David Lynch

"Inland Empire" has images that do come straight out of a Ligottian framework. Like the bunnies ironing things while the chorus laughs mindlessly. Maybe if the bunnies were burnt out, that'd be more apt.
 
To my mind, 'Gas Station Carnivals' is perhaps Ligotti's most 'Lynchian' story par excellence; the banal everyday hosting the otherworldly, the manipulation of reality, the presence of higher powers with unguessable agendas, the nebulousness and mutability of identity, and an ever-present atmosphere of irrational, inescapable dread - it's one of the closest equivalents of a Lynch film in prose that I know of.

(Probably all reasons 'GSC' is all-time favorite of mine too.)
 
Some info:

Arriving for the first time on stunning High Definition Blu-ray with English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio on July 29th, this comprehensive collection contains every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series’ Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of Lynch’s follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film.

The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of never-before-released material that dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic.

Along with a newly transferred version of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, created from a 4K scan of the original negative, Twin Peak - The Entire Mystery Blu-ray box set boasts the long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom. This feature-length experience has been directed and edited by Lynch exclusively for this release. Capping off more than 30 deleted/alternate scenes is an epilogue providing a fascinating glimpse beyond the cliffhanger finale of the TV series.

Twin Peaks - The Entire Mystery is loaded with special features. In the two-part feature “Between Two Worlds,” Lynch himself interviews the Palmer family (Leland, Sarah and daughter Laura) about their current existence in this life and the next, and follows up with a discussion with the actors who portray them. Twin Peak - The Entire Mystery also features “Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories,” an exclusive retrospective documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew who recount the making of the Twin Peaks movie and working with David Lynch. The collection also features high-definition versions of the Log Lady episode introductions, transferred from recently unearthed 16mm film negative, a selection of newly discovered deleted scenes and outtakes from the television series, and three Twin Peaks photo galleries with over 130 behind-the-scenes images from David Lynch’s personal never-before-released collection.

Also new to this release are 10 vignettes of iconic Twin Peaks themes called “Atmospherics.” Each features a unique montage of music, dialogue and video (including some rare outtakes) that appear as both menu backgrounds and as their own textless experience to further immerse fans in the mysterious world of Twin Peaks. Additionally, the set features a massive collection of pre-existing special features, some of which have been re-mastered in high definition exclusively for this release, including the award-winning four-part documentary “Secrets From Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks,” and a newly extended version of the Gold Box featurette “A Slice of Lynch,” featuring the complete and uncut conversation between David Lynch and actors Kyle MacLachlan and Mädchen Amick.

Additionally, this 10-disc set houses an extraordinary archive of special features culled from the entire history of Twin Peaks on home video, including featurettes, cast and crew interviews, promotional reels, archival deleted scenes...and much, much more.
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"an epilogue providing a fascinating glimpse beyond the cliffhanger finale of the TV series" :eek:
 
It helps to know that the same actresses (and actor) were also in Mulholland Drive. Perhaps this the "logical" sequel to Mulholland Drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayDaQiA6Ow
 
Although he is far from a genre director, I wouldn't hesitate to call Lynch's oeuvre as including some of the greatest 'horror' films of all time; his ability at recreating the suffocating dread of nightmare is without equal in the medium or elsewhere (perhaps only Ramsey Campbell can match him), so here is a selection of my favorite, most frightening, scenes:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXYcutH0xAg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIlLn52Oak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPhy524n1Xg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtIdQh3frUE
 
I agree, Child of Old Leech. Many of the weird & horror writers I know count Lynch among their major influences. He's as important to me as any writer.
 
I believe it; speaking personally, it would be virtually impossible to over-exaggerate the influence Lynch has had on me throughout my life - there are few artists of any medium I feel greater kinship with. Really only my personal pantheon of prime influences - Poe, Lovecraft, Kafka, and Shirley Jackson- have had similar impacts.
 
He is the only director of his style who can achieve the excellence he does so consistently, in fact he is the creator of a whole new style of film-making, "Lynchian" anyone?

Others "have a go" at his style but Lynch is the real thing, and completely unique.

I often watch his films and feel like weeping, knowing I will never create anything that good.
 
"David Lynch: The Unified Field will be Lynch’s first major museum exhibition in the United States, organized in close collaboration with the artist. It will bring together approximately 90 paintings and drawings from 1965 to present. Part of the exhibition will explore Lynch’s early work, much of which has never been displayed in public. Six Men Getting Sick will be restaged for the first time and presented with related drawings. Several early short films, made in Philadelphia, will also be on display."

Opening tomorrow, September 13, at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: http://www.pafa.org/davidlynch/
 
I saw a Lynch exhibition in Paris back in 2007. "The Air is on Fire" it was called. Had a very large collection of paintings, drawings, sketches, photographs, sculptures, and a screening room where you could watch his short films.

Sadly I only got to see the paintings because the one day I had time to go I got lost in the metro, had to ask around (in my fractured French) for a bus that would take me close to the location, and by the time I got there it was like 30 minutes before closing time. Too little time, so I focused on the paintings. Before they kicked me out I managed to run upstairs and buy the huge book with reproductions of, I think, everything that was on exhibit. So I have that going for me, which is nice.

Also from what I could see on screens at the exhibition, David Lynch not only attended the opening, but sat down and played music on the keyboard to create an eerie mood while everyone else browsed the collection. That must've been quite the experience!
 
I remember seeing "Mulholland Drive" in a theatre when I was 16. That was one of the most important experiences I have ever had, inside or outside the world of aesthetics.
 
ramonoski said:
I saw a Lynch exhibition in Paris back in 2007. "The Air is on Fire" it was called.
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Me too. I used this as an excuse for a week's holiday in Paris. I didn't see the opening but I remember that Lynch's music was playing from speakers throughout the exhibition. I bought a CD of the music, plus the excellent exhibition catalogue. It was good to see the paintings "in the flesh" because several of them were enormous and had a 3D sculptural quality, incorporating great lumps of paint, cloth, coins etc. Julee Cruise was performing at the gallery on one of the nights I was there but unfortunately I failed to get a ticket.
 
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