A LOAD OF LYNCH

Back in September I picked up Lynch on Lynch from the Faber and Faber series of career length interviews with celebrated film directors. Having only recently found the time to sit down and begin to delve into the book, I decided to accompany my reading by ordering three films by David Lynch from Amazon UK.

As luck would have it Amazon UK are having something of a Lynch sale with selected titles going for £6.97 each. I ordered Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, The Elephant Man and Lost Highway. Out of the three films I have only seen Lost Highway and it is a personal favourite of mine, included in my Top 20 films of all time. I did catch part of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me when it was broadcast on Film Four a few years ago. However, having never seen Twin Peaks the television series I didn't want to expose myself to potential spoilers so I switched channels. Finally, The Elephant Man is a film I have been meaning to see for some time. I have a particular curiosity for the Victorian Era and am fascinated to see how that very distinctly British world is interpreted by an American artist such as Lynch.

This trio of Lynch titles will supplement my other (relatively) recent Lynch purchases Blue Velvet (R0, 2-disc Special Edition, Sanctuary Visual Entertainment) and Dune (R0, 2-disc Special Edition, Sanctuary Visual Entertainment). Both of which I picked up on a shopping spree in Northampton whilst visiting family over the Christmas period.