David Lynch took a failed post-Twin Peaks TV pilot and transformed it into a film regularly acclaimed as one of this century’s best, an LA story that’s both love letter and poison pen, a sun-baked/noir-lit Persona, a star-is-born showcase for Naomi Watts, the spawning grounds for at least a dozen memes, and an undersung Sapphic classic. -Lee Gardner
2001 Dir. David Lynch 1.85:1 Color DCP 147 min.
