David Lynch: The Man from Another Place (Icons)

I already know quite a bit about David Lynch. I made a film once in which I put a dedication to him in the credits. This book brought some new information to me, and it was very well-written and fun to read. I learned something very interesting about his transition from painting to film art. I won't spoil it, but it's put me on a hunt for a piece of his art, which I didn't know about. It'll be a real treat to find it. I'm very pleased he has written and directed a return to Twin Peaks. It's been some time since he last directed a film. The book is up to date and ends with the Twin Peaks revival.

This was an informative, easy-to-digest summary of Lynch’s work throughout his life.

This is a great book for fans of David Lynch that provides enough biographical data with an exploration of Lynch's style. Filled with information even diehard fans might be unaware of but presented in a way new fans will find approachable.

The book was interesting because it put a lot of his work I'd seen years ago in context. On the other hand I don't think I understand many aspects of him process in making the films any better than I did before. As a person he seems to like to be a mysterious as the characters he creates.

Clocking in at just under 200 pages, "Dennis Lynch: The Man From Another Place" is pretty short for a biography and it shows in the brevity and quality of the coverage. The book focuses more on Lynch's work than the man himself and even then what's here is extremely brief. "Welcome to Twin Peaks" is the longest chapter and it is less than two dozen pages. Meanwhile scores of other people have written books on just that series longer than this overarching look of Lynch's entirety. As you can imagine, the end result is a very shallow albeit it very well written look at the movies,TV shows and other creations from Lynch's imagination. The author could have easily double the page count and really gone into depth with not only each of Lynch's creations, be it his photos, music or more, but it really could have gone far more in depth with Lynch as a person. Who he is, why he does what he does, his relationship with other people, a look at Lynch growing up and his family. Things like that. Instead we get just a taste of what could have been and it leaves you feeling like "The Man From Another Place" is only an exert of a larger, greater book that never was and never will be. What's here is fine, but there are other books about Lynch that go into far more depth, are a better value for the money and are a better choice if you really want to read about the man.

It seems as if even some of us so-called Lynchians can enjoy a concise, uncluttered overview, and my how the young web-heads might need this. Kudos, boyo. (P.S. not in bad faux-Lynch voice: I do think Nochimson has him beat on "Inland Empire"---though that "fall of man" bit is right up my alley.)

very good

A very evenhanded look inside the mind of the great surrealist master Lynch. Happy I found this book! Read it because the owl's may not be what they seem....Wow Bob, Wow.

Great book - arrived fast and in great shape. Made for a good presnet

Fascinating book about this brilliant creative filmmaker. But it dosent make his films any more understandable

Real good and well written. Easy to read. The sources are listed at the end. Talks about all of his movies.

profound study, well written

Grandson, aged 20 and studying still, found this to be a very interesting read.