![]() Lynch has been vocal about several of the films and filmmakers that inspired him, his trademark evasiveness temporarily set aside for a candid acknowledgment of his crucial predecessors. Although Lynch’s filmography has essentially become synonymous with weirdness, the auteur’s work is also rife with spirituality, dream logic, eastern philosophy, and a rich collection of Hollywood and artistic references. Simultaneously reminiscent of Hitchcock thrillers (the obsessively San Franciscan setting plays its part in this) and the French New Wave, Experiment in Terror modernizes the noir with on-location shooting, wide cinemascope photography, and rich filmic knowledge.īeyond Experiment in Terror, Lynch pulls from a diverse pool of cinematic inspirations, mostly classic Hollywood movies. In another, where darkness looms and evil broods unseen, acts of violence and terror unfold. In one, people go about their regular everyday lives untouched by criminality or violence. Alternating between shrouding the film in impenetrable shadows and exposing it to the harsh, inescapable daylight of the Californian sun shepherds the viewer between two extremes. ![]() Taking off from shooting comedies like The Pink Panther and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Blake Edwards makes a convincing case for his skill as a noir filmmaker. What matters most is that Experiment in Terror aids this transition and does it well as a legitimately suspenseful and well-crafted thriller rich with exquisite photography and memorable characters. Influential or not, Experiment in Terror is a picture that exists ahead of its time, helping bridge a gap between the classical noir of the previous few decades and the grittier, darker neo-noirs that would start popping up over the next few decades at the hands of filmmakers like The Coen Brothers, Michael Mann, and (yes, of course) David Lynch.
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