From the BAFTA Archives, the visionary director of Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and The Elephant Man discusses his career and distinct approach to filmmaking. Grab a slice of cherry pie and enjoy. Recorded in 2007.
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I love how David Lynch refuses to say that his films have one concrete meaning, I think it makes it much more interesting to watch because you really have to absorb everything you see and come to your own conclusions.
I realized that the best stories need to have 3 interpretations. One you/the writer gives it, one that your fans get from face value, and then one you just randomly hide for shits and giggles.
Not even to his son lol
8:40 is what you came looking for
No
You know what I really like about Lynch's dreamy movies... first you watch it, and you end up with a mixed feeling. You like the art and the mystery of it, but you feel frustrated because you can't put everything together. Then you can't stop thinking about it. You watch it again... and then explore the internet for other people's interpretations. You finally start to put the pieces together and at this point the film instantly grows on you. What looked like something without meaning instantly glues as you get the click of what it is about. And even if you got the main idea... like when you discover what the puzzle is about... there is still a lot of symbolic stuff in the periphery for you to grasp. And this periphery is part of an endless discussion, because it is Lynch's very personal ideas and influences showing up, although the core is probably available to everyone, since it's about life. I really like this man's art. Thank you, David.
15:35 David casting a spell
Theres a crazy one at 21:24
here she comes again 24:40 edit: and staying for a while
DL is incredibly tough to interview. The guy translates the intangible. It's like trying to get a Zen master to 'sum up' Zen.
david lean💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
It looks sorta like Ben Horne is interviewing him to me. xD
While listening to just the audio of this interview, I could easily imagine Lynch as Heath Ledger's Joker; "Such a beautiful thing to get an idea. Because you see it, you hear it, you feel it, and *THERE IT IS.* " Gotta love Lynch, he just _does_ things. A cinematic agent of chaos.
right on well said
24:28 "the film is the thing"
But the owls are not what they seem.
David Lynch is the jazz musician of film makers...improv cinema & storytelling...his ideation-to-cinema explanation made me think of cooking --- like when you have an idea for what to make for dinner, say roast chicken, and then smth else comes up like, a side of sauteed mushrooms and...then the salad...dessert and so on...
the compilation starting at 0:55 is hillarous
lets hit the froad
Literally awesome!
TJ Games it really is literally awesome!
To understand Lynch you need to watch his early films, and by those I mean works like the Grandmother. Any explanation of work after that is redundant. He's a visual artist and painter who brings it to life like a multi disciplinary Francis Bacon.
I've always felt like David Lynch should make a musical. I don't know how that came up, but I'm not gonna question the thought processes triggered by viewing David Lynch interviews.
That would be creepy as hell! You should watch the La La Land trailer edited to be like a David Lynch film here on youtube, it´s hilarious.
He made one in the 90's already.. It's called Industrial Symphony No. 1 (The Dream of the Brokenhearted).
Considering he's a song writer and makes music for other artist and himself, definitely possible, but don't expect the lyrics to make complete sense lol
The '50s was shiny and chrome.
Good interview, bruh. Would've been great if you didn't pester him with those "What did __ mean?" questions. If Lynch didn't meditate he'd let you really know how much it annoys him to be asked the same thing for 40+ years.
yeah, but let's face facts here, Lynch set himself up for a lifetime of WTF did you mean questions. He knows this full well. He's expert and answering them, pretty much saying it's dream logic it's up to you what it fucking means.
It's just tremendously egotistic to assume you'll be the one journalist amongst thousands to make Lynch give you a textbook answer. Every time you ask Lynch to explain his work you are ignoring the multiple times he's told you his art is a personal experience not a plot driven narrative with literal statements. You only have an hour with a genius and you still waste time with dead questions. Disrespectful asf.
Exactly.
Juan Maltos @ '' #1@ ^4's2za
I agree, and more or less, he expressed my sentiment, that they only want him to give answers because he is still alive. My whole freshmen year of college was explicating the works of dead authors. Nobody had the same conclusions.
David Lynch is a genius, he does an amazing job of taking the piss out of Hollywood and its nonsensical formulaic storytelling. Hollywood is too pretentious to realise he has been trolling them for 40 years.
How do you know
you've missed the point there g - that's not what he does at all
Lynch is just telling it how it is. I wish the audience would quite their laughter.
Interview disclaimer for David Lynch: Don’t mention Dune.
That would be one of the first things I would ask about since its so damn bizarre that he even got that job and then accepted it.
There are very few men in the world with hair that is comparable to David's. After I learned he never shampoos it, I dropped the habit myself, for the most part, unless it gets super-greasy.
anyone speak lynch hands? Need subs
Lynch answered to Elaborate on that, i know it, some hardcore fans will know it, but the presenter and regular crowd wont : D
What is it with British television? Everything looks like it was filmed in 1972.
I think the source material is probably much higher quality, and that a lower bitrate version was uploaded
@@glennzone12 It's not just the resolution, it's the direction, lighting, sets, intonation, etc.. everything screams OUTDATED
They aren't made for Television, they are filmed lectures for online use
I've always felt that. I remember watching Keeping Up Appearances in the states, and being shocked that it was a relatively new show (at the time).
Or in 1984
what would Lynch think of those chairs?
David Lynn.
I like how the interviewer keeps trying to pin down the meaning on these movies and Lynch is so comfortable rejecting the notion entirely. Although it got a bit annoying toward the end like, don't you get it dude?
2:14 what is that edit i love it
lol, almost everything about this interview is a wreck, but at least we got to listen to David Lynch talk for a while.
What's that weird music at the end credits???
Set designer's a big fan of Eileen Gray.
when David Lynched, John Hurt.
He is Laura
why are the crowd all wearing tuxedos?
TheBirdieView why not?
They're 00 agents.
Love Lynch! INLAND EMPIRE, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway and Eraserhead are my fav's. I never like Elephant Man at all.
Why not?
the interviewer wasn't the greatest, but nonetheless a great lecture!
I think he did well. David is not the easiest person to interview.
Danny I think he did well, unlike most interviewers these days who cut off what the interviewee was saying mid-sentence!!
hey lets pair david lynch with our most boring, stupid, generic guy we can find in our bafta basement... what can possibly go wrong...
David Lynch's approach to meaning in film, is the same as Derrida's in writing and philosophy. There is no meaning inherent in anything, besides its innumerable interpretations. An artist who accepts this, is able to express themselves through a wider emotional spectrum than language or images alone might allow, and it cannot be reduced back to those mediums.
seriously.
They picked some odd scenes. Of all the things in Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, why did they pick that one?
Lynch deserved a better interwier
Believe it or not, God Is Gay btw if you came looking for this, it's at 8:38 or so
Can’t find it
blessed thank you
Well, this was disappointing. I really thought he said the God is gay originally but he didn't :(( thank u for pointing out the timestamp though
I understand you have to have ads on your KZhead video, but why for fucks sake do they have to happen in the middle of every movie clip you’re showing.
Please pay 5000$ now.
The interviewer is an absolute, arrogant prat. Lynch deserved so much better.
Lost his girlfriend but found a purpose. Not everyone's that lucky 😅
Malcolm X's etiude biography is a worsely attitude for him.
who the fuck is David Lin?
It sure isn't God's world he is talking about.
David Lynch gives zero fucks.
Interviewer not good.
Jodorowsky y'all, is the real artist.
Both of them.
Even Jodorowsky admires Lynch. They're both great artist. And glad both are still making films.
Woody Allen and David Lynch should collaborate.
They have. It's not in the public domain though!
Truth Hurts What do you mean?
@@truthhurts283 Truth hurts, what dimension are you broadcasting from?
no
The people giggling in the audience are disrespectful af
That’s what I was thinking
Terrible questions and interview
Dear Mister Lynch: Rock and Roll had existed since the 1920s and was not embraced by the culture at large until the 50s. Because a person is unaware of something does not mean that it doesn't exist. I was there for most of the 50s and the first r'n'r I heard was a downbeat-heavy blues number called Heartbreak Hotel. Fats Domino was recording r'n'r in the late 40s and Blueberry Hill came to L.A. radio the same year that Elvis came to my attention. Elvis was making fine recordings at Sun Records since 1953 and those records were not played on L.A. radio. You are a smart guy, David, please do your homework and proper research before making sweeping statements not based in "real history". In otherwords African-American rock and rollers were not known to the culture until Elvis opened the door. That's how it worked then and now there are computers granting access to excellence should a person seek excellence. One can find traditional Japanese music, for instance, with KZhead and even didgeridoo jams are available to anyone with laptop and internet (make it free, please). I do a wicked good interpretation of a Lynch/Badalamenti song called "Rockin' Back into My Heart" and I changed a few words so that I can sing it honestly. When I sing I am incapable of lying and that is not a disease. I'm in Hollywood if you want to hear it. I would film it on my computer if my retarded neighbors would allow it and they are on six sides of my room. Perhaps I'll find a way to make a vid of your song - is there a copyright ban on wicked good interpretations? Please let me know and keep on rocking.
I know loads of people with just as much imagination as David Lynch who could do far better than him. He's ok, but he's not brilliant is he?
Imagination's great. Actually making something's harder.
What a stupid comment. There's a huge difference between saying 'I could do that better than him' and actually doing it!
@@scattjax3908 best possible answer.
David Leanch