Tag Archives: David Lynch
David Lynch: Painter
While David Lynch is known for his film and television projects, he started out as a painter and has maintained a studio practice throughout his weird and wonderful career in moving images. While Lynch’s fear of being seen as a “celebrity painter” has kept him from pursuing gallery exhibitions, he’s been pleased to accept showings [...]
Twin Peaks Returns
First things first — I’m really sorry for that headline. No, David Lynch’s countercultural coup of prime time television via the weird and wonderful Twin Peaks television series won’t be seen again soon on a television near you — Twin Peaks was a phenomenon of a time and a place that cannot be repeated. That [...]
Fishing with David Lynch
This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the David Lynch sci-fi epic, Dune. While the film was a commercial bomb, it’s gone on to garner cult status and the theatrical release of Jodorowsky’s Dune — which tells the tale of director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed, earlier attempt to bring the Frank Herbert classic to the [...]
Agent Cooper’s “Diane” Tapes
For fans of David Lynch’s classic cult TV show, Twin Peaks, the secrets of the Black Lodge and the Log Lady’s prophecies hold an endless fascination. But, in a show full of dark mysteries, the relationship between agent Dale Cooper and the never-seen “Diane” may be the most intangible of them all. Lucky for us, [...]
Shutterbugs: Warhol, Burroughs, Lynch
Andy Warhol is better remembered for his paintings, and even his films, than for the hundreds of photographs he took in the last period of his career. William Burroughs’ legacy counts writing and even painting before his drawn-on photographs. David Lynch is a known cinematic genius who happens to love capturing still images of massive [...]