My Son My Son What Have Ye Done?
Opening with the words ‘David Lynch presents a film by Werner Herzog’; words that automatically instilled fluttering in this particular writer’s heart, My Son My Son What Have Ye Done? is a film that instantly suggests boundless possibilities, high expectations and the promise of something memorable, provocative and left of centre. The question is, does it live up to the promise? Of course it does. However, in true Lynch/Herzog fashion, it does so in unexpected ways that manage to surprise and delight.
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Comments
Thanks, Ed - great minds, eh? I know Lynch had the sense to step back and let Herzog get on with it, but I found it so hard not to see the producer's hand and own sensibilities seeping through in this one. Not to descredit Herzog, but so much of My Son could be described as 'Lynchian.'