Few filmmakers can boast of having given their name to a cinephile adjective. We know Hitchcockian suspense, the Lynchian film can be defined as a mental labyrinth with a very elaborate aesthetic, a nightmare or a waking dream, as elusive as it is captivating. The death of the brilliant director of “Mulholland Drive” leaves many film buffs orphaned, but his work is so fertile that even before his death, artists were already fighting over a share of the legacy… We have deliberately limited the list to six names and a film by filmmaker, to discover urgently if you are missing.
North American heirs
Richard Kelly
He was the critically designated successor. From his first film, the sublime and dark “Donnie Darko”, in 2001, Richard Kelly impressed with his ability to create a… Lynchian atmosphere even if less crazy than that of his predecessor. Alas, his next work “Southland Tales” will suffer a massive rejection, while the B series “The Box”, his last film released in 2009, will be released anonymously in the United States.
The trailer for “Donnie Darko”
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Guy Maddin
The Canadian David Lynch titled… Paris Match in 2009. The director from Winnipeg shares with the American a taste for experimentation and a certain cinematographic fetishism. It is no coincidence that he cast “Blue Velvet” actress Isabella Rossellini in one of his most beautiful films, “The Saddest Mus…
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