Tag Archives: Jack Nance
Eraserhead (1977)
2021 is the 10th anniversary of Midnight Only. To mark the occasion, this imaginary, rat-infested, leaky-roofed theater is raising the curtain on historically important midnight movies. The following was originally written for this site on July 21, 2015. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Charlotte Stewart, childcare, David Lynch, horror, Jack Nance, Surreal
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Blue Velvet (1986)
In some alternate reality, Blue Velvet (1986) must have been David Lynch’s sophomore feature film, following Eraserhead (1977). That seems most logical in retrospect, given the Lynch we know now. But in the nine years separating the films, Lynch … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 80's, Brad Dourif, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Nance, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Mystery, Neo Noir, Night Club, Surreal, Torch Singer
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Dune (1984)
It’s the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the science fiction novel which broadened the scope and ambition of the space opera. Herbert’s novel nudged the genre into new degrees of sophistication with its dense plotting, elaborate backstory, wide cast … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 80's, Brad Dourif, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dino De Laurentiis, Dune, Francesca Annis, Frank Herbert, Freddie Jones, Jack Nance, José Ferrer, Jürgen Prochnow, Kyle MacLachlan, Linda Hunt, Max von Sydow, Patrick Stewart, sand worm, Science Fiction, Sean Young, Sting, Surreal, Virginia Madsen
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