David Lynch to speak at the Majestic Theatre
Director of Blue Velvet, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive will lecture on creativity and mediation
Bryan O'Toole
Issue date: 9/29/05 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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The director's speech at Emerson is part of his East Coast tour, which is also making stops at American University, Brown University, Yale University and New York University. In November, Lynch will begin a West Coast leg, speaking at UCLA among others.
Tickets for Saturday's lecture were distributed for free at the Majestic Theatre's box office last Wednesday and all available seats were gone within two hours, according to the theatre's assistant manager, Christina Harrington.
"We were really pleased with the response," she said.
Other local schools, including Boston University, Harvard University, MIT and Northeastern University were all allotted tickets for distribution. Any tickets left over, however, will be handed out at the Majestic Box Office at 11 a.m. tomorrow to any area college student with a valid school ID.
Lynch's talk comes after the creation of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-based Education and World Peace this July.
The foundation aims to introduce Transcendental Meditation to classrooms around the country and it recently gave out a $200,000 grant to make this happen in seven schools in various locations.
In the midst of his college tour and foundation work, Lynch has been working on his latest film, Inland Empire. Lynch cryptically said it is about "a woman in trouble."
The film, which features Wild at Heart's Laura Dern and Mulholland Drive's Justin Theroux, is almost finished shooting. Lynch feels it is important, however, to sideline the film temporarily for his lectures.
"Peace on earth is at stake," he said. "And that's worth taking time off."
Tickets for Saturday's lecture were distributed for free at the Majestic Theatre's box office last Wednesday and all available seats were gone within two hours, according to the theatre's assistant manager, Christina Harrington.
"We were really pleased with the response," she said.
Other local schools, including Boston University, Harvard University, MIT and Northeastern University were all allotted tickets for distribution. Any tickets left over, however, will be handed out at the Majestic Box Office at 11 a.m. tomorrow to any area college student with a valid school ID.
Lynch's talk comes after the creation of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-based Education and World Peace this July.
The foundation aims to introduce Transcendental Meditation to classrooms around the country and it recently gave out a $200,000 grant to make this happen in seven schools in various locations.
In the midst of his college tour and foundation work, Lynch has been working on his latest film, Inland Empire. Lynch cryptically said it is about "a woman in trouble."
The film, which features Wild at Heart's Laura Dern and Mulholland Drive's Justin Theroux, is almost finished shooting. Lynch feels it is important, however, to sideline the film temporarily for his lectures.
"Peace on earth is at stake," he said. "And that's worth taking time off."