WHO IS DAVID LYNCH?

• Born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana. He spent his childhood travelling

throughout the Northwest and from an early age he had become interested in painting

and drawing wanting to pursue it as a career.

• Originally planning to be an artist, Lynch attended Corcoran School of The Boston

School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA).

• While attending PAFA he became more interested in filmmaking and photography and

there he created his first short film which he entered a competition where he won first

prize. This got him valuable exposure as he was given prize money and then

commissioned to create more films.

• Whilst studying Lynch struggled to support his family and other costs, therefore he

moved to a inexpensive neighborhood of high crime and poverty rates "We lived

cheap, … the fear was so intense. There was violence and hate and filth. But the

biggest influence in my whole life was that city."

HIS STYLE/ RECURRING THEMES IN HIS WORK

I. Dreamlike state / Visions

I. Non-linear storyline + complex plot

I. Dark & odd characters

I. Lynch's loyalty to actors – Actors like Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

I. Heavy imagery and symbolism

MULHOLLAND DR. 2001

About an actress who moves to LA and befriends a woman who

broke into her aunt’s house and has amnesia (memory loss)

because of a car wreck . It includes many subplots that seem

unrelated but eventually connect in various ways as the women

search for clues and answers across LA in a strange and twisting

venture.

‘Narrative twists until the

ingenious maze’

My Favorite scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiLza4B6XhA

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By2iS9uHGM0

BLUE VELVET 1986

A mystery-thriller about a college student who happens to stumble upon a

human ear in a field. He decides to investigate after police prove ineffective

and ends up uncovering dark secrets underneath his hometown’s picture-

perfect appearance and he is soon drawn into a dangerous drama.

Like most I didn’t actually initially like the film’s plot and overuse of strange

sexual and violent scenes, however I found the subtle use of symbolism

showing the themes of the "disease" lying just under the surface of the small

town very impressive.

The most consistent symbolism in

the film is an insect motif.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nz1x_XYU0I

TWIN PEAKS 1990-1991

A drama series set in a small Washington town where a popular high

school student is murdered. An FBI agent is called in to investigate the

murder and eventually uncovers the many secrets of the towns

residents.

During the second season the ABC network clashed with Lynch about

revealing the killer. Lynch wanted it to remain a mystery until the end of

the series or else the show would be pointless. However, the network

went ahead with revealing the identity of the killer which made Lynch

lose interest in the show.

Lynch himself

only directed

six episodes

and starred in

several

episodes as an

FBI agent

named Gordon

Cole.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXjTEw9Q

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