Interview by Ron Mwangaguhunga
Images and Styling by J3 Productions

The mere mention of the name "David Lynch" conjures up images of velvety shadows, crooked cops and mystery men with double identities. Considered as one of the most respected directors in the world, MacDirectory is proud to share David's wired passion for technology.

David Lynch's films are as powerful as they are dark, and each work offers an original and mysterious vision. From the eerie exquisite Blue Velvet to the brilliant nightmare vision of Lost Highway, Lynch captures our imagination and emotion. But David is more than an innovative modern American filmmaker. He is well recognized as a writer, television producer, cartoonist, graphic artist, photographer and even a composer.

"Macs are the first desktop I ever had, so I don't know any different," Lynch told MacDirectory. "I gotta say, I like the way Steve Jobs and the people at Apple think. PCs seem so corporate and unfriendly and uncreative. Maybe I'm just sold on Apple. That's the feeling I have. I feel that Apple is working with me ­- and not entirely for money."

"I like the new iMacs. I have a cinema screen and a G4. I'm looking for the G5's!" But Lynch is not a web surfer. "Just like in film, I don't go to too many films. I like to go into programs and that's where I find my enjoyment.

"I like the way Steve Jobs and the people at Apple think. PCs seem so corporate and unfriendly & uncreative."

DavidLynch.com features Pay Per View shows streamed via QuickTime as well as contests, cartoons, e-postcards, screen savers, a Weblog, music videos, and a radio show. The site is a sort of clearing house for various amazing creative projects Lynch has on the backburner. Subscriptions to this fascinating site are $9.97, and customers are billed every thirty days.

Together with Eric Bassett, another Mac enthusiast, David Lynch has been testing the outer limits of Apple and Apple-friendly technology. After the tech bubble burst in 2000, the creative juices behind online entities seemed to evaporate; certainly the once omnipresent "celebrity sites." Not so with DavidLynch.com, which continues to be one of the most dynamic online destinations in a period where entropy is the norm. In fact, I have never seen a celebrity site so well executed.

Why did Lynch and Bassett go with Final Cut Pro? "We did look at many other solutions," said Bassett. "Our editors all come from the Avid platform because they are feature film editors. We looked at Media100, toyed around with premiere, and at the end of the day we ended up with Final Cut Pro as being our solution."