What Did Jack Do?

Dialogue is always pointlessly on the verge of collapse, but never does.

It's Lynch at his silliest. If anything, this is the opposite of pretentiousness. You can't help but laugh at the ridiculous nature of what's unfolding in front of you. Lynch, as a detective, interrogating a suspect, a talking Monkey. All of the dialogue is purposefully delivered with cliche gusto. It's short, it's sweet, and it even has a song at the end. There's no much to digest and you're not going to ask what it's all about when it's over. Just enjoy the ride- for Lynch has graced us with another surreal work of (art).

I'm not sure what i just watched. I'm not sure if i liked it or not. I'm not sure I'm going to trust my brother when he tells me what to watch on Netflix ever again. However i feel a bit like something very important happened in my life in the past 17 minutes.

I love every minute out of that short. Why? Let me explain. It gives us a simple story, a cop who questions a bad guy who did something bad, seems familiar? That's because it's meant to be like that! Lynch is exposing that cliche dialogue scene, which is used in every crime movie. This quick scene uses absurd to critique the language of cinema and give us some good laughs.

Of course there are people who don't like his humor, but I'd heard they've been seen with chickens.

This short film is incredibly Lynchian. It's purely a signature of style, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. However, I can't help but wonder, if this short came from anyone else who lacked the renown which Lynch has, would it be viewed as anything more than a peculiar piece that you pass by after five minutes? It's good in its eerie, dream-like quality, truly, but I'm torn as to whether this is noteworthy solely because of what it is in style or simply because of who made it--content aside. I suppose I'm at a stalemate of neutrality on this one. Draw your own conclusions, and I hope you enjoy, either way!