Holmes & Watson » 20. 01. 2010, 22:16
Eraserhead brought Lynch to the attention of
producer Mel Brooks, who hired him to direct 1980's The Elephant
Man, a biopic of deformed Victorian era figure Joseph Merrick (John
Hurt). Lynch brought his own distinct surrealist approach to the
film, filming it in black and white, although it has still been
described as "one of the most conventional" of his films.[17] The
Elephant Man was a huge commercial success, and earned eight
Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Adapted
Screenplay nods for Lynch. It also established his place as a
commercially viable, if somewhat dark and unconventional, Hollywood
director. George Lucas, a fan of Eraserhead, offered Lynch the
opportunity to direct Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, which he
refused, feeling that it would be more Lucas' vision than his
own.[13] Meanwhile in 1983 he began the writing and drawing of a
comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World, which featured
unchanging graphics alongside cryptic philosophical references. It
ran from 1983 until 1992 in the Village Voice, Creative Loafing and
other tabloid and alternative publications