The Cowboy

YouDidntdoAnything Says:

Sep 8, 2009 - i love the pink on his shirt

Permafrost38 Says:

Sep 8, 2009 - this film can't be understood nor explained entirely, IMO. but still my fav. movie. see this scene in german on my channel

7lartceps Says:

Sep 9, 2009 - He should have just got this cowboy customer in a headlock and then drove off in his precious buggy, instead of listening to his bullshit riddles. This film is a masterpiece.

wakeuptofuckup Says:

Sep 16, 2009 - I love this movie, you have to watch it a few times to fully understand. the ending reveals the dream. the cowboy at the party, everyone. not hard to understand but its surely a mind fuck

Gaaraoftheoasis Says:

Sep 22, 2009 - Lynch has a talent for creating creepy characters, that feel as if they are taken from real life. One absolutely doesn't feel as if this guy comes from a script. What I would love to see, is a deathmatch between Lynch's characters. Frank Booth vs The Cowboy. Sounds stupid, I know, but Lynch would be crazy enough, or would he...

p0479 Says:

Sep 22, 2009 - Never seen this, but I have seen Lost Highway.....a number of times. Stil can't figure that one out even after reading a number of thoughts on it. Maybe they're just kool movies that confuse the shit out of people and make you think real hard. Maybe the joke is on us and Lynch is laughing. How about that?

Mimasfriend Says:

Sep 29, 2009 - The cowboy's dialog is brilliant. Where the hell did they find that guy?

fitnessfreaky Says:

Oct 5, 2009 - that what a very philosophical comment! ;-)

kalimaganeshshivan Says:

Oct 6, 2009 - Hitchcock did the same thing in Psycho with Norman Bates "Mother". His mother was the antagonist and instigator of the film, but only in Norman's demented mind. He not only took on the persona of his mother but also her psyche as well. Norman was a kind man, but in Psycho II, when he found out that another woman was his biological mother he became violent and killed her. My main point is that David Lynch must have been a fan of Alfred Hitchcock.

kalimaganeshshivan Says:

Oct 6, 2009 - Thank you.

Zrandrid Says:

Oct 9, 2009 - Great material for child raising. I use the cowboy's statements in raising my own kids. I'll tell my son every so often that a man's attitude goes some ways, and that if they fix their attitude, they can ride along with me. Or they'll see me 2 more times if they do bad, lol!

sneakingtrain Says:

Oct 11, 2009 - You're all wrong! Cowboy is delighted at seeing Alan's snigger because his job of killing him will now be justified in his mind should he have to do it, and he is suppressing this delight to a smirk. This emphasise the evil and sadistic nature of the Cowboy making him even more sinister. Lynch would never let an accidental smirk in his film, especially on such a tense scene. Brilliant stuff!

sneakingtrain Says:

Oct 11, 2009 - Evil people have a tendency to look ridiculous in order to persuade people to laugh at them so that they can justify the evil things they like to inflict. It's like bait.

masterofpaint Says:

Oct 16, 2009 - The actor who plays Cowboy has been an executive producer in several Lynch productions. this is his only role as an actor to date. I find it tinglingly funny that in his only scene as an actor his character is giving threatening orders to a rebelling young director.

RickTBL Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - The cowboy is not "evil" He's a no-nonsense, straight talker. I think the spirits of Old Hollywood are angry with the hot-headed Kesher, but they want him to succeed, so they send the Cowboy, not to threaten him, but to give him the inside scoop on how to succeed in Hollywood. The Cowboy is saying "This is how you will succeed. Do it differently, and you will fail. The choice is yours" Who ever it is, they seem to want him to succeed, to accept the compromise for his own good.

RickTBL Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - I think the Cowboy is a spirit from a bygone time, the Silent Era, like Tom Mix. He's modest and simple, and is fairly disgusted by the modern man's sarcastic tendencies. Still, he's there to put the young fool on the correct path. This is like the spiritual equivalent of being sent to the principal's office. It may not seem so nice, but it's for your own good.

RickTBL Says:

Oct 19, 2009 - An "off" light bulb flickers on. Electricity appears out of nowhere, and with it, the Cowboy, as if an invisible door opened, and power came through. What he is, isn't as important as the fact that he is there. He has come to open Adan Kesher's eyes, at a crucial time, that will either make him, or break him. All he wants Adam to do is stop being a jerk and listen, like a man. The Cowboy leaves, the light goes off. I think as soon as he stepped out of sight, he vanished into thin air.

xbikox Says:

Oct 30, 2009 - He is just a figure you would never expect to meet...He's Cowboy (country man, peasant, villager etc...)and the Cowboy is talking to a rich, important, powerful man from Hollywood,..He's warning him, giving him orders...isn't that creepy?

d2eux Says:

Nov 2, 2009 - not really, I mean he could be an even richer, more important, and more powerful man who just dresses as a cowboy

blackbbbbiochip Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - this is the END

Jirkenz131 Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - I think the cowboy is a mind-a-fucking with my entire brain and I do not like it. :)

gklite Says:

Nov 12, 2009 - Cowboy: There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy have? Adam Kesher: One. Cowboy: So, let's just say I'm driving this buggy. And, if you fix your attitude, you can ride along with me.

MrMovieoreo Says:

Nov 13, 2009 - ive uploaded all of this masterpiece if anyone is interested in watching

edgazda Says:

Nov 15, 2009 - I see the cowboy representing Hugo Grotius and how he saw "In the whole Christian world as a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or none at all, and carried on without any reference of law, Divine or human." How's that for over analysis? :)

feck2112 Says:

Nov 18, 2009 - "Thank You Masked Man"