David Lynch on Charlie Rose (January 12th 2000)
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- A conversation with film director David Lynch about his Oscar contender, "The Straight Story". The film follows the 1994 journey of Alvin Straight, who traveled across the state of Iowa on his lawn mower to visit his ill brother. Lynch talks about the making of the film and why he felt this local story was an important one to tell through film.
Lynch's comments about period pieces in movies not being designed correctly (around 24:09) are spot on. His premise is that a movie set in the 1950s should incorporate furnishings from the 20s, 30s, 40s, as well as the 50s, because people tend to hold onto their stuff for decades. This seems obvious, but lazy set designers don't get it. Every shot on every season of "That '70s Show" featured the kitschiest elements of 70s fads and trends. That may have been by design, but it looks totally fake to people who were actually alive then. When I visited my great-grandmother's house in the 70s, she had a bedroom that was vintage 1920s, a living room with furniture and television from the 50s, a dining room with a radio from the 40s, a laundry room with washing boards and basins from the 30s, a kitchen with a refrigerator from the 60s and so on. Some of my fondest memories of "the 70s" were taking a trip through six decades inside her house. Even "young people" don't replace all of their stuff every year--my house represents every decade of my life.
Absolutely.
That 70's Show is a bad example because that was a very basic sitcom with a modest budget that played up the obvious kitschy aspects of that period for laughs, it was not a serious work of art like Boogie Nights/Licorice Pizza or The Wolf of Wall Street or Killers of the Flower Moon that actually recreate their period so well it's ridiculous.
I love the idea of repeating daily routines so that you create a habit, then once that foundation is laid and your mind doesn't need to think about "what's for lunch? What's for dinner?" it has more space to spend thinking on more creative endeavors... really is an incredible idea.
Not everything Lynch touches turns to gold, but I love, enjoy and appreciate his style and mind more than almost any other artist/director.
Best head of hair of all time.
AOB 😆
I'm always wondering, how does he do it? What is involved with that?
best hair in the game!
It can be made with some Garmonbozia gel or some Eraserhead spray!!! ;-)
Well, it’s between lynch and morrissey 😂
What an incredible human being.
I love how Lynch corrected Rose when he said it took him 31 days, not 21 days to film the movie and then he said there was a big difference. This shows how Lynch's mind works. Every single detail has to be JUST PERFECT.
This man is a true artist! He is talented on so many different levels! I love the film Eraserhead. It creates such an atmosphere in my soul and mind every time I watch it. David taps into something very deep and psychological in the human consciousness. It is something that cannot be put into words, but is felt deeply.
Michelle Hayton Great comment. Love it. :)
Werner Fassbinder does the same.
Michelle Hayton You may like my work
Shush now Banshee
I am not working in art however listening to David Lynch is the most significant class I've ever attended. He is unique and his wisdom can be applied to all spheres of human existence.
Lynch has slowly became my favorite director, period. His surrealism is in a class of its own and twin peaks /mulholland/lost highway really changed my life as a child and got me into film
David Lynch is such an interesting fella. I'd love to meet him someday.
The straight story hit home for me. My grandfather Alvin wasn’t allowed to drive anymore so he would drive his riding lawnmower around the small farming town
I wish that David Lynch would consider doing his own spin on a Lovecraft story.
lotta david lynch movies are kind of lovecraftian, like inland empire or eraserhead or the return
I LOVE David Lynch! His voice, his hair, his gestures and his talent (on so many levels) are EPIC!
I'm going to have to see The Straight Story now. Those 2 short scenes both made me teary-eyed. Way to go, David!
Did you get to watch The Straight Story yet? One of my favorite movies even though David Lynch's other films seem a bit odd to me.
whatayawant His movies are usually pretty avant garde, if you like more of a linear story, I highly recommend Wild At Heart. It's the only Lynch movie I can think of that has a straight-forward plot. One of my favorite movies of all time. Oh wait -- Elephant Man. That's a tear-jerker though.
whatayawant Not as yet. Hopefully by the end of the year. :-)
He raided the garbage cans behind Bob's Bigboy to learn the contents of the milk shakes he'd been drinking? I LOVE it!
pretty weird they used the ending of the "international movie" version of Twin Peaks as highlight footage for this interview
bamberstru RIP Frank Silva , i agree it stuck out to me as well
the international version is so wrong, but i still enjoy it. it was a treat to see it here!
Thank you so much for this upload. I've learned about David Lynch recently because of Louie and the Letterman episodes. Of all the people on this planet, I would love nothing more than to have a long conversation with Lynch.
just great 2 smart people talking. is amazing
masterhuhwhat punk rock joe
I came to this video for David Lynch, and he's the best thing about it. I agree with all of the comments about his greatness and likeability, so I won't repeat them. I want to put in a word for Charlie Rose, the second genius in this conversation.
Too many interviewers hammer through a list of prepared questions (all too similar to those of other cookie-cutter interviewers), skipping on to the next question as soon as their interviewee pauses for breath, without listening to what was said. (I'm not just talking about those constrained by the limitations of 5-minute press junket slots.) I'm a limey and I only get to see Charlie Rose on CZcams, but in every interview of his that I've seen, Charlie takes the opposite approach: he tries to connect with the interviewee, grok what they've said and respond with appropriate follow-up questions. His questions are always intelligent, sympathetic, and often unexpected.
I would happily live in a Red Room for 25 years in which nothing happened except David Lynch and Charlie Rose having a conversation.
My chief hope for 2017's Twin Peaks: The Return is that the director of the Blue Rose programme will be revealed to be a fictionalised version of Charlie Rose with an unwholesome predilection for cussing.
Im not from America so Charlie Rose was/is not a name here but I have recently, mainly by coincidence, being repeatly coming across his interviews. He has interviewed so many artists I would love to have met and he seems to have a real rapport with them all. He is soft spoken and sincere, there is nothing contrived or forced about his approach and I really appreciate it. This seems to be a rarity amongst TV interviewers and get a sense this even truer in America. Was he very big in terms of his audience? I guess I will google him. Either way this is a very sleep deprived and long winded way of saying I agree and only wish there were more bright and gentle people like him on TV, and especially those who are tasked with the difficult job of extracting realness from artists on the generally hostile and alien world of talk shows.
"And I haven't had any parental guidance." LOL!!!
this is the greatest David Lynch, its relaxed, informative and insightful in to his creative process. thank you for uploading it :)
Such an under looked film.
Amazing director and great interviewer! They're both so great at what they do.
I do greatly hope to meet and speak with this man one day.
Charlie Rose has no idea what to ask David Lynch
This is not true. Someone who knew David Lynch would know better than to ask for outright explanations of his techniques and style, that is not how Lynch operates.
Charlie Rose did the best film director interviews.
To say that's all David Lynch's films have is absurd. Lynch is an auteur and his films are unlike any other you will see (hence why "Lynchian" is a popular term to describe certain aesthetics). And being an auteur it really doesn't matter if everyone -especially you- enjoy his work or not. He's not out for public approval.
It should be applauded that someone so outside the mainstream can be successful whether you like him or not. He proves you can succeed without compromising who you are.
I love the way he moves his hands when he talks lol
Great film.
It's one of the best.
Wild at heart.
TELEthruVOXx Honestly, probably my favorite Lynch film. Or rather...it's the most enjoyable to me. The others are more aesthetically beautiful...but Wild at Heart is such fun *_as well as_* aestehtically beautiful in it's own right. Lynch connects with me so deeply. I totally GET him....and am grateful to see a kindred aspergers-y spirit doing well in the world.
Lynch makes movies that look like all the movies I love.
Good interview on a great film. Charlie knows his subjects very well, and could anticipate Lynch's ability to give answers in his own rambling way. He asks one question that sums up why I struggle with David's work: "Are you a painter or a director?"
Perfect in that it summarizes for me Lynch's approach to film making. Non-linear, moody, emotion through color. In cinema, he can add the pallet of sound. We need more Lynch, get to work David!
David Lynch is the only person that I get inspiration from.Not so much his films but his interviews make me feel kind of I live an empty life.And you feel like you have to get your ass off the chair and create something.
also there talking about one of my favorite David Lynch films.
My, what a thoughtful critique.
Weird alternate BOB scene in the beginning clip rundown. It shows Cooper and Harry with guns drawn on Bob while he is giving that "I will kill again" speech. That was in Coopers dream, but he and Harry weren't there with guns drawn. Weird. I've never scene that scene in that context.
It's from the alternate international pilot where the story was 20 minutes longer and wrapped the whole thing up more nice and neat, once it was picked up he decided he liked some of the footage and transformed it into Coopers dream sequence.
“I went through the garbage behind bob’s.”
This is an interesting and informative interview but because it’s with David Lynch, I’m not among those who feel Charley Rose is above and beyond others who’ve interviewed him. I’ve seen about every chat with David Lynch out there and the one thing they all have in common is the David Lynch’s mind and thoughts are not dependent on how he’s interviewed, nor by who. As a matter of fact, the interviews I’ve seen with him conducted by less intellectual or informed journalists and hosts strike me as the most striking and informative. Certainly not regarding the interviewers but regarding David Lynch’s genius.
I heard Lynch is working on the next Transformers. Can't wait!
Chirico 77 He will never.
I know this is a joke, but I'd see that movie in a heartbeat.
Simple questions are the best for a thorough and deep interview. If you get too specific, you limit the interviewee to speak his/her mind :)
At first glance Charlie Rose seems to ask kind of poor questions, but when I listen to David Lynch's answers I noticed that they are brilliantly simple questions and the answers that DL gives here are a bit different than most interviews and I think its because of the simple questions.
Well Wild at Heart is defiantly my favourite but I think that is because I have seen it so many times and Lynchs stuff probably needs several viewings just to be fully appreciated. Once you know what to expect you can notice all the subtle things you missed and experience it differently.
It was also the first of his work I ever saw and I was young and it was like a secret because most people had never heard of the film. Great characters and performances. I quoted it fairly regularly for years still do occasionally in certain company.
It was also the first of his work I ever saw and I was young and it was like a secret because most people had never heard of the film. Great characters and performances. I quoted it fairly regularly for years still do occasionally in certain company.
I want that hair so badly
Best hair ever! Glorious. Love DKL.
With a hidden maniacal genius, channeled through making films.
He hasn't aged much for 17 years
Great stuff thanks
Lynch is a Genius !
David Lynch is the real deal.
Dune blew my mind when I was a kid. Then I read the book and realized how much it sucked. But that doesn't change the fact that it had a profound impact on my young mind. So Dune served a purpose. I agree that it was his worse movie..... Lynch goes to some scary places. I wish ......... I guess I wish I wasn't addicted to the scary places......... Art...........
***** heh....kinda funny, i must say.
Roman Brown It's definitely his worst movie but even as a fan of the book Dune I'd argue it's not a bad movie.
If you wanted it to be like the book then yeah, you're going to have problems. I had long been a fan of the book series but I like the movie as its own thing. It's really far better than it had any right to be, especially learning about the backstory regarding the making of the film.
David lynch........ is kinda crazy
Most geniuses are.
Blue Velvet blew my young mind in 1988.
Dune was a great book and a damn good movie!
Wow, I was gonna bet he had the idea of Mulholland drive at this point. Wish he did to see what sort of seed had been laid, what sort of idea was there in this early stage.
my man
Great interview.... love the whole bit about Y2K and the unknown..lol If they only knew It meant nothing at all
Gawd Ii love this man 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
David seems to replicate the feeling of dreams incredibly well. Just watch his short called "The Alphabet." (It's on here.)
Gotta love the shirt collar messed up..the too skinny tie...and the rear head shots. Nobody looks like that from behind.
Indeed!
I love how Charlie is smart enough to make standard questions to a very unique artist, in order to sell him to the audience. But Charlie sometimes drop a question or comment that let David know that Charlie understands what's all about in David's films.
i paint outside, with glue...in the sun, i let i cook, it's not too toxic and sometimes i set it on fire....lol! oh david lynch, you crazy, crazy genius
I am Frank!- wow! RIP Dennis Hopper
Damn, Charlie, that last question turned the interview awkward as fuck
@Fuqu Hipsterdoosh
Say what you will about him, but Twin Peaks was a masterpiece. It had everything a crime show written by David Lynch should have: a good mystery, interesting characters, a sheriff named after a president, woman who talks to a log, a midget, Norwegians, cherry pie, and coffee. Damn fine coffee, and hot too!
I find him cute?
***** heh...what a Lynch-ian punctuated comment. So very meta of you. ;)
who the elephant man?
He went to the Museum School of Fine Arts.
the best director in history
he's a pretty practical guy aswell. apinting outside fcuase of the fumes
David Lynch should narrate children's stories - he has a kind face lol; and later when they grow they get to enjoy his adult content
misspelling the operative part of it
Lol. What did you expect? "PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!"
is that twin peaks clip from the movie?
moogoovoo It's from the alternate version of the pilot episode that was only aired in Europe, with a different ending featuring BOB at the end to tie it up and make it have a conclusion so it could be shown as a made-for-TV movie type thing over there.
+moogoovoo i was wondering that too. Thanks for the info +AEUGNewtype !
Lynch and Nolan should've co-directed Inception, Lynch directing the talking and non-action parts (especially when Ariadne goes into Cobb's head and gets into his elevator of memories) and Nolan direct all the cool action-y parts. Plus, it wouldn't hurt to have a little Angelo Badalamenti in some parts instead of Hans Zimmer's copy-and-pasting, repeating and "making" the same thing over and over again ass!
I agree with Hipsterdoosh... there I go beginning my case horribly again... but it's true, his film plots are simple concepts approached in a complicated manner to invoke a, almost "counterfeit" confounded feeling. He imitates the feeling true geniuses invoke when they are trying to describe something(in complete contrast to Lynch) complex in the most simple way for someone to understand. Once you've watched his movies a few times you gradually get a feeling of being ripped off.
This is different now
Despite everything Lynch is quite a composed normal person.
well...can u recommend something u like
5:00
David grew up in a poor area in the East so he saw a lot of insanity around his neighborhood - the question of why this happens he has always employed. Yes it can be circus like, freak showish, its the subconscious on display - fun
@Fuqu Hipsterdoosh
Just to name a few things
why does it look like it's been shot in the 1980s?
Jesse Cox sent me here.
Says the guy who's last name is "Hipsterdoosh"...
Too bad those women.l ruined Charlie's career
Um... Uh, um. Uhhhh. MMMMmmm
I adore this man. But he must have forgotten, when he said if this is his first time working with Jack Fisk, that Jack played the Man Inside the Planet in Eraserhead