David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946 in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker.

Trivia

• Despite his almost exclusive focus on America, Lynch, like Woody Allen, has found a large audience in France; Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway and Fire Walk With Me were all funded through French production companies.
• Lynch is notoriously evasive and cagey in interviews and refuses to discuss the plot details and "true meanings" of his films, preferring viewers to come away with their own interpretations. None of his films released on DVD have director commentary tracks, and some (rather unusually) don't even have chapter selections, partly due to his belief that a film should be viewed from beginning to end without interruption or distraction.
• Certain images or types of images - including smoke; fire; electricity and electric lights (especially flickering or damaged); highways at night; dogs; diners; red curtains; the binding or crippling of hands or arms; various uses of the color blue; and angelic or heavenly female figures - are common trademarks in Lynch's films. Though interpretations do vary, those who study Lynch's work generally do find such images to represent consistent or semi-consistent themes throughout his body of work.
• Film critic Roger Ebert has been notoriously unfavorable towards Lynch, even accusing him of misogyny in his reviews of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19860919%2FREVIEWS%2F609190301%2F1023&AID1=%2F19860919%2FREVIEWS%2F609190301%2F1023&AID2= http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19900817%2FREVIEWS%2F8170301%2F1023&AID1=%2F19900817%2FREVIEWS%2F8170301%2F1023&AID2= Ebert was one of few critics to dislike Blue Velvet. He did, however, write an enthusiastic review of Mulholland Drive http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20011012/REVIEWS/110120304/1023
• In the 1980s Lynch was an admirer of Ronald Reagan and had dinner with the Reagans at the White House. Years later when someone made a disparaging comment about Nancy Reagan he spoke up and defended her.
• Despite his professional accomplishments, Lynch once characterized himself simply as, "Eagle Scout, Missoula, Montana".http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/inticon.html