Deep Thoughts

I just read David Lynch's Catching The Big Fish. It's full of short chapters and can be finished in one sitting. It's half about filmmaking, half about meditation.

Lynch started in painting and has always approached film as a painter. He gets a feeling for a color, a look, a sound, and keeps adding to the canvas until the movie is done. While I wouldn't recommend this for most writers or directors, it seems to work for him.

I liked the book for its directness and simplicity--sort of the opposite of his films.