Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

David Lynch

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Avant Garde | Sexuality | Experimental Film | Music Score Composed By Director

Cast

Laura Dern	...	Heartbroken Woman
Nicolas Cage	...	Heartbreaker
Julee Cruise	...	The Dreamself of the Heartbroken Woman
Lisa Giobbi	...	Female Dancer
Félix Blaska	...	Male Dancer
Michael J. Anderson	...	Woodsman (Twin A)
André Badalamenti	...	Clarinet Soloist (Twin B)
John Bell	...	The Tall Skinned Deer
Warick Bright	...	Snare Drummer
Ann C. Fink	...	Back-Up Singer (as Ann Fink)
Sarah Napier	...	Back-Up Singer
Marc B. Lorber	...	Video Team
Tom Judson	...	Video Team
Brian Keane	...	Video Team
Sebastian Stuart	...	Video Team

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG

Company:

Propaganda Films

Trivia:

Much of the music came from director David Lynch's TV series "Twin Peaks" (1990).

Movie Connections:

Features Wild at Heart (1990)

Soundtrack:

Into the Night

Twin Peaks, the musical

This is a fantastic production that caught my eye because of my long love of 'Twin Peaks.' Although it is actually unrelated to the show, 'Dream' has enough elements of 'Peaks' to make it seem to be an extension of the series. Julee Cruise, the otherworldly bar singer in 'Peaks,' stars as the dream-self of an otherwise average woman whose heart has been broken. Other familiarities from the series include Michael J. Anderson (the "little man from another place"), the song "Into the Night," and the instrumental "Bookhouse Boys" used as the background to "Up in Flames." I greatly enjoyed this fifty-minute trek back into the surrealism and sound that made the series so unique.