'Twin Peaks' creator David Lynch on his return to the cult show

EXCLUSIVE FOR ARAB NEWS: William Mullally talked to David Lynch whose work includes “Blue Velvet” (1986), “Mulholland Drive” (2001) and “Lost Highway” (1997), and his most well known TV project, “Twin Peaks”
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[@FelixIakhos]

David Lynch can deliver a square ton of no information and still I'll watch it

[@SolitaryCZ]

I think he said a lot. Got enough budget for the series, death of art and finding solace in TV and does not care of the new Hollywood pre-se-quel-reboot-comics wave. Good for him, good for us.

[@FelixIakhos]

Why is it that everytime I see nonsensical comments like this it has to be from someone subscribed to these far right channels?

[@jimmynorton1001]

The lead skater in Alduin on ice has nothing to do with your blanket statement of far right I'd consider myself far right and also far right for enjoying all of lynch's work.

[@FelixIakhos]

neil peart Good for you, but I don't quite understand what you're getting at here.

[@FelixIakhos]

neil peart I didn't say every person on the far right is like him. I said that whenever I see non-sensical stuff like that it turns out to be someone involved with the far right. Big difference

[@joefatso111]

David Lynch loves telling people no. You can see the happiness in his eyes when he says it.

[@jadenwaz9585]

he’s earned it. love it.

[@RhysClark97]

I think he enjoys forcing other people to come up with their own answers.

[@seniorslaphead8336]

@@RhysClark97 Or better questions. He's a notoriously difficult interviewee. When he's asked the same questions time and again he remembers what he has said before and gives exactly the same answers. He doesn't see it as his job to provide variety for the sake of it. There are a few interviews out there however where the interviewer is imaginative enough to spark his interest.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@seniorslaphead8336 Most interviewers suck and don’t ask interesting questions

[@dougstephens1979]

Must have been 2007 I met Mr. Lynch at a book signing in Hollywood for catching the big fish, his book about meditation. As he signed my book I said to him, "I love this book, and your films" and he said, "good deal".

[@S00thsayer4]

That's the most Gordon Cole answer he could have given

[@ivans.191]

GOOD DEAL👍

[@bijibadness]

I actually and absolutely believe that story. for once, I believe - with 100% clarity - a celebrity meet story on KZbin™. amazing story.

[@michealbadman6411]

@@bijibadness you think he's lying?

[@bradlafferty6076]

@@bijibadness I was an actor on Sex and the City, you know, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis acted with me

[@swiftslick]

He should do all his interviews as Gordon Cole just for fun.

[@swiftslick]

"Albert, we're in South Dakota, Cossacks are in Russia". So funny.

[@AntagonistaX]

Funny is he said: "I can´t hear you, speak more louder!" ;)

[@binershock]

WHAT

[@Ol83829]

''COOPER!! '', Cooper; ''Yes Gordon i can hear you''

[@eyes1184]

Make sure he brings an actual hearing aid to complete the picture. And turns it up. :)

[@saifurrehmaan2637]

how is this the man responsible for my nightmares

[@watertommyz]

We live inside a dream.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Don't blame David. Why does your mind process his work as upsetting?

[@bgmt94]

Because he puts great loves into making universes that settle deeply into our subconscious, and they reappear during dreams, nightmares and everything in between

[@mstacy41]

I had dream last night that I was having dinner with some friends, there was a tv at the restaurant and of course something of Lynch was playing (I think it was a mixture of “what year is this?” and Eraserhead) I remember being so excited because two of my friends had never seen anything Lynch before and after it ended I asked them how their first Lynch experience was and they looked like they were mad lmao; definitely not as excited as I was.

[@tt-nc2wh]

@@AnnaLVajda ok

[@xyttra]

If I could choose one person who will never die and make his ideas into art for eternity, I'd choose David Lynch.

[@AnnaLVajda]

I'm intentionally not seeing some of his work just in case if he dies I can enjoy it after his death as a legacy.

[@sclogse1]

Tom Waits.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Lynch is a fan of Toms I believe which makes it more fulfilling, and they both smoke and can’t stand idiots

[@debojyotipanda938]

Same here man. Same here. Take care brother.

[@Ditendo64]

"you do the thing, and then the thing happens when you do it" David Lynch

[@totm2001]

And here, you identify the essence of his greatness. He knows that you can't force art. It's pointless to try too hard. You have to 'allow' it to find its own way.

[@outlaw451]

The John Madden of fillm

[@asgeirblomli2194]

Ask MArk FRost

[@sabrinasjourney]

on how he chose the cast: THIS is the girl

[@paununs8719]

*Spits coffee on a napkin.

[@AnneSofieLovesMozart]

*Sleeps with pool guy, that looks suspiciously a lot like Billy Ray Cyrus

[@unprocessed_life]

"THIS is the girl (Id sleep with)"

[@mattgilbert7347]

HeloooOOOoooooOoo

[@jesse9637]

Matt Gilbert HI!

[@smartwertyu]

Mr jackpot.

[@LolitaxwithxFangz]

"Jade give two rides."

[@DitriyanaKriswidyaPutri]

I bet she did.

[@Nahh12116]

Thank you mr jackpots!

[@Spencer-op5fr]

AGENT COOPER! GOOD TO SEE YOU!

[@michaelpalmer5351]

* gives thumbs up *

[@michaelpalmer5351]

Mr. Jackpots

[@joshwojcik526]

Call for help

[@michaelpalmer5351]

“Yes, Coop. I too have missed our good times together.”

[@LoganSewell83]

Albert. Albert.

[@kennytolbert1354]

He hasn't changed a bit

[@kennytolbert1354]

I wanna have a good day today!

[@tatehildyard5332]

Elevatorhead05 And Lady Blue Shanghai.

[@TruDis01]

It's the hair. It's absolutely immaculate.

[@zetetick395]

Yeah, I just watched "Rabbits" - A mini 40min play/film by Lynch for the first time (it's on KZbin) and I found it _fantastically_ mesmerizing! (and have had to watch it again twice since - what a unique feel!)

[@ParticleJesus]

He's so cryptic and generalised and thematic even in his answers here. The way his brain works is fantastic, it calculates loads of stuff and then strips everything away and serves you only the bare minimal essentials.

[@TheEPICFAIL23]

СРБИЈА1000000 no he did not. He asked generic questions but thats not the same as stupid ones

[@kylekondit9709]

@@TheEPICFAIL23 his questions weren't groundbreaking but hes still probably one of the best interviews I've seen for how un obnoxious he is

[@spatzhawk]

he's acting like he's not doing anything, the thing just wants to be and writes itself? interviewer should be lke "come on dude.. you're the guy who makes the damn thing, say something pleeease??

[@r3b3lvegan89]

That actually happens, and another reason I love Lynch. He gives no fucks about media or about “fans” whining about his answers. He’s always genuine, his demeanor simply exposed idiots for being stupid without directly saying it. He’s a mastermind

[@papachewie1280]

For a man who's made some of the most disturbing films and television I have ever seen, he really comes off like such a warm, approachable and friendly individual.

[@sekarkuno4899]

I can't stop thinking about Episode 8. it's been a number of days already.. what the hell. Lynch, what did you do my brain?

[@mammouth2727]

I feel the same. completely obsessed by S3E8...

[@nesso011]

@@mammouth2727 Two years later... I'm still thinking about it

[@RizzihVlog]

Nestor Espitia Same here, dude!

[@sirmount2636]

We need Season 4!

[@oceanshrugs9235]

GOTTA LIGHT?

[@hoyit]

I love how centered he is, and how little he deviates from that in his interviews. His answers are like his films; open to interpretation. He's the best.

[@irwinisidro]

I would have to agree with David about arthouses being dead in cinema. Even if you were to able to self produce your own feature film without asking studios or producers for funding, with a budget just low enough that it would still make a profit regardless how well it did in the box office, studios/distributers would still not distribute the film. But you would be able to show the films through film festivals, blu ray/dvd releases, and even online streaming. But David is a firm believer of seeing film in a theater.

[@annalisavajda252]

Well he has a "cult following" of people that seek out his work but even he had a hard time starting out and was rejected finally the Toronto screen festival agreed to show Eraserhead and he gained an audience less opportunity for artsy types now though people want superhero CGI garbage instead now I'm not interested in that genre personally.

[@chrisjfox8715]

Studios don't fund certain projects because of the financial risks. Regardless of how much we want more original films, the risks are different today than they were 20-40yrs ago

[@cherybomber]

I love his answers and how the interviewer doesn't push back because there would be no point to that.

[@Love-less]

Where are you from ive seen you comment on other videos before lol

[@notveryniceatall]

​@@Love-less Cringe

[@kimmolaine8069]

David is such a great guy. No wonder his actors and actresses love him.

[@Roland191]

WHAT THE HELL?!

[@Armaan8014]

lol

[@justinh619]

Best interview ever! His creative process isn't public domain. The man is still just so mysterious but yet loveably. Fan for life.

[@Wuss2ns]

"sorry" -me talking to David lynch

[@TheWoodenBees]

My condolences to anyone who has ever had to attempt to interview and/or get a straight answer out of David Lynch. He truly does speak a different language than the rest of us.

[@limacharlie372]

I really hope David wants to continue the Twin Peaks story with a season 4, I've just watched episode 16 of season 3, which was awesome and it was so good to see Agent Cooper finally return in every sense of the word.

[@Tritoon710]

"Not dying, dead"

[@AntagonistaX]

I´m spanish that i´m reading subtittles (because I know a little bit of english) but there´s things that I understand, like "Art Houses" Can you explain to me what "Art Houses" means? Thank you ;=)

[@Tritoon710]

Art houses the "institutes, galleries, etc" that support the art just because it's ART and not to get a benefit.

[@AntagonistaX]

Ok. But the artists do not get benefits? I mean with this, that when a film is made, decorators, design artists, graphic artists, etc. Also get budget ... or not?

[@Tritoon710]

The art houses intended to support a serious artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal, they are made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit.

[@AntagonistaX]

Oh thats right. Now I understand the point. Thanks a lot for explain "that" to me Tritoon710 ;)

[@apollozero]

"We got what we needed."

[@daveylevsonart]

He only says what needs to be said, there's never any excess.

[@velileon101]

What’s your Instagram 😳

[@SpAzMaTiCJ]

Veli Leon Jesus fucking Christ dude :|

[@ikidu1102]

@@SpAzMaTiCJ simps gonna simp, I guess.

[@zigotina]

Whats so wrong about asking for someones instagram

[@daveylevsonart]

@@velileon101 @samlevsonart

[@IlGattonero13]

"The idea dictates everything. ... If something comes along that you fall in love with, then that's what you do." The line from his imagination to his work is so pure and direct. He never compromises the idea. This is almost unheard of in today's art/TV/movie world. The man is a gem.

[@MarbleClouds]

he's currently 75 we have hopes for season 4 in 21 years.

[@DrunkenM33rkat]

Such a master. The new season is amazing

[@jonathanmelia]

He's dressed like Henry in ERASERHEAD.

[@ripley2995]

Jonathan Melia i like to think he's got a lot of Henry inside of him

[@marlenen2590]

Jonathan Melia I always thought of Eraserhead as a really twisted biographic film

[@AntagonistaX]

I can´t understand ERASEHEAD for sure. What´s the story? That´s films remembers me the arm (Twin Peaks) asking to Cooper: - Is this the future or is this the past?

[@jonathanmelia]

KEYSTORM X David Lynch: "I felt ERASERHEAD. I didn't think it." To appreciate it, you have to do the same...

[@AntagonistaX]

I believe Lynch dressed like Henry in ERASERHEAD because Henry was Jack Nanse. One of the best friends of Lynch, who was the protagonist of the same film and key actor for other films of David Lynch. Jack Nanse was murdered at 53 and acted in most Lynch films, such as Dune, Blue velvet, Wild at heart, Lost highway and had the role of the sawmill man who finds the corpse of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks.

[@tashsky8435]

I just watched Twin peaks for the first time in my life....and...WOW it’s just like David Lynch was [is] in my head!!!

[@htj194]

He seems like such a nice person

[@Volyan7]

The past dictates the future - Dale Cooper The idea dictates everything - David Lynch

[@ezra2662]

Even tho he really isn't saying anything, he's being really honest. I love his "wood shop" analogy.

[@HydefHyde]

It's not an analogy, he really does have a wood shop in his house :)

[@Elidext]

''I think feature films are in trouble. The arthouses are dead. So television being a place for a continuum story told with freedom, is a beautiful thing.'' This statement is so sad, and so true...bring back art through media!!!

[@maxxvii2037]

koji I mean we're literally in the golden age of TV

[@circularsky]

@@maxxvii2037 And it doesn't touch the golden age of film by a metric mile.

[@flynncook7989]

@@circularsky Dude, have you seen Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul?

[@tonitsi78]

I really hope he still would make some full-length movies. His works are timeless masterpieces.

[@experimentalactor]

He's a hard interview. He gives short answers. He's always been like that.

[@suza.5306]

Eye flash thing at 4:53 was spooky

[@parthhesh]

haha!

[@constancekavanagh1125]

Glitch 😉

[@ozymet]

He is not David Lynch, that's his doppelganger from black lodge just look 4:53 ;)

[@RudyBoy]

Stop shitting on the interviewer! It seems Mr Lynch was pretty satisfied about him, and he laughs a lot in this five minutes

[@73Jes]

Oleg Rudy I think he was laughing at the interviewer being out of his depth

[@Willismcnillis]

Even in the way he talks, he's never in a rush. The devil is in the detail, no matter how long it takes. Basically the way the new Twin Peaks moves along.

[@susans8355]

I sure wish I could meet David Lynch one day. I love the way he speaks, especially when he speaks of his work and philosophy - there is a certain assertiveness to it.

[@kristianhestas5508]

his hair is amazing

[@VanessaHolguin]

Something indescribably amazing about this man. David Lynch, I love you and love Twin Peaks.... thank you for it all

[@Dellaluna13]

I'd like to see Lynch and John Carpenter sitting together and talking movies, any era, and sharing observations about the current state of the film industry.

[@huubb]

When Gordon Cole said (in S03E17) "Be thinking of you, Coop!" I really believed him. Like he truly has these characters in his heart. God damn

[@cearuleao2721]

A wonderful man, kind eyes and face

[@mikeisapro]

There's a certain totally content, open frankness and honesty to him; just watching his eyes and face is almost mesmerizing because you can tell he's not bullshitting in any way whatsoever. It just spills out immediately.

[@Arjetube]

I don't want to spoil here, but in the first episode of season 3 Lynch made a great homage to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey :D! I loved this so much

[@ZuGineeris]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of 2001: A Space Odyssey while watching the episode!

[@marlenen2590]

Ok but he's adorable and so precious

[@formervehemence]

Love how curt he is. Doesn't want anything, behind the scenes or otherwise, to skew how a viewer personally experiences the new season. "We got what we needed."

[@CipherSerpico]

Does anyone know how to get a hold of an ‘Inland Empire’ BluRay? The only ones they have on amazon are imports, but I don’t know if they’ll work on my BR Player or if they have English audio. Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.

[@Emulous79]

I fucking love this guy for his sincerity, honesty, genius, eccentricity!

[@voodoochild1975az]

Fingers crossed he falls in love with the idea of a Season 4... ;) But at this point, whatever the hell Lynch wants to do next, I'll be watching it anyway. Starting to think he might be my favorite film maker.

[@torrentANONYMOUScodc]

Still in Cole's room, still in Cole's suit, barely out of character. Probably the best DL interview from the set of The Return.

[@michaelSlick50]

The second part, '25 years later', is amazing. I'm so glad that I picked up the Blu-ray box set of the entire series. Great work David Lynch!!

[@lavendarflow2484]

I love Lynch!ty for doing another season!! i had just finished season two on netflix what a treat to get to enjoy season 3!☺

[@TheGuyThatsAwesome]

Lynch is my hero

[@zachv3351]

Me too

[@sebastianponce9658]

" if something comes along that you fall in love with that's what you do"

[@AMildCaseOfCovid]

Season 3 is already one of my favorite things to see on the screen. Mencken once predicted (and I paraphrase) that someone will figure out how to successfully convey emotion uniquely through the motion captured by cinema (not just through a narrative adapted from a book), and it won't be very expensive. David Lynch is easily the closest I've seen to achieving that.

[@Jackp2003]

Ah, I like that. Can you find the full quote?

[@AMildCaseOfCovid]

@@Jackp2003 From his Second Chrestomathy. The chapter is titled "Interlude in the Socratic Manner" and he says "What movies need is a school of authors who will forget all dialogue and description, and try to set forth their ideas in terms of pure motion. The German, Dr. Mumau, showed the way in certain scenes of "The Last Laugh." - "The first really great movie, when it comes at last, will probably cost less than $5,000" - That was in 1926 dollars, which, tracked by the CPI is over 80,000 USD today, is closer to 350,000 USD when compared to the price change in gold

[@Jackp2003]

@@AMildCaseOfCovid Thanks, and wow, yeah I agree! We need for films that can transcend the medium by utilizing its full technical and artistic potential.

[@eSuEoS]

wtf? gordon cole not using hearing aids? that's fraud

[@alicekliewer]

eSu.EoS The interviewer was actually Shelly with a cold

[@AlexColberg]

I can't think of one David Lynch character in movies or TV that I thought was miscast. He always gets that right. I think that's part of his brilliance.

[@RobinsTaste]

Totally love the guy, but saying that cinema is dead is kind of narrowminded. I used to say the same thing, but films change all the time, along with the world.

[@RobinsTaste]

Aha, he's talking about cinemas only dedicated to arthouse? I thought he meant general arthouse movies?

[@sachanohcosey7143]

This year being one of the worst box office years in history I would say he's probably somewhat correct

[@kylekondit9709]

Art house cinema was dead a t this time for sure but Netflix and other streaming services seem to be taking more chances on art house cinema so that's good

[@herrwabbaloo937]

If arthouse is dead, could it even get revived though, given the rise and popularity of streaming services? Would people go to an actual arthouse cinema to watch something? Going there and being there is an event itself. Those of us who have been remember that experience, but what about people who don’t have it and think it’s the same as going to a regular movie theater to watch the latest dreck?

[@FlavioMarceloSousa35]

Wonderful director! I can't wait to watch the new episodes of Twin Peaks.

[@Daxkalak]

So what's the new series like? I'm waiting for it to come out on disc, hopefully before the end of the year.

[@deepfield23]

this interview is well done. good job, you journalists. to give credit to a good journalist, from time to time, thats necessary too.. :P

[@mjollnirtsubo]

David Lynch is a gift to humanity

[@Onmysheet]

His films Mullholland Drive & Inland Empire are becoming more relevant today, after what scandals have come out in the music and film industry.

[@matthewhardwick8208]

I love Twin Peaks so much. But I'm not sure if David should revisit the Twin Peaks Universe one last time, or just move on. I hope we get more but at the same time I'm fully satisfied with what he's already given us.

[@scaredypicker]

I hate it when interviewers ask directors what they meant for the viewer to feel in a certain scene or for them to explain the themes in a film explicity. Surely that's part of the experience in watching a piece of cinema - to be able to interpret it how you want, isn't it? David Lynch's work has moved me greatly. The first time I watched Mullholland Drive or Lost Highway or Blue Velvet, I knew it was brilliant and how I personally interpreted them. The last thing I wanted to do was to find out how I should feel about them off someone else. Lynch handles this interview brilliantly though.

[@sexobscura]

After 25 years of waiting we still don't find out *How Annie Is,* though

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Glad to have you back dude

[@184186]

William Mullally is one of the most tactful and non ego centric interviewers I've listened to. Give him more assignments. Clearly David Lynch couldn't talk too much and he respected that and for that reason I know he's an interviewer who puts the guest first.

[@MeesTW]

GREAT INFORMATION!

[@michaeloneill5697]

David. Twin Peaks 4 please. I've lived through 28 years of it and that's half my life.

[@sirmount2636]

Kyle McLachlan said they’re discussing it.

[@segante]

He had a Monical Balutchi dream so he rebooted the show!!

[@trique9776]

Art House theaters are dead in America! That is one of the reasons that I moved to France, art house is alive and well here, an art house theater on every block here!

[@anthonyrivera5074]

I hope my hair looks like this when i'm this old

[@djbethell]

Such a beautiful and incredible man.

[@mariellach2869]

David Lynch you are the greatest!!!!!

[@serenafischer415]

HE'S SO DAMN ADORABLE!!

[@lucyboswell7584]

david lynch i met at the lost highway premier and is simply a fascibating master of cinema & symbolism...defibately a legend!!

[@ALLCAPS]

What a man. Man full of mysteries.... what a fucking man.

[@IanMcCausland]

"well we got what we needed" Love his matter of fact responses

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

I love his way of thinking about being creative

[@alvaroriccardi]

Un gran Director, un Maestro.

[@pvyuki]

the thumbnail just says "'Twin Peaks' creator David Lynch on his return to the cult" and I was thinking, "I never knew he ever left TM!" X'D

[@gavininnes4376]

As much as I love him, to say Art House is dead and then to admit he hasn't consumed anything of it is disappointing and ignorant of him.

[@sclogse1]

He is a maker.

[@gavininnes4376]

@@sclogse1 So he doesn't consume any other art? Absolute tosh.

[@kokilalf01]

"What year is this" ?

[@NvikIngsN]

You know I always talk to everyone about Lynch. I need to say Mark Frost, I love you also and need to appreciate that you carry a great weight into my love of Twin Peaks...

[@This_Channel_nothing]

This interview should have done longer, anyway, a very good one!

[@daniadejonghe4980]

actually a clear and simple description of the creative process

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Love to hear a blind comparison between him and Wallace Shawn delivering the same lines.

[@jimreid5]

What would be his second most well known TV project?

[@utsavdas1855]

Lynch never shifts his weight during interviews no matter how long they are. It's so unsettling. He just sits.

[@nathanchin2483]

Beautiful background light!

[@victoryak86]

Reminds me of Lynch’s role on the show Louie as the movie executive prepping Louie to potentially take over for Letterman. He was like “Show me the funny!”

[@bradlafferty6076]

The Elephant man made me cry, it was that good

[@ieatorbs]

In respect to indie films, there is some arthouse, just not a lot, and it's only indie, never mainstream.

[@traumfisch9384]

Not arthouse, "art houses" as in art house cinema theatres.

[@j.c.nightwalker5322]

Come on man don't leave me hanging, I need a season 2 to have closure .. Come on please.

[@Strahinjatronik]

I love this man so much.