Fifty years ago this spring, Stanley Kubrick’s confounding sci-fi masterpiece, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” had its premières across the country. In the annals of audience restlessness, these evenings rival the opening night of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” in 1913, when Parisians in osprey and tails reportedly brandished their canes and pelted the dancers with objects. […] Read More
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The Criterion Collection – The Current – Justin Theroux on the Magical Mysteries of David Lynch
One of the great delights of watching a David Lynch movie comes from the thrill of exploring the film’s mysterious depths. Here, in an online-exclusive excerpt from a new interview with actor Justin Theroux, conducted for Criterion’s release of Lynch’s heartbreaking Hollywood love story Mulholland Dr., the film’s costar discusses the confounding nature of Lynch’s […] Read More
Donald Trump’s America and the Visions of David Lynch | The New Yorker
Before his brief stint in the social-media shooting gallery this past week as an alleged Donald Trump supporter, David Lynch was more closely associated with a different Republican President: Ronald Reagan. The opening sequence of “Blue Velvet” (1986), the film that came to define Lynch in the popular imagination, is a heightened, slow-motion vision of […] Read More
Matchey Matchey | SFX Secrets: The Graphic Match Cut
SFX Secrets: The Graphic Match Cut Never underestimate the cinematic power of a great edit! Read More
Enjoy the Doing
It’s been great so see the revival of interest in David Lynch and his work and along with it, some great interviews. Here, Mr. Lynch is asked about working on “Blue Velvet.” I ask Lynch about those days. Yes, he really was besotted with happiness on that shoot. “We should be happy in our work!” […] Read More
“Why Mulholland Drive is the Essential David Lynch Film” | Fandor
You Can’t Sum Up David Lynch But you can re-watch MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Read More