaden my film repertoire. Shocking as it may be, given that I write a film column, there are endless classic movies I haven’t seen. This fall, my target was renowned director David Lynch, who passed last year. Over his nearly 60-year-long career, Lynch made 10 feature-length films and several television shows, including the critically acclaimed “Twin Peaks.” He’s well known for his weird movies — for lack of a better word. Lynch’s films are almost always exceedingly confusing, with stories told out of order and actors playing multiple characters. Sometimes, things that feel like they should be addressed never are. Take the baby-headed doll in the background of “Blue Velvet,” for instance, which we can glimpse in the corner of the frame but is never fully shown, and which nobody in the scene seems to notice.

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