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6. Edwina and Donald Lynch, c. 1944. “My dad was chief of the engine room on a destroyer in the Pacific. He and a bunch of guys were charged with making smoke screens and my dad mixed up some kind of concoction and they said, hands down, he made the best smoke.” Photograph by Arthur Sundholm.
7. John and David Lynch in Sandpoint, Idaho, c. 1948. Photograph by Sunny Lynch.
8. Left to right: David, John, and Martha Lynch on the steps of the Lynch home in Spokane, Washington, c. 1950. Photograph by Sunny Lynch.
9. Lynch playing trumpet with friends on the street where the Lynches lived in Boise, Idaho. “That’s right in front of my house, probably sometime around 1956. One day we just were playing music. I don’t know who the kids carrying the music are, but that’s me on trumpet, and Mike Johnson and Riley Cutler both on trombone. That kid walking in front of us is Randy Smith. We called him Pud.” Photograph by Mark Smith.
10. Lynch, c. 1967. “This picture was taken in Philadelphia in the Father, Son, Holy Ghost house.” Photograph by C. K. Williams.
11. Lynch with one of his paintings at his parents’ home in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1963. “That’s an oil on canvas wharf scene, and I think I gave this painting to Judy Westerman. I think her daughter has this painting.” Photograph by Donald Lynch.
12. An untitled oil on canvas painting (c. 1964) that Lynch produced while attending the Boston Museum School. Photograph by David Lynch.
13. The mural Lynch painted on the ceiling of his bedroom in Alexandria, c. 1963. Photograph by Sunny Lynch.
14. The living room of the apartment where Lynch lived while he was a student in Boston, 1964. Photograph by David Lynch.
15. Lynch working on the set of The Grandmother at his home in Philadelphia, 1968. Photograph by Peggy Reavey.
16. Peggy Reavey and Lynch outside Reavey’s parents’ home in Philadelphia, c. 1968. Photograph by Bernard V. Lentz.
17. Reavey and Lynch in the coffee shop next door to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, c. 1967.
18. Lynch and his best man, Jack Fisk, at the party following Lynch’s 1968 marriage to Reavey; the reception was held at Reavey’s parents’ home. Photograph by Peggy Reavey.
19. Lynch and cinematographer Fred Elmes on one of the Eraserhead sets at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, c. 1973. Photograph by Catherine Coulson.
20. Top: Lynch and sound designer Alan Splet jamming in the food room that was part of Lynch’s makeshift Eraserhead studio in Los Angeles, c. 1972; bottom: Lynch, Reavey, and Jennifer Lynch outside Catherine Coulson and Jack Nance’s home in the Beachwood Canyon section of Los Angeles on Christmas Day, c. 1972. Photographs by Catherine Coulson.
21. Lynch on the set for the lobby of Henry Spencer’s apartment in Eraserhead, c. 1972. Photograph by Catherine Coulson.
22. Charlotte Stewart and Lynch on the set for the front porch of the X family’s house in Eraserhead, 1972. Photograph by Catherine Coulson.
23. Mary Fisk in the home she shared with Lynch on Rosewood Avenue in Los Angeles, 1977. Photograph by David Lynch.
24. Anthony Hopkins and Lynch during the making of The Elephant Man in London, 1979. Courtesy of Brooksfilms. Photograph by Frank Connor.
25. Lynch on The Elephant Man set in London, 1979. Courtesy of Brooksfilms. Photograph by Frank Connor.
26. Mary Fisk in the Louvre, Paris, 1979. Photograph by David Lynch.
27. During the making of The Elephant Man at Lee International Studios in London, 1979. Back row, left to right: Stuart Craig, Terry Clegg, Bob Cartwright, Eric Bergren, and Jonathan Sanger; front row, left to right, Lynch, Mel Brooks, and Chris De Vore. Courtesy of Brooksfilms. Photograph by Frank Connor.
28. Mary Fisk and Sparky in London, 1979. “The vet said Sparky was a complicated dog and she could’ve been a hermaphrodite.” Photographs by David Lynch.
29. Austin and David Lynch at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City during the making of Dune, 1983. Photograph by Mary Fisk.
30. Cinematographer Freddie Francis and Lynch during the making of Dune, 1983. Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC. Photograph by George Whitear.
31. Lynch and actress Alicia Witt on the Dune set, 1983. Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC. Photograph by George Whitear.
32. Kyle MacLachlan, Raffaella De Laurentiis, and Lynch at Churubusco Studios, c. 1983. Photograph by Mary Fisk.
33. Lynch on one of the Dune location shoots, 1983. “We were holed up in El Paso and each morning we’d drive across the border past the sleepy little town of Juárez and go off into the dunes. We were there for quite a long time. Juárez was such a peaceful little town then.” Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC. Photograph by George Whitear.
34. Isabella Rossellini during the making of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, North Carolina, 1985. Photograph by David Lynch.
35. Lynch and Dennis Hopper during the making of Blue Velvet, 1985. Courtesy of MGM. Photographs by Melissa Moseley.
36. Dean Stockwell on the Blue Velvet set, 1985. Photograph by David Lynch.
37. Lynch and actor Fred Pickler on the Blue Velvet set, 1985. Courtesy of MGM. Photograph by Melissa Moseley.
38. Kyle MacLachlan and Lynch during the making of Blue Velvet, 1985. Courtesy of MGM. Photograph by Melissa Moseley.
39. Lynch, Heather Graham, and Kyle MacLachlan on set in Los Angeles, shooting the final episode of the second season of Twin Peaks, 1990. Photograph by Richard Beymer.
40. Lynch and set dresser Mike Malone during the shooting of Fire Walk with Me, 1991. Courtesy of mk2 and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
41. Left to right: Michael J. Anderson, Catherine Coulson, Harry Goaz, Kyle MacLachlan, and Piper Laurie on the Twin Peaks set, 1989. Photograph by Richard Beymer.
42. Lynch and sidekick during the making of Twin Peaks, c. 1989. “This is something we made up for Twin Peaks. It’s Tim & Tom’s Taxi-Dermy, which is a taxi company that also stuffs animals. We shot this outside my house in Los Angeles, and that’s me in the front seat. I’m not sure if it ever made it into the show.” Courtesy of CBS and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Kimberly Wright.
43. Set dresser Daniel Kuttner and Lynch on location in Texas during the shooting of Wild at Heart, 1989. Courtesy MGM. Photograph by Kimberly Wright.
44. Lynch and Sherilyn Fenn on location in Lancaster, California, during the making of Wild at Heart, 1989. Courtesy MGM. Photograph by Kimberly Wright.
45. Lynch, Fred Elmes, Nicolas Cage, Mary Sweeney, and Laura Dern on location in downtown Los Angeles shooting the final scene of Wild at Heart, 1989. Courtesy MGM. Photograph by Kimberly Wright.
46. Grace Zabriskie and Lynch on location in New Orleans during the making of Wild at Heart, 1989. Courtesy MGM. Photograph by Kimberly Wright.
47. Lynch and Sheryl Lee shooting the train car scene for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1991. Courtesy mk2 Films and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
48. Kiefer Sutherland, Lynch, and Chris Isaak shooting at an airport in Washington during the making of Fire Walk with Me, 1991. Courtesy mk2 Films and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
49. Sheryl Lee, Grace Zabriskie, and Lynch on the set of Fire Walk with Me, 1991. “That’s the Palmer house in Everett, Washington.” Courtesy mk2 Films and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
50. Sheryl Lee and Lynch in the Red Room during the making of Fire Walk with Me, 1991. Courtesy mk2 Films and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
51. Sheryl Lee, Lynch, and Moira Kelly on location in Washington for Fire Walk with Me, 1991. Courtesy mk2 Films and Twin Peaks Productions, Inc. Photograph by Lorey Sebastian.
52. Patricia Arquette, Lynch, and Bill Pullman in the Madison house in Los Angeles during the making of Lo
st Highway, 1996. Courtesy mk2 Films. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
53. Bill Pullman and Lynch on the Lost Highway set, c. 1995. Courtesy mk2 Films. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
54. Lynch and Jack Nance at a location on La Brea Boulevard in Los Angeles during the making of Lost Highway, c. 1995. Courtesy mk2 Films. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
55. Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Lynch during the making of Lost Highway, c. 1995. Courtesy mk2 Films. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
56. Richard Pryor and Lynch on location for Lost Highway, c. 1995. Courtesy mk2 Films. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
57. Geno Silva, Lynch, and Rebekah Del Rio onstage at Silencio during the making of Mulholland Drive, c. 1999. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
58. Laura Elena Harring, Naomi Watts, and Lynch on set during the making of Mulholland Drive, c. 1999. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
59. Naomi Watts, Lynch, and Laura Elena Harring on set for Mulholland Drive, c. 1999. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
60. Lynch and Justin Theroux on the Mulholland Drive set, c. 1999. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
61. Jack Fisk, Lynch, and crew members during the shooting of The Straight Story in Iowa, c. 1998. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
62. Jack Fisk, Lynch, Sean E. Markland, unidentified, and John Churchill during The Straight Story shoot, c. 1998. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
63. Lynch and cast members (left to right: Joseph A. Carpenter, Jack Walsh, Ed Grennan, and Donald Wiegert) from The Straight Story, c. 1998. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
64. Richard Farnsworth and Lynch on set in Laurens for The Straight Story, c. 1998. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
65. Lynch and Emily Stofle Lynch in Paris. Photograph by Jennifer “Greenie” Green.
66. Lynch with his son Riley on the set of Twin Peaks: The Return, 2015. Courtesy Rancho Rosa Partnership, Inc. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
67. Lynch and Laura Dern shooting in the San Fernando Valley during the making of INLAND EMPIRE, c. 2004. Courtesy Absurda and StudioCanal. Photograph by Deverill Weekes.
68. Lynch and cow on Hollywood Boulevard in November 2006, promoting Laura Dern’s performance in INLAND EMPIRE. Photograph by Jeremy Alter.
69. Lynch and Harry Dean Stanton on set at Paramount Studios during the making of INLAND EMPIRE, c. 2004. Courtesy Absurda and StudioCanal. Photograph by Michael Roberts.
70. Lynch and his daughter Lula, drawing at Les Deux Magots in Paris, 2016. Photograph by Emily Lynch.
71. Lula and David Lynch, c. 2016. Photograph by Emily Lynch.
72. Lynch in Gary D’Amico’s yard in La Tuna Canyon, California, during the making of the music video for Crazy Clown Time, 2011. Photograph by Dean Hurley.
73. Lynch with Lula, Emily, Jennifer, Austin, and Riley Lynch at Lynch’s Hollywood home, 2013. “What I love about this photo is that little doll Lula is holding. It goes from real little to bigger, clockwise.” Photograph by Erin Scabuzzo.
74. Lynch and Harry Dean Stanton on the set of Twin Peaks: The Return, 2015. Courtesy Rancho Rosa Partnership, Inc. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
75. Lynch outside a hospital in Van Nuys, California, during the making of Twin Peaks: The Return, 2016. Photograph by Michael Barile.
76. Kyle MacLachlan and Lynch in Los Angeles on the Red Room set for Twin Peaks: The Return, 2015. Courtesy Rancho Rosa Partnership, Inc. Photograph by Suzanne Tenner.
77. Anthony Maracci and Lynch on location in Southern California during the making of Twin Peaks: The Return, 2016. “That was the last thing we shot.” Photograph by Michael Barile.
78. Lynch in his recording studio, c. 2015. Photograph by Dean Hurley.
79. David and Jennifer Lynch in a Bob’s Big Boy, Los Angeles, c. 1973. Photographs by Catherine Coulson.
80. Lynch shooting a commercial for Sci-Fi Channel in Los Angeles, 1997. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
81. Lynch and his grandfather Austin Lynch, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Photograph by Sunny Lynch.
82. Lynch and Cori Glazer at Silencio during the making of Mulholland Drive, c. 1999. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
83. Lynch and Laura Dern on set in the San Fernando Valley during the making of INLAND EMPIRE, c. 2004. Photograph by Scott Ressler.
84. Uncle Pete Releasing His Children, 1986. Photograph by David Lynch.
85. Top: Lynch wearing his grandfather’s jacket, in the photo he submitted with his application to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1965. Bottom: Kristine McKenna, c. 2012. Photograph by Ann Summa.
86. A note Lynch sent to his parents in 1977. Photograph by David Lynch.
BY DAVID LYNCH
ROOM TO DREAM
CATCHING THE BIG FISH
BY KRISTINE MCKENNA
ROOM TO DREAM
TALK TO HER
BOOK OF CHANGES
THE FERUS GALLERY: A PLACE TO BEGIN
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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 three Best Director Academy Awards for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive, 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, Catching the Big Fish, on Transcendental Meditation.
KRISTINE MCKENNA is a widely published critic and journalist who wrote for the Los Angeles Times from 1977 through 1998, and has been a close friend and interviewer of David Lynch since 1979. Her profiles and criticism have appeared in Artforum, The New York Times, ARTnews, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone. Previous books include two collections of interviews and The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin.
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