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A fascinating look at the works of a great artist
This is an excellant look at the artistic works of director/painter & photographer David Lynch. Most of the footage was taken during the making of the film Lost Highway. There are looks at most of Lynch's films, photographs & paintings; plus plenty of interviews with Lynch's associates like Jack Nance, Jack Fisk, Mel Brooks & Barry Gifford. An excellant look at the works of this brilliant director. The DVD is well put together, with the menus nicely presented with running segments of Lynch's films. The picture and sound are both very good; the sound is particularly good during Lynch's trip to Prague, where the Angelo Badalamenti music is great. The extras are some extra interviews that were not on the video version, and also some photos of Lynch during various stages in his life. A must own DVD for fans of this magnificent director.

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Strangely disappointing (the movie, that is, not Lynch)
A behind the scenes look at the various products of David Lynch. Sounds interesting enough, but alas! this movie is no more than a mixture of Lynch-at-work footage, an all-too brief look at his work as a sculptor and an incomplete survey of his pictures. How is it possible that there is no mention of Lynch's absolute masterpiece 'Twin Peaks' in this documentary?? The 'Eraserhead' cast reunion is a unique display of dullness; a bunch of old actors visiting their former dwellingplaces. If you want to find out how exactly Lynch shot the prison scene in 'Lost highway' (better watch that movie again!), you have to take a look at this. However, people who know all about Lynch ànd people who know nothing at all about him, may both get disappointed. Better luck next time.

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"Jimmy Stewart from Mars"--Mel Brooks
Here's a good documentary about Lynch. Of course, you never get a clue of insight from him or his friends about what informs the strange metaphysics and obsessions that we the audience experience in his films. But sensing what a likable and completely normal person he is in these interviews makes the disjunction all the more fascinating. He's just a painter and sculptor (albeit one whose medium sometimes involves dead rats, flies, and his beloved ants) who happened to get a commission from AFI in 1970 and has chosen to make films at his whim ever since, with complete artistic control of his projects. We experience his close working collaboration with composer Angelo Badalamenti in Prague and elsewhere, and it drives home how important music and sound is to him, and get glimpses of his earliest films. "Pretty as a Picture" is a must-own for his fans.