The Grandmother (1970)

Director:

David Lynch

Writer:

David Lynch (writer)

Genre:

Short | Animation

Plot:

A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother. Short, surreal, and David Lynch's third film. |

Plot Keywords:

Grandmother | Young Boy | Plant | Surrealism | Soil

Cast

Richard White	...	Boy
Dorothy McGinnis	...	Grandmother
Virginia Maitland	...	Mother
Robert Chadwick	...	Father

Directed by
David Lynch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Lynch		writer

Produced by
David Lynch	....	producer

Original Music by
Tractor

Cinematography by
David Lynch

Sound Department
Robert Chadwick	....	sound effects
David Lynch	....	sound effects
Peggy Lynch	....	sound effects (as Margaret Lynch)
Alan Splet	....	sound editor
Alan Splet	....	sound effects
Alan Splet	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Randall	....	still photographer: production stills

Animation Department
David Lynch	....	animator

Other crew
Peggy Lynch	....	script advisor (as Margaret Lynch)
C.K. Williams	....	script advisor

Production Companies

• American Film Institute (AFI)

Runtime:

34 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

UK:12

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Movie Connections:

Featured in Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997) (TV)

Brilliant neo-surrealism

This film is a must-see for anyone interested in the world of surreal cinema. Combines fascinating visual metaphor with rich, vivid animation to create a disturbing ambience that draws the viewer in, like a fish caught on a hook. The music (provided by a collective of music engineers known as "Tractor") is like a grey canopy that wraps itself over your mind as you find that time and space and your life outside of a cold, flickering living room seem to fade into this backdrop of radioactive multimedia. Make no mistake about it, Lynch is an artist of the highest calibur, and in this gripping work he uses everything in the film as a medium to transmit his imagination to the outside world.

P.S. - If you like Lynch's style, I suggest looking into the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luis Bunuel & Jean Cocteau. All of them brilliant artists in their medium.