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KEEPIN' IT SURREAL
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
A grotesque baby that looks like a creature from outer
space. A severed human ear lying in a field. Those are just a few
of the disturbing surreal images that film-maker David Lynch has
given us over the years. But there's more to David Lynch's work
than his strange visuals. Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge,
we'll explore the ways Lynch uses sound in his films.
SEGMENT 1:
David Hughes is the author of "The Complete
Lynch," a comprehensive study of film-maker David Lynch's
work. Hughes tells Jim Fleming about meeting Lynch in Prague,
and they talk about Lynch's use of sound. And we hear clips from
some of Lynch's films.
SEGMENT 2:
Mary Ann Caws is an internationally respected
scholar of surrealism. She has translated many of the movements
major texts and is the editor of "Surrealism (Themes and
Movements)." Caws talks with Anne Strainchamps about the
history of the surrealist movement. Also, we hear actor Steve
O'Connell read an excerpts from the early surrealist piece
"Magnetic Fields." And, Caws and O'Connell read an abridged
version of the 1926 Robert Desnos poem, "Sleep Spaces."
Also, Stephen Barber is a surrealism expert who provides
the commentary for a new DVD release of "Un Chien Andalou."
This was a short silent film made in 1929 by Luis Bunuel and Salvador
Dali which still shocks viewers. Barber tells Jim Fleming how
the collaboration worked and the film got made. And we hear the
music used. Stephen Barber is the author of a book called "Blows
and Bombs: Antonin Artaud: The Biography."
SEGMENT 3:
Jay Rubin is the author of "Haruki Murakami
and the Music of Words." He's also translated much of Murakami's
fiction into English. He tells Steve Paulson why he first read
Murakami, and talks about some of his stories, especially one
called "The Elephant Vanishes." And actor Steve O'Connell
reads an except from Murakami's novel"Hard-Boiled Wonderland
and the End of the World."
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 05-02-13-A.
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Books:
- Mary Ann Caws, ed., Surrealism
(Themes and Movements) (Phaidon Press)
- David Hughes, The
Complete Lynch (Virgin)
- Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami and the Music
of Words (Harvill Press)
Links:
Music:
- - "Dreamscape"/Head
and Leg
from the CD, "In Your Dreams" (Seeland)
http://www.negativland.com/nmol/seeland.html
- -- Music used in David Hughes/David Lynch mix:
- -- "Eraserhead Original Soundtrack" (I.R.S.)
- -- "Mulholland Drive"/AngeloBadalamenti
from the CD, "Mulholland Drive Original Soundtrack"
(Milan Entertainment)
http://www.milanrecords.com/
- -- "The Pink Room"
from the CD, "Twin Peaks -- Fire Walk With Me Original Soundtrack"
(Warner Bros.)
- -- "Twin Peaks Theme"/Angelo Badalamenti
from the CD,
"Soundtrack from Twin Peaks" (Warner Bros.)
- -- "In Dreams"/Roy Orbison from the CD,
"Blue Velvet: Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack" (Varese Records)
- ------------------------------------------------------
- -- "Moving Through Time"/Angelo Badalamenti
from the CD, "Twin Peaks -- Fire Walk With Me Original Soundtrack"
(Warner Bros.)
- -- "Theme from Twin Peaks -- Fire Walk With
Me"
from the CD, "Twin Peaks -- Fire Walk With Me Original Soundtrack"
(Warner Bros.)
- -- "Mr. Roque/Betty's Theme"/Angelo Badalamenti
from the CD, "Mulholland Drive Original Soundtrack"
(Milan Entertainment) http://www.milanrecords.com/
- -- "Mulholland Drive/Love Theme"/Angelo
Badalamenti from the CD,
"Mulholland Drive Original Soundtrack" (Milan Entertainment)
http://www.milanrecords.com/
Distribution dates:
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