David Lynch Collection [DVD]

I already owned The Elephant Man (which I later sold) and Mulholland Drive had always been a guilty favourite of mine but had only seen (twice) at ungodly hours, on TV, probably decimated by ill-timed adverts. I would probably never have envisaged watching, let alone buying, Inland Empire. Its inclusion here, amongst two genuine classics is a bold but good one as it just sits there waiting for you to play it! I both love and hate David Lynch, which I'm sure is bordering on normal! Inland Empire is difficult to watch at times, makes no sense at all but is interesting after the first hour (of three!) and has many great directorial techniques and flourishes. You do have to be a bit brave, but....(see my separate review of this on Amazon). The Elephant Man is as far removed from Inland Empire - and indeed Mulholland Drive, imaginable. Nominated for 8 Oscars, in grainy black and white and a family film? That it's currently no 111 on IMDb's top 250 films of ALL time, says a lot, as does John Hurt's beautiful and quietly haunting performance and of Anthony Hopkins, his caring Doctor, who introduces John Merrick to culture and civilisation. Touching and perfect, it could have been a Frank Capra had it been made half a century earlier. Mulholland Drive is an Institution amongst psychological journeys, so much so, I feel a huge amount of deja vu, as if I'd only just experienced (one experiences Lynch, not 'watch') its cunning a fraction of a second just previous, though I can never predict what will happen next - and I've seen it several times... Anyway, those are the films. The boxed set itself is nicely presented, with a handsome outer slip case and the inner is gatefold style with holders for the three discs, each with a brief synopsis and technical specs. No extra 'extras' are mentioned, but I almost never access these anyway. So, this boxed set is far from being a Complete David Lynch, more a sample, but a very fine one. I'm glad it included Inland Empire, however odd that seemed at first, which gets 4 stars from me and the other two definite five stars each. Value for money is superb and it's almost worth capitalising on this aspect alone.

Great DVD set with great movies on it. Great order.

A great, affordable collection of three of Lynch's most interesting films, albeit a somewhat incongruous choice to place The Elephant Man in a set with his two most recent cinematic releases - his style has clearly changed, and at times the early film looks almost like a sequel to Eraserhead. Mulholland Drive though, would be worth the price if it was the only film in the set, and remains his masterpiece, and is completely different to the 2006 film Inland Empire, which shows us a Laura Dern that conjures up acting a mile away from her stereotypical nice girl and bad girl acts in Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart respectively. Buy and be confused, but in the best possible way.

Mulholland Drive voted by many critics as the No.1 movie of all time ......praise indeed .. The Elephant Man is a great 1980 movie with Hopkins and Hurt starring. and Inland Emppire which I have never seen previously --- all in all a great Threesome 10/10

Brilliant collection (because it's so cheap in price!). The Elephant Man Disc has three extra videos (two interviews and a documentary, around 20 minutes long each). By the way, no subtitles at all, if you care. Only Inland Empire has its English subtitles only for non-English-speaking scenes.

Mulholland Drive is not the masterpiece it is cracked up to be. There are 125 reviews on Amazon and most of these reviews claim how clever the movie is, and yet none of the reviewers feel the need to share their knowledge with the rest of us confused David lynch fans. Here is my take on the movie - the end is really the beginning. The actress (Naomi Watts) arrived in Hollywood to chase the dream of breaking into Hollywood movies and ends up working as a waitress. Her lover Laura Harring (Rita) dumps Naomi Watts for a movie director (J.Theroux). Naomi Watts is devasted that her life has not turned out the way she dreamed, and she is devasted that her lover abandoned her. She hires a hitman. End of movie.... David Lynch throws in his usual weirdness - the creepy nightclub 'Silencio', and the mysterious blue box. And lets not forget the odd cowboy with the massive hat. Who were the laughing elderly couple? Is there a deeper meaning? Who cares.....or is it a mistake to try too hard to work out everything that David Lynch does? I have watched this movie a few time, but the difference between this movie and Lynch's other classics (Straight Story, Wild at Heart, B Velvet) is i shall watch S.Story, Wild at Heart and B.Velvet again in the future but i will not bother with Mulholland Drive again. Mull Drive is hypnotic. There are many brilliant scenes (Billy Ray Cyrus in bed with hte directors wife), and the performances are excellent. My only criticism was that there seemed to be a few storylines set up that went nowhere, and this makes sense because the story goes that Mull Drive was intended to be a 'Twin Peaks' type TV series. I believe that it is better to just watch it without constantly trying to work out what it means.

Another great David Lynch collection, comes in a nice box and there are no issues with discs

great collection

Have a multi region dvd player so no problem playing all three discs in NZ. Exactly as described and highly recommended!

This DVD set does not play on Canadian DVD players.