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Naomi Watts, Laura Dern & Patricia Arquette Tell Stories About David Lynch. Spoiler: Lynch's nickname for Laura Dern is 'Tidbit'. Naomi Watts is 'Buttercup' and Patricia Arquette is 'Solid Gold'.
sorry- the clip started very late in the interviews... be kind...rewind!
posted by cherryflute at 10:04 AM on April 27, 2017
posted by cherryflute at 10:04 AM on April 27, 2017
Additional spoiler: Lynch's nickname for Kyle MacLachlan is 'Slick'. Harry Dean Stanton is 'Dingo' and Jack Nance was 'Daddybug'.
posted by komara at 10:06 AM on April 27, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by komara at 10:06 AM on April 27, 2017 [3 favorites]
Naomi Watts does a great impression of Lynch.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 10:13 AM on April 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 10:13 AM on April 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
Mod note: Fixed the link to start at the start.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:13 AM on April 27, 2017
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:13 AM on April 27, 2017
So wait the concept of this photoshoot is they're the heads from the hall of heads from Return to Oz?
posted by anazgnos at 10:38 AM on April 27, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by anazgnos at 10:38 AM on April 27, 2017 [2 favorites]
Mombi Dearest
posted by roger ackroyd at 11:11 AM on April 27, 2017
posted by roger ackroyd at 11:11 AM on April 27, 2017
> Naomi Watts does a great impression of Lynch.
Yeah, she really nails it. I saw her do a BFI Q&A a few years ago where she talked about Lynch pranking her on the set of Rabbits (the series of short films he made for his website, some of which was later incorporated into Inland Empire). Lynch would shout stage directions at Watts through the megaphone, which Watts (wearing a giant paper mache rabbit-head with no eye-holes) had to rely on in lieu of actual eyesight. 'NAOMI, TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND WALK TOWARDS THE DOOR,' Lynch would shout. Watts would turn left and walk straight into the wall. 'NOT THAT WAY, NAOMI, THE OTHER WAY.' She'd turn right and walk into an ironing board. 'NO NO NO NAOMI. GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE.' Her rabbit head conked against a floor lamp. 'HEE HEE HEE,' giggled David Lynch.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 2:32 AM on April 28, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yeah, she really nails it. I saw her do a BFI Q&A a few years ago where she talked about Lynch pranking her on the set of Rabbits (the series of short films he made for his website, some of which was later incorporated into Inland Empire). Lynch would shout stage directions at Watts through the megaphone, which Watts (wearing a giant paper mache rabbit-head with no eye-holes) had to rely on in lieu of actual eyesight. 'NAOMI, TURN TO YOUR LEFT AND WALK TOWARDS THE DOOR,' Lynch would shout. Watts would turn left and walk straight into the wall. 'NOT THAT WAY, NAOMI, THE OTHER WAY.' She'd turn right and walk into an ironing board. 'NO NO NO NAOMI. GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE.' Her rabbit head conked against a floor lamp. 'HEE HEE HEE,' giggled David Lynch.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 2:32 AM on April 28, 2017 [1 favorite]
'HEE HEE HEE,' giggled David Lynch.
With the "Twin Peaks" revival nearly upon us, it seems like a good time to mention that while everybody recognizes Lynch's work as surreal, harrowing, occasionally opaque, etc., he's not often given credit for being funny. I think a lot of the success of the original show is due to the fact that (at least in the first season) there's a lot of deadpan humor.
posted by Ipsifendus at 6:46 AM on April 28, 2017 [2 favorites]
With the "Twin Peaks" revival nearly upon us, it seems like a good time to mention that while everybody recognizes Lynch's work as surreal, harrowing, occasionally opaque, etc., he's not often given credit for being funny. I think a lot of the success of the original show is due to the fact that (at least in the first season) there's a lot of deadpan humor.
posted by Ipsifendus at 6:46 AM on April 28, 2017 [2 favorites]
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