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David Lynch: Short Films

David Lynch: Short Films
Location
Main screening room
Date
September 8th, 2023
Duration
52 min
Cycle
David Lynch: roads to the abyss

From the Kafkaesque journey of Henry Spencer in Eraserhead to the nightmarish drift of the protagonist of Inland Empire, David Lynch has never ceased to take us off the beaten track and over the edge of unsuspected cliffs. The winding roads of the human psyche and discomfort are answered by the intricacies of narrative breakdown and the mise en abyme. The filmmaker opens the doors to parallel worlds reflecting our distorted expectations and challenging our passivity as spectators. There's never a bad excuse to revisit this prolific body of work and experience its vertiginous nature.

Six Men Getting Sick
Directed by
David Lynch
Language
Without dialogue
Origins
United States
Year
1967
Duration
4 min
Genre
Animation, Horror, Short film
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Lynch's first exploration into the world of cinema, this short film is an animation of a Lynch painting accompanied by a soundtrack of a siren wailing.

Six Men Getting Sick
The Alphabet
Directed by
David Lynch
Language
English
Actors
Peggy Reavey
Origins
United States
Year
1969
Duration
4 min
Genre
Animation, Horror, Short film
Format
Digital
Synopsis

The Alphabet is an unsettling mix of experimental animation and live-action that focuses on the alphabet.

The Alphabet
The Grandmother
Directed by
David Lynch
Language
English
Actors
Dorothy McGinnis, Richard White, Virginia Maitland
Origins
United States
Year
1970
Duration
34 min
Genre
Animation, Horror, Short film
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A little boy tries to escape abusive parents and seeks comfort. He grows a seed that turns into a grandmother.

The Grandmother
The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2
Directed by
David Lynch
Language
English
Actors
Catherine E. Coulson, David Lynch
Origins
United States
Year
1974
Duration
9 min
Genre
Comedy, Short film
Format
Digital
Synopsis

A double amputee writes a letter while a nurse cares for her.

The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
Directed by
David Lynch
Language
English
Actors
Michele Carlyle, Stan Lothridge, Russ Pearlman
Origins
United States
Year
1995
Duration
1 min
Genre
Short Film, Romantic, Horror
Format
Digital
Synopsis

This short film, under a minute long, was made using a Cinématographe for the Lumière et Compagnie anthology, in which several other renowned filmmakers also participated. Premonitions Following An Evil Deed presents a murder whose origin appears to be quite gloomy.

Premonitions Following an Evil Deed