Lynchian
Adjective
Meaning
Lynchian (comparative more Lynchian, superlative most Lynchian)
Of or pertaining to David Keith Lynch (born 1946), American filmmaker and director whose surrealist films are characterized by dream imagery and meticulous sound design.
Examples
It's the unreal, sustained glitch in naturalism that makes this genre of TV disturbing to either watch or be on. The Lynchian subjugation of our humanity; warmth and humour, usurped by a sterile, pastel-coloured steel blade benignly thrust again and again into a grey brain.
This mildly Lynchian sense of unreality makes Sarah’s theories about cloning and aliens feel more plausible.
The audience can control their viewing experience throughout the show by switching between the director's main stream and alternate "Lynchian" artistic lenses on the night.
Musically, it unfolds in three “suites” of sorts, opening like a bluesy ballad version of the Cocteau Twins, before slipping into a haunted, Lynchian lullaby, and then ascending to a final 90 seconds of soaring, widescreen dramatics.
With its -meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox."
What do you get when you cross Afro-futurism, Cold War paranoia, the dystopian world of Philip K. Dick and 60s exploitation cinema, along with a hefty dose of Lynchian surrealism?