David Lynch

David Lynch

Born: January 20, 1946
in Missoula, Montana, USA
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, visual artist, musician, actor, and writer. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. Indeed, the surreal and in many cases violent elements to his films have earned them the reputation that they "disturb, offend or mystify" their audiences.

Moving around various parts of the United States as a child within his middle class family, Lynch went on to study painting in Philadelphia, where he first made the transition to producing short films. Deciding to devote himself more fully to this medium, he moved to Los Angeles, where he produced his first motion picture, the surrealist horror Eraserhead (1977). After Eraserhead became a cult classic on the midnight movie circuit, Lynch was employed to direct The Elephant Man (1980), from which he gained mainstream success. Then being employed by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, he proceeded to make two films. First, the science-fiction epic Dune (1984), which proved to be a critical and commercial failure, and then a neo-noir crime film, Blue Velvet (1986), which was highly critically acclaimed.

Proceeding to create his own television series with Mark Frost, the highly popular murder mystery Twin Peaks (1990–1992), he also created a cinematic prequel, Fire Walk With Me (1992), a road movie, Wild at Heart (1990), and a family film, The Straight Story (1999) in the same period. Turning further towards surrealist filmmaking, three of his following films worked on "dream logic" non-linear narrative structures, Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006).

Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for his films The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man. Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival. The French government awarded him the Legion of Honor, the country's top civilian honor, as a Chevalier in 2002 and then an Officier in 2007, while that same year, The Guardian described Lynch as "the most important director of this era". Allmovie called him "the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking", whilst the success of his films have led to him being labelled "the first popular Surrealist".

Movies for David Lynch...

Lynch/Oz
Title: Lynch/Oz
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
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This Is Sparklehorse
Title: This Is Sparklehorse
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2022
Type: Movie
An comprehensive look at the life and music of Mark Linkous, a influential figure in the alternative music scene. A dramatic life that saw him battle with dependency, paralysis, and mental illness that resulted in his eventual suicide.
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The Fabelmans
Title: The Fabelmans
Character: John Ford
Released: November 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
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Moby Doc
Title: Moby Doc
Character: Self
Released: May 28, 2021
Type: Movie
A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
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Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Title: Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Released: March 10, 2021
Type: Movie
An extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber, with newly unearthed history and information about the home, and the behind the scenes surrounding the iconic location.
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Title: This Is Pop
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2021
Type: TV
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.
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Meeting the Beatles in India
Title: Meeting the Beatles in India
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Paul Saltzman retraces his journey of 50 years ago when he spent a life-changing time with the Beatles at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges River. In 1968, he discovered his own soul, learned meditation, which changed his life, and hung out with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fifty years later, he finds "Bungalow Bill" in Hawaii; connects with David Lynch about his own inner journey; as well as preeminent Beatles historian, Mark Lewisohn; Academy Award nominated film composer, Laurence Rosenthal; and Pattie and Jenny Boyd. And much of this is due to Saltzman's own daughter, Devyani, reminding him that he had put away and forgotten these remarkably intimate photographs of that time in 1968.
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The Story of a Small Bug
Title: The Story of a Small Bug
Character: Narrator
Released: June 12, 2020
Type: Movie
David Lynch documents the story of a small bug.
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Title: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
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L'Image Originelle - David Lynch
Title: L'Image Originelle - David Lynch
Released: May 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The original image or the first image. That of the first film, that of all the promises. The matrix image announcing all those to come. The history of cinema is full of legendary first movies, master strokes rather than test shots. There is a lot to be learned from the early plants of estrean directors who later became great filmmakers.
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Curtains Up
Title: Curtains Up
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
American auteur David Lynch opens up about the magic of the cinema in this new profile from Stella McCartney. Created by Lynch's son Austin Lynch and fine artist Case Simmons, the creative duo behind Los Angles-based studio Tête-à-Tête, their film offers us a rare insight into Lynch behind the lens, teaching us about his theory of film as well as his lifelong pursuit of transcendental meditation.
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The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Title: The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing the actors.
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The Number of Completion
Title: The Number of Completion
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Title: A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. This time focused in the planing and technical execution of some particular scenes.
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Tell It Martin
Title: Tell It Martin
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Bad Binoculars
Title: Bad Binoculars
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Two Blue Balls
Title: Two Blue Balls
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Title: I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Title: See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Behind the Red Curtain
Title: Behind the Red Curtain
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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A Pot of Boiling Oil
Title: A Pot of Boiling Oil
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his cast while they tell some stories.
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The Polish Accountant
Title: The Polish Accountant
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Title: Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
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Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Title: Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
"Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part of the build-up to the premiere of the 2017 series, it was released on home video as part of Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series and Twin Peaks: From Z to A.
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A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Title: A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2017
Type: Movie
One week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television series TWIN PEAKS, capturing the cast and crew as they revisited several locations from the '90s original.
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WHAT DID JACK DO?
Title: WHAT DID JACK DO?
Character: Detective
Released: November 8, 2017
Type: Movie
In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.
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Plankton Salesmen
Title: Plankton Salesmen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 29, 2017
Type: Movie
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.
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Lucky
Title: Lucky
Character: Howard
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
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Title: The Nineties
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 9, 2017
Type: TV
Hit rewind and explore the most iconic moments and influential people of The Nineties, the decade that gave us the Internet, DVDs, and other cultural and political milestones.
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The Black Ghiandola
Title: The Black Ghiandola
Character: Man In Black
Released: April 22, 2017
Type: Movie
The Black Ghiandola is a story about a young man risking his life to save a young girl he has grown to love, after his family has been killed in the Apocalyptic world of Zombies.
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David Lynch: The Art Life
Title: David Lynch: The Art Life
Character: Self
Released: February 15, 2017
Type: Movie
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
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Girlfriend's Day
Title: Girlfriend's Day
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 24, 2017
Type: Movie
When he's caught up in a deadly conspiracy, an unemployed greeting card writer must create the perfect card for a new holiday to save his skin.
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Rocksteppy
Title: Rocksteppy
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Phil and Colin Beverly are two inept small-town brothers with big dreams, and a song-and-dance rock group to take them there. When they learn of a 'performance competition' in Austin, Texas called South by Southwest, they set out on a cross-country journey, followed by a camera crew of student filmmakers who document their quest to the top! The top of what, they have no idea.
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Along for the Ride
Title: Along for the Ride
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 2016
Type: Movie
A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.
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Shadows of Paradise
Title: Shadows of Paradise
Released: October 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Since the death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in February 2008, long-time practitioner of Transcendental Meditation and well-known film director David Lynch has been embraced as the movement’s chief international ambassador. Filmmaker Sebastian Lange, who himself was raised in the movement, presents an intimate look at this new phase in the movement’s evolution.
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'Blue Velvet' Revisited
Title: 'Blue Velvet' Revisited
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film camera. Now, on Blue Velvet's 30th anniversary, Braatz presents his footage, along with still photographs, as a "meditation" on Lynch's work.
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On Meditation
Title: On Meditation
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Peter Matthiessen, David Lynch, and Russell Simmons see among the many celebrity devotees interviewed in this case of Zen Buddhist meditation.
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The Reality of Truth
Title: The Reality of Truth
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2016
Type: Movie
In this documentary, "Zappy" Zapolin interviews spiritual gurus, celebrities, and people of various faiths about the relationship between spirituality, religion, and psychedelics—in their beliefs and in their experiences.
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Night Flight: Born Again
Title: Night Flight: Born Again
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most consistently weird and awesome thing on cable television in the ’80s.” This ‘Best Of’ episode features some of the most memorable moments of Night Flight's near-decade long run including restored interviews and segments from Kate Bush, New Wave Theatre, David Lynch, Prince, Wendy O Williams, Divine, Billy Idol, Johnny Rotten, and much more Night Flight treasures from the archive.
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Rammstein in Amerika
Title: Rammstein in Amerika
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2015
Type: Movie
The concert film celebrates the band’s legendary show in New York’s Madison Square Garden – Rammstein’s return to the US after a ten-year absence. In HD and 5.1 surround sound. For the documentary, Rammstein provided extensive, previously unreleased footage and photos from the band archive. In numerous interviews from various periods in the band’s history, the band members speak about their experiences across the Atlantic.
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The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert
Title: The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A made for TV concert film with Angelo Badalamenti, Moby, Karen O, Duran Duran, Donovan, Sky Ferreira, Chrysta Bell, and more performing music from David Lynch films.
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Brand: A Second Coming
Title: Brand: A Second Coming
Character: Self
Released: March 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Comic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains elusive. As he explores iconic figures such as Gandhi, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Jesus, he transforms himself into a political antagonist.
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My Beautiful Broken Brain
Title: My Beautiful Broken Brain
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2014
Type: Movie
A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception.
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Between Two Worlds
Title: Between Two Worlds
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 2014
Type: Movie
"Between Two Worlds" is a featurette included in the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A Blu-ray releases. It features David Lynch interviewing Grace Zabriskie, Ray Wise and Sheryl Lee, first as their characters (Sarah Palmer, Leland Palmer, and Laura Palmer, respectively), then as themselves. The second portion of the featurette was later released in the Criterion Collection release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The Palmer family interview was written by Lynch.
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Title: Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Character: Gordon Cole
Released: July 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
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The 8th Floor
Title: The 8th Floor
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
On the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of silence with eight artists and scientists: David Lynch, Patti Smith, William Eggleston, Takeshi Kitano, Ron Mueck, Jean Michel Alberola, Agnès Varda and Misha Gromov.
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It's a Beautiful World
Title: It's a Beautiful World
Character: Self
Released: April 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Richard Beymer first met David Lynch when Lynch cast him as Ben Horne in the series Twin Peaks. Years later, Lynch saw one of Richard's documentaries on the founder of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and asked him to come to India to document a journey he was making tracing Maharishi's footsteps from one end of India to the other. This film is not just a record of their 10-day journey, it's also a rare and personal look at David Lynch "unplugged."
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Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Title: Ringo Starr: A Lifetime of Peace and Love
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2014
Type: Movie
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Title: Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.
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What Is Cinema?
Title: What Is Cinema?
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
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Professor Goudet's Lessons
Title: Professor Goudet's Lessons
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Stéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only fitting that he conclude the disc with a half hour lecture that concludes the themes and methods of the filmmaker.
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Memory Film
Title: Memory Film
Released: December 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Short film made for the 7th annual Memory Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery in London
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Meditation Creativity Peace
Title: Meditation Creativity Peace
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2012
Type: Movie
This documentary shot by film students follows David Lynch on a 16-country tour of Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America to spread the word about the individual and global impact of meditation. Meditation, Creativity, Peace shows the director’s commitment to Transcendental Meditation as way of changing the world, starting from within. The film also offers insight into Lynch’s creative process, through interviews and revealing moments from the tour.
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Side by Side
Title: Side by Side
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
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Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
Title: Ångesthunden och Malmö under vatten
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
If South Park met Stig "Slas" Claesson directed by Staffan Westerberg.
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2012: Time for Change
Title: 2012: Time for Change
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
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Brunes et Blondes
Title: Brunes et Blondes
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Actresses' hairstyle in movies always carries a strong aesthetic statement associated with erotic, social, and historical meanings. In a bold and unexpected way, the film revisits this ultimate symbol of femininity in international cinema.
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Title: Louie
Character: Jack Dall
Released: June 29, 2010
Type: TV
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
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David Wants to Fly
Title: David Wants to Fly
Released: May 6, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary. David Sieveking takes the advice of his idol, David Lynch and tries out Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's transcendental meditation technique.
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When Lynch Met Lucas
Title: When Lynch Met Lucas
Released: February 13, 2010
Type: Movie
This is an animated short made using audio of Film Director David Lynch telling the story of when he met George Lucas about possibly directing Return of The Jedi.
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Title: The Cleveland Show
Released: September 27, 2009
Type: TV
The bizarre adventures of Cleveland Brown and his family.
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Peixe Vermelho
Title: Peixe Vermelho
Character: O Sábio
Released: June 16, 2009
Type: Movie
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The Way of Samodelkin
Title: The Way of Samodelkin
Character: Stranger in a dream
Released: June 5, 2009
Type: Movie
A mystical detective story set in the realm of Moscow art scene. Psychedelic trip through different places, characters and strategies in the search for the Author, covering mythology of Moscow art from the period of 1980-2010. The movie is based on the 'Inspection Medical Hermeneutics' group's text of the same name and on the historical research performed by the authors of the film. Production was an experiment in collective film making experience.
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Great Directors
Title: Great Directors
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film documents Ismailos' voyage of discovering the creative personalities behind the camera.
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La Traversée du désir
Title: La Traversée du désir
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2009
Type: Movie
What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle of famous people.
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Hollyshorts Greeting
Title: Hollyshorts Greeting
Character: Himself
Released: November 25, 2008
Type: Movie
A fun short piece that Lynch presented as his acceptance for the Hollyshorts 2008 Visionary Award.
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Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Title: Twin Peaks Festival Greeting 2008
Character: Self
Released: November 25, 2008
Type: Movie
A surreal short film that Lynch made for the 2008 Twin Peaks Festival. It only screened once and is in black and white. In this film, Lynch is speaking backwards in what looks to be a cross between the floors of Eraserhead and the Twin Peaks Red Room. Sitting next to him is a plastic doll with the face of Laura Palmer.
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Elvis: Viva Las Vegas
Title: Elvis: Viva Las Vegas
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2008
Type: Movie
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Crítico
Title: Crítico
Character: Self (voice)
Released: January 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
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A Slice of Lynch
Title: A Slice of Lynch
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.
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Lynch (one)
Title: Lynch (one)
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of one of cinema's greatest directors. Footage was gathered over a two year period and documents David Lynch's many creative interests as well as his passion for filmmaking. It’s “abstract trip” which reveals new aspects of the personality and the cinematographic vision of one of the exceptional authors of contemporary cinema. Personal portrait of David Lynch and his creative universe.
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Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Title: Out Yonder — Neighbor Boy
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Title: David Lynch Cooks Quinoa
Character: Himself
Released: August 14, 2007
Type: Movie
A David Lynch short film shot in black and white. Lynch cooks quinoa, which is a thing he does as much as possible.
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Lynch 2
Title: Lynch 2
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.
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Boat
Title: Boat
Released: January 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A journey into night.
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Le son de Lynch
Title: Le son de Lynch
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
This documentary explores every facet of this job of complex and exciting sound which David Lynch leads since Eraserhead, his first film and matrix work. Picture lesson of this trip, they cross three points of view: that of the very film-maker, that of his closest collaborator in this domain, the compositor Angelo Badalamenti, and that of an acknowledged critic and specialist of sound in the cinema in general and David Lynch particularly, Michel Chion.
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Out Yonder — Teeth
Title: Out Yonder — Teeth
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
Title: Donovan: The Donovan Concert - Live in L.A.
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Musical - This incredible performance DVD was recorded in front of a packed house of adoring fans at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. On this, his first music DVD, Donovan performed all his legendary hits and cult classics. - Donovan Leitch Jr., Mike Love
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Out Yonder — Chicken
Title: Out Yonder — Chicken
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
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Inland Empire
Title: Inland Empire
Character: Bucky J
Released: December 6, 2006
Type: Movie
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
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Title: Legends
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Title: Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Character: Himself
Released: June 20, 2006
Type: Movie
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
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Edge of Outside
Title: Edge of Outside
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2006
Type: Movie
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
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Title: Robot Chicken
Character: Mad scientist
Released: February 20, 2005
Type: TV
A series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls. The title character was an ordinary chicken until he was run down by a car and subsequently brought back to life in cyborg form by mad scientist Fritz Huhnmorder, who tortures Robot Chicken by forcing him to watch a random selection of TV shows, the sketches that make up the body of each episode.
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Room to Dream: David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker
Title: Room to Dream: David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
See and hear how the acclaimed director brings his unique vision to the screen with technologies that are now within easier reach for the independent filmmakers. Interspersed with behind the scenes footage from a recent project, Lynch muses on the art of filmmaking, offers wisdom to aspiring filmmakers, and shows you the power of today's tools to give you Room To Dream. Then take a closer look at how digital technologies can transform your approach to production. Using an Avid Xpress Studio HD system plus associated Digidesign and Softimage products, Room To Dream presents on-screen demonstrations--featuring clips from Lynch's project--that walk you through the pre and post production, editing, color correction, visual effects, tilting, final output, and more.
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David Lynch: 1985
Title: David Lynch: 1985
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
An interview with director David Lynch from 1985 on his 1984 film: Dune
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BlueBob Egg
Title: BlueBob Egg
Character: Billy Groper
Released: June 8, 2004
Type: Movie
Before our very eyes, BlueBob gets arrested in broad daylight.
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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Title: Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his chequered life and career, at the request of Dutch director, photographer and fine artist Thom Hoffman. The latter sifted through the turbulent life story of Hopper, who is primarily known from the cult film Easy Rider (1969). Hopper went through as many high as low points. In conveniently arranged chapters, Hoffman shows the decisive moments in Hopper's life and asks colleagues like Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel to comment on them. The documentary is richly illustrated with film excerpts, photos, newspaper articles and anecdotes. The main reason for this film was the retrospective of Dennis Hopper's art work in the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum in 2001.
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The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Title: The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2004
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.
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Title: Leçon de Cinéma
Character: Self
Released: March 20, 2004
Type: TV
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Does That Hurt You?
Title: Does That Hurt You?
Character: self
Released: October 18, 2003
Type: Movie
A camera-eye is aimed at David Lynch's back while in Hanover a second one records the internet-stream, which connects the continents. a third one shoots parallely Agnieszka Jurek. she is interviewing Mr. Lynch.
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Lamp
Title: Lamp
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
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Title: Un film et son époque
Character: Self
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: TV
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Title: Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2003
Type: Movie
We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the influence he played upon him, his insubordination on sets and conflicts with the Hollywood directors which led to his black-listing, the years in New, the making of 'Easy Rider' (with an interesting connection of the ultimate road movie with the French new wave directors), 'Apocalypse Now', 'Blue Velvet', 'Colors', his fight with dependency on drugs and alcohol. We come to know Hopper as a complex artist, a valuable photographer who had always a camera on him and whose portraits or American life shots figure among the best in the genre, but also a rebel painter (who may still be rediscovered and become famous in posterity) and exquisite art collector.
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Mysteries of Love
Title: Mysteries of Love
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 4, 2002
Type: Movie
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are interviewed for this 68-minute documentary about the making of David Lynch's Blue Velvet
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The Short Films of David Lynch
Title: The Short Films of David Lynch
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 2002
Type: Movie
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) is a DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of American filmmaker David Lynch. As such, the collection does not include Lynch's later short work, which are listed in the filmography. The films are listed in chronological order, with brief descriptions of each film. The DVD contains introductions by Lynch to each film, which can be viewed individually or in sequence. # 1 Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times) # 2 The Alphabet # 3 The Grandmother # 4 The Amputee # 5 The Cowboy and the Frenchman # 6 Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
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I Don't Know Jack
Title: I Don't Know Jack
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 2002
Type: Movie
Feature documentary about actor Jack Nance, who rose to prominence after starring in the cult classic 1977 film, "Eraserhead".
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Title: DumbLand
Character: Randy / Wife / Sparky (voice)
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: TV
A series of eight crudely animated shorts written, directed, and voiced by director David Lynch in 2002. The series details the daily routines of a dull-witted white trash man. The man lives in a house along with his frazzled wife and squeaky-voiced child, both of whom are nameless as is the man in the shows.
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The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Title: The Disc of Sorrow Is Installed
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
The Disc of Sorrow gets installed.
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Eraserhead Stories
Title: Eraserhead Stories
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2001
Type: Movie
David Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Title: Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's La Strada to today's Hannibal franchise. This profile follows octogenarian De Laurentiis in Hollywood and returning to Rome to set up a new film.
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In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Title: In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Roy Orbison - In Dreams is the ultimate exclusive music documentary of the life of Roy Orbison. It provides in-depth insights into his legendary career with classic performances, personal home movies and photos, location footage and interviews with the great and the humble that he touched with his music.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Gus (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: David Lynch (voice)
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Title: The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Pointing to the increasingly blurred distinction between reality and fiction in the world today, Dennis Hopper leads a discussion on the methods used by advertisers, as well as the responsibilities of ad-makers. The biggest names in the business have their say on shock, humour, and sex as methods of selling.
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Title: Independent Focus
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1998
Type: TV
In these insightful one-on-one interviews, the industry’s biggest and brightest join host Elvis Mitchell (film authoritarian and critic for The New York Times) in front of a live audience for an in-depth look at the art of filmmaking and a discussion about their latest and greatest works.
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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Title: Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1997
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.
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Title: Scene by Scene
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 1997
Type: TV
Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.
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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Title: The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 1996
Type: Movie
An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face stylistic conventions of commercials have influenced feature films and the visual arts. A documentary film talking about art and advertising divided in three parts: 1. Crossing Over - from cinema to ads from ads to cinema 2. Humour - How humour affects us in advertising 3. Shock - The way shock is used to sell
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Nadja
Title: Nadja
Character: Morgue Receptionist
Released: September 13, 1994
Type: Movie
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
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Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Title: Don Van Vliet: Some YoYo Stuff
Character: Himself
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Don van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist. His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man
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Made in the USA
Title: Made in the USA
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1993
Type: Movie
A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Title: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Character: Gordon Cole
Released: June 3, 1992
Type: Movie
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
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Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Title: Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Character: Self
Released: May 17, 1991
Type: Movie
Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper."
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Hollywood Mavericks
Title: Hollywood Mavericks
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 1990
Type: Movie
A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..
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Title: Twin Peaks
Character: Gordon Cole
Released: April 8, 1990
Type: TV
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Title: David Lynch: Don't Look at Me
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A documentary about American director David Lynch from the Cinéma, de notre temps series.
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Zelly and Me
Title: Zelly and Me
Character: Willie
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor to take her and the orphan away when she realizes that the grandmother cannot offer the orphan the love that she needs.
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No Frank in Lumberton
Title: No Frank in Lumberton
Released: January 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1985 by Peter Braatz.
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Title: Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Character: Self - Audience Member
Released: January 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, Roy is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, J.D. Souther, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits.
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Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Title: Ruth, Roses, and Revolver
Character: Himself
Released: February 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Television documentary from BBCs Arena program in which David Lynch, fresh off the release of Blue Velvet, examines his surrealistic influences in cinema which excerpts from several classics works of the avant-garde
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Dune
Title: Dune
Character: Spice Miner (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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Destination Dune
Title: Destination Dune
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity events in the lead-up to its release.
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The Elephant Man
Title: The Elephant Man
Character: Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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Heart Beat
Title: Heart Beat
Character: Painter
Released: April 25, 1980
Type: Movie
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.
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The Amputee
Title: The Amputee
Character: Nurse
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A double leg amputated woman sits and writes a long meandering letter while her ineffective nurse attempts to attend to her stumps.
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Early Experiments
Title: Early Experiments
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.
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Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Title: Sailing with Bushnell Keeler
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1967, a young David Lynch grabbed his new Bolex 16mm camera, to film his friend and mentor Bushnell Keeler and brother Dave Keeler sailing on the Chesapeake Bay in Bush's King's Cruiser. This was David Lynch's very first film, which he prefers to call a "home movie". It depicts a man, a painter, who changed David's life forever pursuing the artist's life, which he continues to this day.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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The David Lynch of Photography
Title: The David Lynch of Photography
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
David Lynch is not only a movie director but also a photographer. In 2009, his photographs have been exhibited in Munich. Reiner Holzemer had the chance to meet the artist. The result is a short film, a promenade trough David's visuals.
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The Soul Detective
Title: The Soul Detective
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A detective enters a train car where he finds different manifestations of a force that haunts the place.
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A Fall from Grace
Title: A Fall from Grace
Character: William Tabb
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light - is taking the lives of young girls. He only knows that their burned and broken bodies are washing ashore along the Mississippi River, never to return home. He wears the scars of the one time he got close. Now, he's living in the darkness himself, perhaps too deeply. His physical pain is matched only by the pain he feels each time another young girl goes missing or washes ashore. Self-medicating to both ward away and embrace this killer, he falls farther from his light. Truth be told, the closer he comes to death by his own hand, the closer he gets to solving the murders.
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I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
Title: I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".
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David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
Title: David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
Character: Himself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
David Lynch talks about his creative life from art student to filmmaker, from "Eraserhead" (1977) to the internet and "Inland Empire' (2006). Why intuition is so important, the opportunity to make "The Elephant Man", why there is no "Director's Cut" of "Dune" (1984), the inspiration behind "Lost Highway" (1997) and why he thinks celluloid is a dinosaur.