David Lynch ... most authentic dream–movie ever made? Lynch directed “The Elephant Man” (1980), a classical drama of elegantly restrained body horror and tragic humanity; it was a Hollywood ...

And then David Lynch trains his camera on the empty seat ... The setting is a Norman Rockwell painting, full of white picket fences and girls-next-door, but Kyle MacLachlan’s Jeffrey descends ...

3:04 p.m. Jan. 16, 2025: An earlier version of this story said David ... courted Lynch to direct a "Star Wars" film, but Lynch turned down the offer. Lynch kept busy in the ’80s with "The ...