I’ve found myself drawn to David Lynch’s work and interviews the past couple of weeks. I don’t know exactly why, but I saw someone’s post online about the same Lynchian phenomenon happening to them and it explained it so simply.
“Watching a David Lynch movie because it’s less bizaare than our current reality.”
Anyway, of all the interviews that I’ve listened to so far with David, this is by far my favorite. It’s a conversation he had in 2007 with Kristine McKenna in Paris for his big exhibition at the Fondation Cartier called “The Air Is On Fire.” It was a retrospective of his work as a visual artist rather than a filmmaker: paintings, drawings, photographs, experimental shorts, etc.
The poster of the interview has turned off embedding so you can listen to the entire 1 hour and 41 minute conversation on YouTube by following the link below.
McKenna has a real chemistry with Lynch. Two old friends sitting down to flip through a book together. Wish there was video to go along with it, but that’s okay. This is the David Lynch that I love listening to. He’s plainspoken, cheerful, and completely unwilling to interpret his own images. It’s just so great to have it on in the background. The conversations stick primarily to his work as a creative artist and refreshingly steers clear of the usual “explain Twin Peaks” territory. Kristine would go on to co-write his book Room To Dream some years later.
If you have thoughts on this or want to share a favorite Lynch interview, leave me a comment below. I’d love to hear your POV.
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