TradeMarks for David Lynch

Ahhh..David Lynch....The Creepy Director of such classics as
Twin Peaks
Eraserhead
Wild at Heart
Muholland Drive

You see a lot of his trademarks in shows today including Sopranos and Lost

Here are some of his Trademarks.....

Finds small-town USA fascinating.

Has a taste for low/middle frequency noise, dark and rotting environments, distorted characters, a polarized world (angels vs demons, Madonnas vs whores), and debilitating damage to the skull or brain.

Use of slow-motion during key scenes of violence.

Red Curtains

Strob Light

Nearly always casts a musician for a supporting role: Sting in Dune (1984); Chris Isaak, David Bowie and Julee Cruise in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Marilyn Manson and Henry Rollins in Lost Highway (1997); Billy Ray Cyrus in Mulholland Dr. (2001).

Uses many references to France, the French language, culture, people, and names.

Constant references to dreams as a way of connecting the plot and twists in his films.

Uses Roy Orbison songs in his films.