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The above is an excerpt of a review from Anton Bitel on this, David Lynch's first film, and should give you an idea of what to expect. With a 4 minute runtime, Six Men Getting Sick features no plot, but only an animated painting of six figures vomiting and spitting, over and over (six times, actually).
The short film was developed by Lynch while he was studying at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, on a $200 budget. It was well received while also giving us a glimpse of the kind of things we should expect from Lynch in the future, in terms of abstraction.
There really is not much to say about it. With its brief runtime, it is an interesting curiosity to watch, even though its repetitive nature and in-your-face sound can be tiring to some people. Then again, that's Lynch for some of you.
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SIX MEN GETTING SICK
(1967, Lynch)
A film with the number 6 (Six, Sixth, etc.) in its title
(1967, Lynch)
A film with the number 6 (Six, Sixth, etc.) in its title
"This unconscious eructation of irrational, amorphous materials, sputted from these six heads like sperm from upright penises, offers a visual metaphor for the messy imperatives of the (pro)creative process"
The above is an excerpt of a review from Anton Bitel on this, David Lynch's first film, and should give you an idea of what to expect. With a 4 minute runtime, Six Men Getting Sick features no plot, but only an animated painting of six figures vomiting and spitting, over and over (six times, actually).
The short film was developed by Lynch while he was studying at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, on a $200 budget. It was well received while also giving us a glimpse of the kind of things we should expect from Lynch in the future, in terms of abstraction.
There really is not much to say about it. With its brief runtime, it is an interesting curiosity to watch, even though its repetitive nature and in-your-face sound can be tiring to some people. Then again, that's Lynch for some of you.
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