Movies

All started in 1976 with a poor known film called " Eraserhead ", which is a little genesis of the universe of Lynch: opressive, dark, unreal. This film opened to him the gates of the cinema , with a Mel Brooks more than motivated to finance his following film. Lynch connects two significant films: Elephant man (1980) and Dune (1984) which were completely opposed to the level of their successes.

And it is from there that Lynch reveals himself completely, with more independent films, intimists. This one is not obstructed to show us visions of these completly apart worlds ! Thus Blue velvet (1986) makes possible to the realizer to join again the links between the realizer, traumatized by the extended critics about Dune, and the cinema, which is before all a whole art.

In 1990, Sailor & Lula appeares on our screens, and benefits immediately of large success in Cannes... Lynch obtains the gold palm with a knocking film , where arises violence (musical, physical), love and the shift with all that surrounds us.

After this success, a great project is revealed to us, Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me (1992). The film comes out after the series of the same name, but is in fact the foreword. Disconcerting for all the spectators who have'nt seen the series, Fire walk with me is'nt wel accepted by the criticists and the public, and this buries the small world of Twin Peaks (Except for the fans).

It is in 1995 that Lost highway comes out in world preview in France. Somebody said that Eraserhead is the genesis of the " Lynchland ". Lost highway can be the epilogue for it. This film joins again, in all the directions of the term, with the favorite subjects of Lynch. Besides the only explanation that this one gives us on film is that it speaks about " a psychogenic running away ".

The " Lynchland " has just closed itself with Lost highway. David Lynch is interested by a more personal film: " The straight story ", first film where he does not participate to the writing of the scenario. This one will be selected for the Festival of Cannes 1999, but will not receive any reward in spite of the general recognition of criticists.

It is into 2001 that Lynch carries out a televised series: Mulholland Drive. Diffused by ABC, the chains decides to stop the project because there are too many inconsistencies in the scenario (disappearance of characters without reasons). Lynch drops this project but is recontacted by Canal + for transformed this serie into film. After having turned over scenes, the film is presented to the festival of Cannes 2001 and will receive theaward of best realisation with film of the Cohen brothers.