Also, why is Dali a genius, but Lynch isn’t simply because he applies the same logic to a movie narrative?
I mean I completely agree that his films are the very definition of “niche”, but something not being made for everyone doesn’t automatically make it bad.
I think it’s pretty immature and ignorant to assume that just because something doesn’t work for you specifically that then it must by default be “bad”.
Exactly.
Too many people act like movies should adhere to a strict, realistic narrative – that there should always be a clear series of events with a defined beginning, middle, and end, with characters acting/reacting logically. They don’t have to and they shouldn’t have to.
There’s nothing wrong with finding surrealist filmmaking not to your liking – if it’s not to your tastes, it’s not to your tastes. But when you insist that its bad – with no understanding of the genre – then you’re just being a narrow-minded populist.