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In this memoir/biography, we get to take a look behind the scenes into the life of cinematic visionary David Lynch through interviews and rare, intimate stories from those who know him best. The result is a fascinating portrait of a unique artist. Recommended By Lucinda G., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family.
In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he’s faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition. Lynch’s lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered personal reflections riff off biographical sections written by close collaborator Kristine McKenna and based on more than 100 new interviews with surprisingly candid ex-wives, family members, actors, agents, musicians, and colleagues in various fields who all have their own takes on what happened.
Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers a onetime all-access pass into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and utterly original living artists.
With insights into...
Eraserhead
The Elephant Man
Dune
Blue Velvet
Wild at Heart
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Lost Highway
The Straight Story
Mulholland Drive
INLAND EMPIRE
Twin Peaks: The Return
Review
"Lynch comes across as an amiable, chatty fellow who wears his brilliance lightly....the book abounds in great stories and terrific movie trivia that will sate Lynch fans for years to come." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Lynch is a great raconteur, and at the book's heart are his anecdotes, featuring colorful grotesques...and dark intrusions of sexuality....The result is an entertainingly offbeat show-biz saga and a fine evocation of Lynch's unique voice and sensibility." Publishers Weekly
Review
"This unique peek into the imagination of one-of-a-kind filmmaker Lynch works as both memoir and biography. Lynch's personal reflections are offset by telescoped biographical sections from critic/journalist McKenna, who's been interviewing him since 1977 and also spoke with Lynch's family, friends, and colleagues. Lynch's last book, Catching the Big Fish, has sold 100,000 copies." Library Journal
About the Author
David Lynch advanced to the front ranks of international cinema in 1977 with the release of his first film, the startlingly original Eraserhead. Since then, Lynch has been nominated for two Best Director Academy Awards for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet, was awarded the Palme d’Or for Wild at Heart, swept the country with Twin Peaks mania in 1990 when his groundbreaking television series premiered on ABC, and has established himself as an artist of tremendous range and wit. He is the author of a previous book on Transcendental Meditation, Catching the Big Fish.
Kristine McKenna is a widely published critic and journalist who wrote for the Los Angeles Times from 1979 through 1998, and has been a close friend and interviewer of David Lynch since the Eraserhead days of 1977. Her profiles and criticism have appeared in Artforum, The New York Times, ARTnews, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. Her books include The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin and two collections of interviews.
Kristine McKenna on PowellsBooks.Blog
David Lynch loves music and he refers to specific musicians and songs throughout this book. I thought of making a playlist that simply name-checked the music that’s mentioned in the book, but such a playlist would’ve been all over the place in terms of mood. So, I decided instead to go for a sustained mood, and the mood I chose is dreamy...
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