September 1985. Springsteen and I had dinner at Mirabelle on the Strip to discuss "Born in the
USA," a script l'd offered him which he turned down (decided not to get into movies) but subsequently used as a song title. He told me I could use the song or he'd write me another one. I choose the latter and he wrote "Light of Day." Jullianne Phillips had asked me to bring Bruce to a West Hollywood location where she'd planned…
‘I told them: There’s no way I can improve Blue Velvet’
David couldn’t get Blue Velvet made. Dino De Laurentiis told David he’d pay me to rewrite the script and David gave it to me. It was one of the best scripts I’d ever read. I told Dino there was no way I could improve it. David thanked me and Dino financed the film. The rest is film history. The only thing to add is this: smoking kills.
via ‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans a titan of cinema by Catherine Shoard
The Guardian — 17 January, 2025
THE CONCLAVE is an excellent film on many levels. 1. An anthropological look into a society known only to a few 2. Intellectually rigorous and complex 3. A masterpiece of imagery. The shots are primarily static, each composed with a precise painterly eye. Among the year's best. Not to be missed.
