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In this author interview, I speak with Ian Nathan for the second time on the podcast He joins me today to talk about his book, David Lynch: A Retrospective. 

Listen to hear the importance of Lynch's first film Eraserhead to his career, what exactly a Lynchian film is, and why Lynch is a mystery even to himself.
 
Books mentioned in this episode include:

• "David Lynch Keeps His Head" by David Foster Wallace (appears in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again)
• Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman
• The New Journalism by Tom Wolf

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• Eraserhead directed by David Lynch
• Blue Velvet directed by David Lynch
• Mulholland Dr. directed by David Lynch 
• Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Inland Empire directed by David Lynch
• The Straight Story directed by David Lynch
• Miller's Crossing directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
• Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller
• A Brief Encounter directed by David Lean
• Aliens directed by James Cameron

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Twin Peaks created by David Lynch