Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- David Lynch's mother
- (archive footage)
- Self - David Lynch's father
- (archive footage)
- Self - David Lynch's first wife
- (archive footage)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Directors
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFunded by a Kickstarter campaign. It took several years for completion.
- Quotes
David Lynch: Philadelphia was kind of a poor man's New York City, so it was a weird town. It was kind of a mean town. One woman, who was my neighbour, *reeked* of urine and she was a complete racist. There was another woman, who was totally crazy. She was a neighbour. Lived down the street with her parents. And she would go around the backyard on her hands and knees and squawk like a chicken and say, "I'm a chicken! I'm a chicken!" And squawk and squawk and go around and around in this tall white grass in her backyard. She came up to me one day on the street and she said, "Oh, my nipples hurt!" And she was squeezing her-her breast and standing in front of me squeezing and shaking. "My nipples hurt!"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lynch/Oz (2022)
- SoundtracksI Have a Radio
Written and performed by David Lynch and Dean Hurley
Published by Bobkind Music Inc (ASCAP) / Team Hurley (ASCAP)
Administered by Universal Music Corp / Downtown Music Publishing
Courtesy of Sunday Best Recordings
Sure to befuddle many, this moody documentary concentrates on Lynch's visual art, barely touching on his filmmaking claim to fame. Revealed solely through his smoking words, "The Art Life" presents absorbing childhood recollections as Lynch creates his stark art pieces. It's beautifully shot, methodically paced, with a rather unsettling quality.
There is no external opinion to be had, as the film exists entirely in Lynch's world. We see him making art, talking art, pondering art, and then making more art. He is obsessed, focused, but friendly and charming, whether in the midst of molding a creepy canvas, groping his shock of white hair, planning his next canvas move in a cloud of smoke, or interacting with his tiny daughter. The mystery of Hollywood's extreme outsider remains deliciously intact.
Unforgettable.
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- Also known as
- David Lynch the Art Life
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $171,419
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,823
- Apr 2, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $311,470
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)