David Lynch Strikes Back

I am sorry this took so long to get to you. I am happy it came at all. The best laid plans and all. It's a really long story. But the short version is that my practically yearlong game of tag with David Lynch for Wired has concluded at last.

It didn't make the mag as a feature as originally planned, but I'll take the online news division anyday. It's faster, for one, and print's lead-time can be heavy. Plus, Wired News doesn't shy away from hard data, including the uncut transcript of my conversation with the director of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive and his latest, INLAND EMPIRE. All six pages of it. I love the online metaverse. And when it comes to news from the dark corners of Lynchania, it's a good time to be alive.

His newest film INLAND EMPIRE is a three-hour experiment in digital video and surreal violence. So far, it's been gathering a good amount of controversy and heat, which is never bad. And David's love of tech has given him the reins of what Marx once called the means of production. And you know he's loving every minute of it.

And there's more good news. The second seasons of Lynch's groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks has finally come out on DVD, and it has been a long time coming. DVDs are barely alive as it is, so the lateness of the hour makes little sense, but better late than never. Either way, it's bonanza time for the Lynchians. Three hours of new, disturbing dreams on the big screen. The ghost of Laura Palmer returned. Wired surrealism straight from the lobes of a sensei. Welcome to the terrordome:

David Lynch's Weird, Wired World
"It's a new world. Because you've got a 40-minute take rather than a 10-minute take, so you can just keep on rolling. In my last couple of films, I've started talking to the actors while we're shooting, which is not the smartest thing to do in a way. Because you're goofing up the soundtrack. But I like to talk, and with DV, it's not like millions of dollars are flying through the camera every second. It's a different kind of feeling. You can get into a mood and stay there without breaking it because you have to stop and reload. You're leaner and meaner, and you can get more good footage..."
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