David Lynch – 2020 – USA
Though it has been played at a couple festivals since 2017,
this short film by David Lynch was not available to be seen generally until
appearing on Netflix in early 2020. Presented in black-and-white and set in a
train station, the film has Lynch playing a detective, not unlike his Twin
Peaks FBI character Gordon Cole, interrogating a suspect. The suspect is a
talking capuchin monkey, credited as “Jack Cruz,” who not only banters with
Lynch but sings a dreamy ballad as well; the type that Julee Cruise or Jimmy
Scott normally would in his films. Lynch suspects Jack of a possible murder,
and the two joust with 40s film noir style clichés. The result is bizarre,
hilarious and strangely beautiful, which will be no surprise for anyone who enjoys
Lynch’s work. Needless to say, the identify of “Jack Cruz” is kept a mystery,
but he has released a couple of singles that can be found online.
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