Author Archives: Jamie Skinner

Possibly the most expensive joke in Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, a film first released in 1953, was inspired by 1975’s Jaws. I look into that, alongside Jacques Tati’s nostalgic condensing of human life into a French seaside town, in this introduction that I gave for the film in October 2025 at The Little Theatre in Bath.Continue reading “Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday – Introduction”

David Lynch famously saw The Straight Story as his most experimental film. Yet, as it shows the director’s love of people and their mindsets it’s thoroughly Lynchian. Unlike other introductions that I’ve recorded, that can also be found on this website, the audio in the video below was recorded before the actual in-person screening, whichContinue reading “The Straight Story – Introduction”

“I want to take this time to talk about three people. Admittedly, one of them isn’t David Lynch. Although, of course, he comes up in his relationship and views of these people. Those three people: David Bowie, Richard Pryor and OJ Simpson.” Through these three people and the ways in which they each represented differentContinue reading “Lost Highway – Introduction”

How personal was Vertigo to Hitchcock? In terms of the director’s infamous control over his films, particularly on set, there may have have been a good deal of the director that went into the film. I look at how that comes through in the cycles of Vertigo in this introduction I gave to the filmContinue reading “Vertigo – Introduction”

David Lynch’s love for The Wizard Of Oz and its “truthful” nature came most to the fore in Wild At Heart, a film that came as decades-long passion project Ronnie Rocket once again stalled. Falling in love with Barry Gifford’s characters of Sailor and Lula he had to make the film, with one or twoContinue reading “Wild At Heart – Introduction”