Lynch, Burton's First Short Films
This stuff was brought to my attention by a recent Hollywood Saloon article, that brought together a bunch of shorts from famous directors. I pulled out these two specific ones for the horror connection, and figured it was a good end of the day post for Friday. Hope you guys enjoy.
This first one is called "The Alphabet", and was the first film David Lynch ever made, way back in 1968:
The idea for "The Alphabet" came from Lynch's wife, Peggy Reavey, [1], a painter whose niece, according to Lynch in Chris Rodley's Lynch on Lynch book, "was having a bad dream one night and was saying the alphabet in her sleep in a tormented way. So that's sort of what started 'The Alphabet' going." Based on the merits of this short film, Lynch was awarded an American Film Institute production grant and became a minor celebrity.
Lynch has always been one of those people who makes films that are so weird he's able to successfully convince me that I'm not smart enough to understand them. Looks like he had that talent from the beginning.
Here's Tim Burton's first short. It's called "Vincent" and was made in 1982. Wow, I guess this guy knew what his style was from the start, huh?
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