American cinema has lost one of its proudest (and atypical) representatives. David Lynch died Thursday January 16 at the age of 78, his family announced on Facebook. If the causes of his death have not been specified, the director revealed that he was suffering from pulmonary emphysema in 2023.
Revealed in 1980 with Elephant Manhis second feature film, David Lynch quickly established himself as a great master of the Strange. His most cult works, Mulholland Drive to the series Twin Peakshave left their mark thanks to their disturbing dreamlike nature, an unstructured narration, but also for their musical, visual and literary references. The director even tried his hand at adapting with Dune, I pulled the saga Frank Herbertin 1984.
He has also written several autobiographical Books such as My true story (Sonatine, 2008, trad. Nicolas Richarddiscontinuation of marketing), Life and Workand has brought together his photographic works in several beautiful books.
David Lynch in 8 books
- David Lynch: an outsider in Hollywood by Ian Nathan (Huginn & Muninn, 2023, trans. Jerome Wicky)
Portrait of the American director, whose cinematographic works, at once innovative, unique and fantastic, raise questions. Interviews punctuate the whole thing.
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David Lynch: American Nightmare by Rockyrama magazine (2022)
A journey through the work of the master of the strange,Elephant Man has Blue Velvet passing through Twin Peaks et Mulholland Drive. The authors offer to discover the nightmarish America of David Lynch, where good rubs shoulders with evil and where reality comes dangerously close to the dream.
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Digital Nudes by David Lynch (Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2021)
Second part of David Lynch's work dedicated to the female nude. These digital photos are an invitation to contemplation and creative freedom.
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David Lynch: material, time and image by Eric Dufour (2008, paperback reissue in 2020)
Study on the cinema of the American director in which the images come together in a delirious way while detaching themselves from the bodies and the situations they generate. His films bring together a multiplicity of worlds, distorting then reforming roles and things in new ways.
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Dream space by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna (JC Lattès, 2018, reed. The Pocket Book in 2019, trans. Carole Delporte and Johan-Frederick Hel-Guedj)
The filmmaker confides and recounts the significant episodes of his personal and artistic life. As a counterpoint, the journalist reports testimonies from relatives, friends and collaborators of Lynch on these same facts.
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David Lynch by Thierry Jousse (2007, reed. Cahiers du cinéma, 2012)
A retrospective of the career of this atypical filmmaker, since his beginnings in experimental cinema with Eraserhead et Elephant Manuntil his latest achievements Mulholland Drive et Inland Empirepassing through Blue Velvet, Lost highway and the series Twin Peaks.
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David Lynch: a cinema of evil by Enrique Seknadje (White Truck, 2010)
Study devoted to the analysis of part of David Lynch's filmography.
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The audio-visual art of David Lynch by Jean Foubert (L’Harmattan, 2010)
David Lynch left his mark on the contemporary panorama of cinema and television with his genius. His work aroused scandal, if not perplexity, before receiving recognition from the public and critics. This essay, through a cultural, aesthetic and philosophical situation, invites us to follow the creative journey of the filmmaker.
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