The Grandmother - David Lynch

 The surrealist short film "The Grandmother" explores the bond between a grandson and a grandmother, this young boy who is born from the ground has abusive parents who seem to not love him at all, the boy is not happy and as shown in the film by the big yellow stain on his bed, he displays true living fear. The boy plants a seed which then grows and turns to be his Grandmother, they bond together and the boy starts showing happiness for once. The realistic point of view you could say is that in real life as a child that could have abusive parents your next most loved one like your grandmother could be the one you truly bond with. The fact that both the boy and the grandmother grew out of the ground like plants mirrors how they're bonded, almost as if like their plants who have roots combined together.

The boy's hatred towards his parents is shown in the film through his fantasies, how the boy fantasises of crushing his parents and executing them. This can display how sometimes a child's hatred towards their parents can be severely strong. This film is very eerie and gloomy, the vibe feels off and it's shown through mainly the imagery, the frail pale boy and the dark backgrounds kind of makes him looks like a decaying body, as well as the grandmother. You could say that the boy's emotions decay from all the fear he goes through whereas the grandmother is genuinely dying. After a few pokes the grandmother whistles herself to death and the boy goes back to living a life in fear and misfortune.

One thing I enjoyed about this film is the use of binary opposites, the boy and the grandmother display young and old, they both grew out of the ground so you could say they're like plants however they boy's parents are animal-like making it seem like plants vs animals or good vs evil. The style of this film is very abstract and in particular very confusing to understand at first, but once looked at closely you can see what the film is trying to cover and show the audience.