Kyle MacLachlan: Even I ‘Don’t Pretend to Understand What David Lynch Does’

Even after nearly 40 years of filmmaking, David Lynch remains one of cinema’s most enigmatic artists.

While the meaning behind films like “Mulholland Drive” and “Inland Empire” might be a mystery, Lynch’s work continues to captivate cinephiles.

Including, apparently, some of his closest collaborators.In a new interview with The A.V.

Club, Kyle MacLachlan, who Lynch directed in “Dune,” “Blue Velvet,” and “Twin Peaks,” revealed that he’s often in the dark about Lynch’s artistic vision“I don’t pretend to understand much of what David does,” MacLachlan said.

“But I do recognize that I’m his conduit through these worlds, and that’s a challenge—and also, I feel pretty good about that.

There’s a confidence that I understand what’s necessary for me to do with David.

And I think sometimes, and I think it happens in Hollywood a lot, there’s a template that

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