A Truly Important Quiz

Yes, it's that time again, found via Ballon Juice:


you are: eraserhead

Which David Lynch movie are you?
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I acutally got started on all this after reading some comments over at GayPatriot regarding the Lynch film Blue Velvet. Anyone who's seen a Lynch movie (aside from The Straight Story), knows that on the surface, his films seem quite...well, they're full of sex and violence, plus they're really, really weird. Hardly your average conservative fare. Yet, Lynch himself is somewhat known for being fairly conservative and his films have been interpreted as expousing that ethos, particularly Blue Velvet. I (vaguely) remember some comments along these lines from my Film Theory class when we watched the film. But don't take my word for it:

But whereas “exposing the sleaze” of small-town America is a favorite theme of sophisticates, Lynch confounds expectations by reaffirming American innocence even as he discomforts conservatives (and feminists) with his clinical probing of violence and sleaze. To some extent, and especially in his art, Lynch himself is the very sort of innocent he portrays in his films: the Boy Scout who remains true to his pledge despite occasional instances of poking at dead cats or fumbling through Playboy.

There's also a whole book on the subject. So now you guys know what I want for my blogiversary next month.