Room to Dream

By: David Lynch, Kristine McKenna

Narrated by: David Lynch, Kristine McKenna

An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family — adapted by David Lynch from the print book especially for this audio program

In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he’s faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition. Lynch’s lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered personal reflections riff off biographical sections written by close collaborator Kristine McKenna and based on more than one hundred new interviews with surprisingly candid ex-wives, family members, actors, agents, musicians, and colleagues in various fields who all have their own takes on what happened.

Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers a onetime all-access pass into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and utterly original living artists.


With insights into . . .
Eraserhead
The Elephant Man
Dune
Blue Velvet
Wild at Heart
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Lost Highway
The Straight Story
Mulholland Drive
INLAND EMPIRE
Twin Peaks: The Return


Adapted For Audio

Critic reviews

“Insightful . . . an impressively industrious and comprehensive account of Lynch’s career.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A memorable portrait of one of cinema’s great auteurs . . . provides a remarkable insight into [David] Lynch’s intense commitment to the ‘art life.’ ”—The Guardian

“This is the best book by and about a movie director since Elia Kazan’s A Life (1988) and Michael Powell’s A Life in Movies (1986). But Room to Dream is more enchanting or appealing than those classics. . . . What makes this book endearing is its chatty, calm account of how genius in America can be a matter-of-fact defiance of reality that won’t alarm your dog or save mankind. It’s the only way to dream in so disturbed a country.”—San Francisco Chronicle

I thought this was great!

There have been a few books recently which I have had in both physical form, and in audiobook, in which each is different. The fact that David Lynch goes off script occasional really makes this.

David Lynch fans will really like this

I am a David Lynch fan. I liked hearing him talk about his life. From his childhood to current day. He speaks about his personal life and his professional life. And, how the two intertwined. He has an interesting way of telling a story. He is creative, kind, and fun. I would recommend this book to other David Lynch fans.

Amazing book

It was wonderful hearing Lynch tell his story in his own words and voice. Made me want to revisit all of his films and especially rewatch all of Twin Peaks

Must listen especially if you are a filmmaker trudging threw the flood that is show business

This book will keep you in line with morals, doing things for the good and sake of art. Very inspiring book especially if you are a director or screenwriter.

Catching the Big Fish: Revised and Expanded

If you enjoyed David Lynch’s previous memoir catching the big fish, you’ll get a lot out of this one. I would have appreciated more granular levels of details in regards to his previous productions but there is still a lot of really good info here. There’s also a lot of schilling for the church or transcendental meditation, as you could probably expect. As always with the cult of David Lynch it’s a mixed bag, but a beautiful and mysterious and hilarious one that his fans will get a lot from. Here’s to the art life and taking the plunge for yourself.