Here's a funny #DavidLynch story, since I was posting LOST HIGHWAY.
So I'm in film school, like sophomore year, I think. NYU. We're shooting a project on the street, forgot what it was. Silly, film student stuff. Working with something like a krasnogorsk-3 super 16, but 8mm...
So I'm in film school, like sophomore year, I think. NYU. We're shooting a project on the street, forgot what it was. Silly, film student stuff. Working with something like a krasnogorsk-3 super 16, but 8mm...
...so my friends and I were setting up a shot and I see -- who I THINK is -- David Lynch walking with a group of folks, taking photos. Like he was scouting something.
I'm like "if he looks at our camera, then that's probably Lynch." So we walks closer, across the street and...
I'm like "if he looks at our camera, then that's probably Lynch." So we walks closer, across the street and...
...he sees our OLD camera and stops in his tracks. He points at us. Then he quickly jaywalks across the street, with a smile on his face.
At this point we all know it's ACTUALLY DAVID LYNCH.
And he's coming over to us, smiling, and we're FROZEN. So...
At this point we all know it's ACTUALLY DAVID LYNCH.
And he's coming over to us, smiling, and we're FROZEN. So...
...David comes over to us, introducing himself. We're all slack jawed, but he's SO COOL and kind. He talks about how much he loves the old camera we're using and asks us what we're shooting.
I stammer about whatever we're doing, completely awestruck. David kind of giggles...
I stammer about whatever we're doing, completely awestruck. David kind of giggles...
...then he asks if he can see the frame we're shooting. Like he wants to LOOK THROUGH THE CAMERA AND SEE THE FRAME!!!
AAAHHHHHH!!!!
So we kind of burp out a "sure. Please Mr. Lynch. Of c-c-c-ourse..."
"Call me David," he says. And he looks through the frame, at our actor...
AAAHHHHHH!!!!
So we kind of burp out a "sure. Please Mr. Lynch. Of c-c-c-ourse..."
"Call me David," he says. And he looks through the frame, at our actor...
...then he leans off the tripod and asks who's "directing." Now this is just an assignment, but it's mine, so I say "Me...sir...uh, David." David smiles again, totally to put me at ease, and in the MOST GENTLE VOICE he asks...
"May I make a suggestion?"
"P-please," I say...
"May I make a suggestion?"
"P-please," I say...
David puts his hand on my shoulder, pointing me to where he's standing. He says...
"You'll get a better frame, if you just move camera a little over here. Use the lines of the street."
Of course he was absolutely right. We do what he says, and it's a much better frame...
"You'll get a better frame, if you just move camera a little over here. Use the lines of the street."
Of course he was absolutely right. We do what he says, and it's a much better frame...
...and just like that he giggles again and jogs back to his crew or whatever he was doing, and gets back to I guess what was scouting.
That's my David Lynch story.
He's a guardian angel of film and we need to protect him at all costs, LOL.
Only in New York.
That's my David Lynch story.
He's a guardian angel of film and we need to protect him at all costs, LOL.
Only in New York.
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