When We Became Folk Fest
$11.50
Dir. Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm
2016, USA, 93 min
Rated 18A
“I think every time you do something, like a painting or whatever, you go with ideas, and sometimes the past can conjure those ideas and color them. Even if they’re new ideas, the past colors them.”
David Lynch: The Art Life looks at Lynch’s art, music, and early films, shining a light into the dark corners of his unique world and giving audiences a better understanding of the man and the artist. We’re invited in and given private views from Lynch’s compound and painting studio in the hills high above Hollywood, as he tells personal stories that unfold like scenes from his films. Strange characters come into focus only to fade again into the past, all leaving an indelible mark.
Presented in partnership with Real Love Winnipeg.
Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
A director of such distinctive, overpowering vision that he inspired his own adjective, David Lynch made films that seemed telegraphed straight from his unconscious to the screen. From the unsettling surrealist imagery of his midnight-movie classic Eraserhead to the harrowing suburban nightmare Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and the uncanny majesty of his Hollywood-set masterpieces Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, Lynch’s labyrinthine puzzle boxes turn the American psyche inside out to reveal its deepest, darkest dimensions. (Criterion)
This April, join us for Only In Dreams: The Films of David Lynch. Featuring Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006), David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) and The Short Films of David Lynch, this career-spanning series aims to celebrate the dreams of a truly singular artist and one of the last great American filmmakers.
Presented in partnership with Real Love Winnipeg. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
