Another great interview in the Scene by Scene” series, this one with the unique visionary David Lynch. An incredible list of writing and directing credits including Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006), and the cult classic TV series “Twin Peaks” (1990-1991).
We already featured Lynch here where he talked about his creative process:
”For seven years I ate at Bob’s Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I ate a chocolate shake and four, five, six, seven cups of coffee – with lots of sugar. And there’s lots of sugar in that chocolate shake. It’s a thick shake. In a silver goblet. I would get a rush from all this sugar, and I would get so many ideas! I would write them on these napkins. It was like I had a desk with paper. All I had to do was remember to bring my pen, but a waitress would give me one if I remembered to return it at the end of my stay. I got a lot of ideas at Bob’s.”
Here’s more about Lynch’s creative process in this great TV interview:
Part One
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIOe3uEj9rY]
Part Two
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYXaA8y2jv4]
Part Three
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzer5ybbHBk]
Part Four
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ64UQ2M4Bk]
Part Five
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uToTqO0haiA]


Scott- Thanks for posting these interviews. Brilliant.
Are you teaching any classes at UCLA Extension this winter?
Millar, glad you enjoyed the interview. Lynch is amazing guy, an instinctual filmmaker.
Re my teaching schedule: Here’s a post from August which lays out 4 one-week courses, which I’ll be rotating through on an annual basis (for the foreseeable future).