Yahoo Movies Here's why Twin Peaks' David Lynch never explains work
Maverick filmmaker David Lynch has been in the business for decades, producing film and TV that defies explanation and, quite often, reality.
Last year, his Twin Peaks revival was an enthralling watch and attracted huge critical praise – we still run a mile any time someone asks if we've got a light – but it also left us with some pretty big questions.
Lynch's art, though, is an incredibly personal endeavour and the 72-year-old has been a closed book throughout his career when it comes to providing easy answers to some of his more head-scratching stories.
Speaking to The Guardian, Lynch discussed the idea of clarifying the meaning of his work and noted: "I don't ever explain it. Because it's not a word thing. It would reduce it, make it smaller.
"When you finish anything, people want you to then talk about it. And I think it's almost like a crime. A film or a painting – each thing is its own sort of language and it's not right to try to say the same thing in words.
"The words are not there. The language of film, cinema, is the language it was put into, and the English language – it's not going to translate. It's going to lose."
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The man behind Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive went on to compare his professional role to that of a magician, elaborating: "A film or TV show is like a magic act, and magicians don't tell how they did a thing."
(Just don't tell that to co-writer Mark Frost, who was a bit more forthcoming about all things Peaks in his excellent Final Dossier.)
Speaking of mindf**ks, take a look at our list of the 21 greatest ones to grace cinema screens.
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