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A Dogs Trip to the Chocolate Shop - DavidLynchBy: Chris Attwood and Robert Roth

David Lynchis an acclaimed and widely recognied writer!director aswell as television prod"cer# photographer# cartoonist# composer# andgraphic artist$ %ore than any other artho"se &ilmma'er o& his era# hehas en(oyed considerable mass acceptance and has helped torede&ine commercial tastes# creating a style so visionary and deeplypersonal that the phrase )Lynchian) has been coined to describe it$

David has become renowned &or his wor' both in &ilm and television$*rom his &irst &eat"re &ilm# +raserhead# which became a c"lt classic#David went on to ma'e many &ilms which garnered both critical andp"blic acclaim$ ,e has been nominated twice &or Academy Awards asBest Director# &irst &or The +lephant %an# and later &or Bl"e elvet$ ,is&ilm .ild at ,eart received the coveted /alme d0r at Cannes in 1223and he was awarded the Cannes *estival Award &or Best Director in4331 &or %"lholland Drive$Li'ewise# his television series Twin /ea's was a c"lt"ral phenomenon

and res"lted in his appearance on the cover o& Time magaine$5n recent years# Davids p"blic appearances have &oc"sed on his inner

(o"rney as he has appeared n"mero"s times to s"pport the programs&or ed"cation and world peace o&&ered by ,is ,oliness %aharishi%ahesh 6ogi# who bro"ght Transcendental %editation to the .est$

As one o& Davids close &riends# this interview is cond"cted by RobertRoth# Director o& %edia Relations &or the 5nstit"te o& Science#

Technology and /"blic /olicy and a"thor o& T% - Transcendental%editation : A 7ew 5ntrod"ction to %aharishi8s +asy# +&&ective andScienti&ically /roven Techni9"e &or /romoting Better ,ealth# n&olding

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6o"r Creative /otential# and Creating /eace in the .orld$Robert Roth:David# yo" have been called a ;pop s"rrealist master and;the renaissance man o& modern American &ilmma'ing$ 0n the otherhand# Roger +bert has said# There is something inside o& me that

resists the &ilms o& David Lynch$6o"r &ilms clearly evo'e a wide range o& responses$ .hat is thepassion in yo"r li&e which has given rise to the "ni9"e and "n"s"alwor' yo" have created