Editing David Lynch (section)

===Influences===
[[File:Newyork-movie-edward-hopper-1939.jpg|thumb|right|''[[New York Movie]]'' (1939) by [[Edward Hopper]], one of Lynch's favorite painters.]]
Lynch felt his work was more similar to that of European filmmakers than American ones, and said that most films that "get down and thrill your soul" are by European directors.<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|62}} He expressed admiration for [[Federico Fellini]],<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|62}} [[Ingmar Bergman]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]],<ref>{{cite interview |last=Lynch |first=David |interviewer=Diego Schonhals |title=David Lynch Favorites Movies and FilmMakers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1s7EwOeowU |access-date=September 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018130352/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1s7EwOeowU |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |url-status=live |publication-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref> [[Roman Polanski]], [[Jacques Tati]],<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|62}} [[Stanley Kubrick]], and [[Billy Wilder]]. His favorite film, and one he regularly returned to, was [[Victor Fleming]]'s ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.<ref>{{cite news| last=Richardson| first=Amy| title=Long live the wizard, David Lynch| date=January 17, 2025| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-01-17/appreciation-david-lynch-long-live-the-wizard}}</ref> He said that Wilder's ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) was one of his favorite pictures,<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|71}} as were "probably all of Bergman’s movies",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Callum |title=The movies that David Lynch "oriented" himself on |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/movies-david-lynch-oriented-himself-on/ |website=Artforum |date=July 15, 2022 |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref> Kubrick's ''[[Lolita (1962 film)|Lolita]]'' (1962), Fellini's ''[[8½]]'' (1963), Tati's ''[[Monsieur Hulot's Holiday]]'' (1953), Hitchcock's ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954), and Herzog's ''[[Stroszek]]'' (1977).<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|21}} He also cited [[Herk Harvey]]'s ''[[Carnival of Souls]]'' (1962) and [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]'s ''[[Deep End (film)|Deep End]]'' (1970) as influences on his work.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 12, 2007 |title=Retro Cinema: Carnival of Souls |url=https://www.moviefone.com/2007/10/12/retro-cinema-carnival-of-souls/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064656/https://www.moviefone.com/2007/10/12/retro-cinema-carnival-of-souls/ |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |website=Moviefone}}</ref> [[Maya Deren]]'s 1943 experimental film ''[[Meshes of the Afternoon]]'' has also been recognized as a possible influence on Lynch.<ref name=farout>{{cite web |last1=Ferrier |first1=Aimee |title=Did avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren inspire David Lynch's movies? |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/maya-deren-inspired-david-lynch/ |website=Far Out |date=January 20, 2023 |access-date=7 March 2025}}</ref> Some have suggested that Lynch's love of Hitchcock's ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' influenced his use of dual-identity female roles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Lynch watching Vertigo |url=http://cinearchive.org/post/116927300550/david-lynch-watching-vertigo-the-most-studied |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014035038/http://cinearchive.org/post/116927300550/david-lynch-watching-vertigo-the-most-studied |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |access-date=October 13, 2017 |website=cinearchive.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Cwik |first=Greg |date=April 16, 2015 |title=9 Great Films Influenced By Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/9-great-films-influenced-by-alfred-hitchcocks-vertigo-62999/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215231041/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/9-great-films-influenced-by-alfred-hitchcocks-vertigo-62999/ |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |access-date=March 12, 2020 |website=IndieWire}}</ref>

[[Edward Hopper]] and [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]] were two of Lynch's favorite painters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abrams |first1=Bryan |title=Mr. Sunshine: David Lynch, Auteur of the Uncanny, Talks Inspiration |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2014/05/mr-sunshine-david-lynch-auteur-of-the-uncanny-talks-inspiration/ |website=The Credits |date=May 8, 2014 |access-date=11 March 2025}}</ref> Lynch also praised installation artist [[Edward Kienholz]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Damon |date=2018-08-20 |title=Encore: David Lynch Refuses To Explain 'Twin Peaks: The Return' — "Ideas Came, And This Is What They Presented" |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/twin-peaks-the-return-david-lynch-interview-showtime-emmys-news-1202407985/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Lynch said his favorite books were [[Frank Capra]]'s ''The Name Above the Title'', [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', [[Robert Henri]]'s ''The Art Spirit'', [[Robert Flynn Johnson]]'s ''Anonymous Photographs'', and [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title=David Lynch named his five favorite books of all time| last=Thomas| first=Lee| work=Far Out| date=October 12, 2022| url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-lynch-favourite-books-ever/}}</ref>