Discussing Mulholland Drive with John Thorne, author of the bestselling new book, “Devious Dreams: Reimagining David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive” (get it here: [ Ссылка ])
Highlights include:
0:43 - Multiple meanings within the book’s title & cover
6:23 - Is John’s book a key or guide?
8:20 - Interlude one: a live reading
10:40 - Aspects of solitary book-writing: meditative discovery process; forensic analysis
12:54 - The elderly couple & the importance of sound
19:01 - Getting the film’s history right
25:28 - Devious Dreams: backstory & main sections (history, analysis, interviews)
30:46 - Interlude 2: dream booster
33:21 - John’s unique knowledge of the film’s history
42:30 - A film with many characters but few autonomous beings
49:20 - Appreciating (unlocking?) David Lynch’s storytelling breakthroughs
59:41 - The mysterious sequence of phone calls in MD
1:02:22 - Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks venn diagram
1:11:11 - Watching the film in 2001: a paradigm-shifting experience
1:14:27 - The function of torch singers in MD and beyond
1:20:25 - Deciphering the 10 clues to “unlocking” Mulholland Drive
1:24:31 - Blue box, blue key
1:31:10 - When scholarly writing is readable, enjoyable, and lasting
1:35:26 - Devious Dreams: goals and early feedback
1:38:35 - John Thorne, guest teacher
1:58:40 - What is geocaching?
2:04:34 - Missing pieces (plug: “The Art of Editing” with John Thorne)
2:10:03 - Writing in Snoqualmie
Theme song: “Neighborhood Shadows” by Josef Polydoros
For more:
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The "Artists Love Twin Peaks" podcast: [ Ссылка ]
Twin Peaks Unwrapped (2019): [ Ссылка ]
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