Christian Divine

From The Vaults: “Idea is Everything” – David Lynch

From The Vaults: “Idea is Everything” – David Lynch

Reprinted from an abridged article from 1 October 2015. A conversation with David Lynch. David Lynch is an audio-visual artist whose primary canvas is celluloid. His enigmatic films are perhaps the closest the American cinema has come to capturing the otherworldly sensation of dreams – and nightmares. The hallmark of Lynch’s films is that they look […]

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Not a Typical Action Movie: David O. Russell on Three Kings

Not a Typical Action Movie: David O. Russell on Three Kings

David O. Russell discusses disagreements over writing credits, moving from independent to studio films, and the dark heart of the movie.

By Christian Divine. Today, writer/director David O. Russell is perhaps best known for Oscar-nominated films such as Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and The Fighter. But before these, it was his critically-aclaimed 1999 film Three Kings that arguably launched his career. Neither of David O. Russell’s earlier independent films, the uncomfortably amusing Spanking the Monkey (1994) […]

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“Idea is Everything” – David Lynch

“Idea is Everything” – David Lynch

David Lynch on the importance of intuition, his writing process, and the necessity of remaining true to oneself.

By Christian Divine. David Lynch is an audio-visual artist whose primary canvas is celluloid. His enigmatic films are perhaps the closest the American cinema has come to capturing the otherworldly sensation of dreams – and nightmares. The hallmark of Lynch’s films is that they look and sound like no other. His scripts are not based […]