David Lynch to produce web series

In recent years, surrealist old hand David Lynch has proved that the reckless talent at the helm of Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart is still very much in the game. Inland Empire (2006) and especially Mulholland Drive (2001) were two of the director’s most madly inspired visions, and now ON Networks (via Pop Candy) has commissioned the director to produce a new web series.

The series will be based off Lynch’s nonfiction book Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, which weaved in biography and his creative process to espouse transcendental meditation. The method’s followers have been likened to a cult in the past, and more than few stops on Lynch’s recent college tour were disappointed when the director swerved conversation from his oeuvre to the method, but he has maintained that it has been central to his output for years.

Lynch’s long history of experimentation with ideas and form previously led him to become one of the early champions of digital video (though as we were learned, there are limits to his tolerance of its innovation). He also co-created and directed episodes of excellent ABC series Twin Peaks, and has worked on several other television series in the past.

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