''Lynch on Lynch'' is a book of
interview
An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.Merriam Webster DictionaryInterview Dictionary definition, Retrieved February 16, 2016 In common parlance, the word "interview" ...
s with
David Lynch, conducted, edited, and introduced by
Chris Rodley, himself a filmmaker. The interviews took place between 1993 and 1996. Each chapter is devoted to a separate film, from his beginnings up to ''
Lost Highway''.
It was published by
Faber & Faber Limited in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
in 1997 (). A revised edition was published by
Farrar Straus & Giroux on March 16, 2005 ()
Table of contents
Acknowledgements, Introduction
# Shadow of a Twisted Hand Across My House: Childhood, memory and painting
# Garden in the City of Industry: From The Bride to ''
The Grandmother''
# I See Myself: ''
Eraserhead
''Eraserhead'' is a 1977 American surrealist film, surrealist horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its Eraserhead (soundtrack), score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of oth ...
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# A Bug Dreams of Heaven: Shed Building and ''
The Elephant Man
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then we ...
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# Oww God, Mom, the Dog He Bited Me: Photography and ''
Dune''
# She Wasn't Fooling Anyone, She Was Hurt and She Was Hurt Bad: Music and ''
Blue Velvet''
# Suddenly My House Became a Tree of Sores: A Tale of ''
Twin Peaks
''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 for ...
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# It's a Great Big Wonderful World: ''
Wild at Heart'' and Weird on Top
# Ants in My House: ''
Lost Highway''
# It's a Great Big World Revisited: ''
The Straight Story
''The Straight Story'' is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. It is based on the tru ...
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# Billy Finds a Book of Riddles Right in His Own Back Yard: ''
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. It is named after pioneering Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland. The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is nam ...
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Filmography, Bibliography, A Note on the Editor, Index
External links
''Lynch on Lynch'' reviewin
Film Quarterly
''Film Quarterly'', a journal devoted to the study of film, television, and visual media, is published by University of California Press. It publishes scholarly analyses of international and Hollywood cinema as well as independent film, including d ...
''Lynch On Lynch'' reviewedby
Dan Czajkowski
Books about film
1997 non-fiction books
Books by David Lynch
Faber and Faber books
Books of interviews
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