David Lynch is set to get the
lifetime achievement award at this year's 12th Rome Film Fest
running October 26 to November 5.
Forty years after the release of his seminal first
feature-length film Eraserhead, the fest said it was
"celebrating the genius" of the US director.
It said the American filmmaker, who redefined contemporary
cinema with his visionary oneiric style, will meet the audience
and go through his extraordinary career from The Elephant Man to
Mulholland Drive, from Blue Velvet to Inland Empire to the cult
television series Twin Peaks.
Lynch will discuss the three films that had the greatest
influence on his career, including Federico Fellini's 8½.
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