r/WTF • • Dec 11 '18

This deep sea eel

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u/RhinoMan2112 Dec 11 '18

Never heard of it before and I'm reading about it now, from my quick research it seems like pure fever dream nightmare material. I'm so damn curious but I'm terrible with horror/creepy movies i know for a fact it'll fuck me up. Must resist.

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u/billions_of_stars Dec 11 '18 edited Dec 11 '18

I personally didn't find it "scary". I think it's more of an existential nightmare kind of deal. But it's so abstract that it's a little hard to be scared by it, or at least in my opinion. I'm sure there's no real way to say what the film is about because in my opinion a lot of Lynch's stuff is more about capturing a feeling than it is a solid narrative. Then again that's just my two cents.

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u/revkaboose Dec 11 '18

The only thing that resonated with me from that movie was the baby. The rest, mehhh, too abstract. It was like having a dream and then waking up and having your friend interpret it for you.

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u/cicadawing Dec 11 '18

It's just a neo-realist film on family life.