The director of Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago joins Split Picks to talk about two Gifford-Lynch film collaborations

Split Picks is back with two of David Lynch’s most diametrically opposed films:Wild At Heart (1990) and Lost Highway (1997). What links these films together is author Barry Gifford, who wrote the source novel for Wild at Heart and co-wrote the Lost Highway screenplay with Lynch.

Cinesthesia’s Jim Hickcox steps in to host the show and brings along… his Cinesthesia co-host Jason Michelitch. They’re joined by special guest Rob Christopher, whose film Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago (2020) is screening at Portland, Oregon’s Hollywood Theatre on Saturday, July 9. Together they parse through Lynchian dream logic, Gifford’s childhood in Chicago, and where Gifford’s influence shows throughout later Lynch masterworks like Mulholland Drive (2001).

UPDATE: Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago is now available to stream on Amazon Prime

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Roy’s World will screen at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, July 9. Later in the day Lost Highway will also screen. Tickets for both screenings are available here.

Watch the trailer for Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago below:

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