Celebrating David Lynch
2 Seasons
A director of such distinctive, overpowering vision that he inspired his own adjective, David Lynch made films that seemed telegraphed straight from his unconscious to the screen. From the unsettling surrealist imagery of his midnight-movie classic ERASERHEAD to the harrowing suburban nightmare TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME and the uncanny majesty of his Hollywood-set masterpieces MULHOLLAND DR. AND INLAND EMPIRE, Lynch’s labyrinthine puzzle boxes turn the American psyche inside out to reveal its deepest, darkest dimensions.
Photo by Josh Telles
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David Lynch and Frederick Elmes on ERASERHEAD
Episode 1
This interview with director David Lynch and cinematographer Frederick Elmes was shot in 1979 by filmmaker Tom Christie for his television production class at UCLA. It takes place at one of ERASERHEAD’s locations in Los Angeles, where the Beverly Center shopping mall now stands.
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01:19Episode 2ERASERHEAD NuArt Trailer
Episode 2
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David Lynch and Jack Nance on ERASERHEAD
Episode 3
Director David Lynch and actor Jack Nance take a drive to one of ERASERHEAD’s locations in this excerpt from an episode of the French television program “Cinéma, de notre temps,” recorded in 1988 and broadcast on April 23, 1993.
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16:32Episode 4ERASERHEAD Reunion
Episode 4
This footage shows director David Lynch, actors Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart, and director's assistant Catherine Coulson revisiting the locations at the AFI in Los Angeles where they made ERASERHEAD over the course of four years. The interviews were conducted by Toby Keeler for his 1997 docum...
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1:25:12Episode 5ERASERHEAD Stories
Episode 5
This documentary, "ERASERHEAD" STORIES, about the production of the film, was made by David Lynch in 2001.
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26:15Episode 6The Making of ERASERHEAD
Episode 6
These interviews with ERASERHEAD director’s assistant Catherine Coulson, actors Charlotte Stewart and Judith Anna Roberts, and cinematographer Frederick Elmes were conducted in 2014.
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01:28Episode 7David Lynch on THE ALPHABET
Episode 7
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05:25Episode 8David Lynch on THE GRANDMOTHER
Episode 8
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02:03Episode 9David Lynch on SIX MEN GETTING SICK
Episode 9
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01:54Episode 10David Lynch on THE AMPUTEE
Episode 10
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David Lynch on PREMONITIONS FOLLOWING AN EVIL DEED
Episode 11
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1:09:59Episode 12The Young American
Episode 12
This seventy-minute audio recording is of director David Lynch and coauthor Kristine McKenna reading from their 2018 book “Room to Dream.”
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20:14Episode 13John Hurt on THE ELEPHANT MAN, 2009
Episode 13
This interview with actor John Hurt was recorded in 2009.
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25:26Episode 14Frank Connor on THE ELEPHANT MAN
Episode 14
This interview with stills photographer Frank Connor was recorded in 2019.
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24:35Episode 15Jonathan Sanger on THE ELEPHANT MAN
Episode 15
This conversation with producer Jonathan Sanger was produced by the BFI in 2018.
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24:50Episode 16David Lynch on THE ELEPHANT MAN
Episode 16
This interview with director David Lynch was recorded in 2009.
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50:57Episode 17David Lynch at the AFI
Episode 17
The following audio is of an interview and Q&A with director David Lynch recorded at the American Film Institute in 1981.
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30:15Episode 18The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Episode 18
The following is a documentary about THE ELEPHANT MAN produced in 2001.
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19:57Episode 19Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man
Episode 19
This program detailing the life of Joseph Merrick, the historical figure upon which THE ELEPHANT MAN was based, features archivist Jonathan Evans and was produced in 2005.
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Mike Figgis and David Lynch on THE ELEPHANT MAN
Episode 20
The following conversation between director David Lynch and filmmaker Mike Figgis was recorded in 2006.
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11:50Episode 21John Hurt on THE ELEPHANT MAN, 1980
Episode 21
This interview with actor John Hurt was conducted by Chris Kelly and aired on Granada Television in the UK on November 3, 1980.
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Christopher Tucker and John Hurt on THE ELEPHANT MAN
Episode 22
The following are excerpts from a Dutch television film broadcast on June 5, 1988, that feature an interview with makeup artist Christopher Tucker and actor John Hurt.
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01:30Episode 23Radio Spots
Episode 23
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1:31:32Episode 24The Missing Pieces
Episode 24
Featured here is an hour and a half of deleted scenes and alternate takes from TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, assembled by director David Lynch.