Certain aspects of sex are troubling — the way it’s used as… - David Lynch

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Certain aspects of sex are troubling — the way it’s used as power, or the way it takes the form of perversions that exploit other people...Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way. Being explicit doesn’t tap into the mystical aspect of it, either. These things are hard to convey in film because sex is such a mystery.

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David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American film director, writer and actor.

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Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.

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