A true work of art

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2005)

This film contains such profoundly layered Jungian intricacies,and is a visual treat(as all of Lynch's films are),that it is sure to be heralded as a watershed masterpiece in 40 years(or so).Deep,resonating images you can riff on in your head for hours of disturbing fun.Lynch has an almost preternatural sense for wholly original archetypes,like the bin-diver as diseased vanity/Hollywood dream death-catcher,inert yet serving as some passage between the collective unconscious and realization.The Cowboy,who encapsulates the "system",the bottom-line commercial monster that is Hollywood.This film is really a death dream indictment of Hollywood itself,a "Sunset Boulevard" in a Dante-esquire? reverse direction,in the sense of an eternal recurrence run backward-Lynch's films have this strand running through them-and the endings are really quite upbeat,spiritually,anyway-Laura goes to heaven in "Fire Walk With Me",and Diane/Betty dissolves off into a sort of lalaland of perpetual Academy Award infinite orgasm,so that's cool.For those of you uncomfortable with this movie,watch it again-well worth it!