In this episode of Crash Course, I am joined once again by David Lynch experts Ben Elsener and Andy Stewart to dive in to three more of Lynch’s films often referred to as the L.A. Trilogy: Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire.
In this episode we explore how Lynch's unique style is applied to the place most famous for film as a medium, and how Hollywood is a perfect place to explore his recurring themes of identity and reality.
Our conversation touches on Lynch's use of non-linear storytelling at the tail end of his filmmaking career and how that intersects with how he is coming to grips with the modern technology that arrives around the turn of the 21st century.
Here, we go deeper than ever on Lynch's cinematic world-building as a natural segue in to an exploration of his work on television, which we’ll cover in greater detail in our fourth and final episode of the season.
Show Notes
00:00 Introduction
02:43 The LA Trilogy: An Introduction
03:26 Lost Highway
28:55 Mulholland Drive
41:03 Lynch's Hollywood Influences
47:15 Dreams and Delusions in Lynch's Films
58:32 Inland Empire as a Lynchian Enigma
01:04:45 Transcendental Meditation and Lynch's Philosophy
01:16:48 Teasing Twin Peaks
