Dir. David Lynch
2001, USA, 146 min
Rated 18A
A love story in the city of dreams . . .
Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project. David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium, a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
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.
