David Lynch: Short Films
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.
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.

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

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

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

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.
