Product Description

6 films, all introduced by David Lynch The Short films of David Lynch cover 25 years from his first ever foray into film in 1969 (3 years before he started work on Eraserhead) up to a pre Lost Highway Lynch in 1994. Set Comprises: Six Men Getting Sick (1967): 1 minutes film projected on sculptured screen. The Alphabet (1968): 16mm 4 minutes The Grandmother (1970): 16mm 34 minutes The Amputee (1973): Video - 2 versions 5 minutes / 4 minutes The Cowboy And The Frenchmam (1988): 35mm 26 minutes Lumiere (1995): 35mm 55 seconds using original Lumiere Brothere's camera.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8260 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-10-20
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Black & White, Colour, PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 91 minutes

Synopsis
An oddball collection of short films from the master of oddity, David Lynch, this release provides a compelling look at some of Lynch's rarely seen shorter works, including 'The Grandmother,' a story about a boy who grows a grandmother as an alternative to his abusive parents; 'The Amputee,' a film about an amputee attempting to write a letter; and 'The Alphabet,' an eerie animation from Lynch's student days. Covering films from the 1960s to the 1990s, this release goes inside the peculiar sensibility and aesthetics of one of our most idiosyncratic filmmakers.

Customer Reviews

For the completist
Although this collection is probably best suited to a Lynch completist it's still worth a watch if only for the marvellous 'The Grandmother' - the tale of an abused boy who tries to find comfort away from his parents by growing a grandmother from a seed. Bizarre, yet fascinating.

A must for David Lynch fans
An excellent and welcome collection of short films from one of cinema's great auteurs. All of these short films have been difficult to get hold of before this handy DVD, and as it is now widely priced below £10, you get pretty good value. The strongest draws here are The Grandmother and The Alphabet, both pre-Eraserhead and filled with signs of an artist building his own vision and style, and Lynch himself introduces each film.

This doesn't receive a full five stars for two reasons. Firstly, The Cowboy And The Frenchman, the second longest film here, is really rather dire. Made in between Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks and commissioned as one of several shorts by different directors with their view of the French as subject matter, Lynch does not come out of the experiment in a good light.

Secondly, it is incomplete. I would especially have liked the full selection of Rabbits shorts that later featured in Inland Empire to have been included.

Nevertheless, the release of this DVD is a treat for Lynch fans.

Thank you
My husband collects all films by David Lynch and this was a welcomed addition. Thank you very much

Vee