The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to welcome two members of the creative inner circle of David Lynch for a pair of events offering unique insights into his visionary cinema and art. Veteran producer Sabrina Sutherland has been working with Lynch since the late 1990s, including on Lost Highway (1997), Inland Empire (2006) and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) for which she was Executive Producer. Sutherland will present a screening of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and join a conversation about Lynch’s discomforting film and its relation to his groundbreaking television series.

Renowned curator Kristine McKenna has written extensively about Lynch’s multifaceted work as visual artist. Over the years McKenna has also given some of the more penetrating interviews of Lynch, a dialogue that gave way to her role as co-author of Lynch’s 2018 memoir Room to Dream. Accompanying a screening of Eraserhead, McKenna will give an illustrated talk on a little-known dimension of Lynch’s cinema; the props and objects invented and crafted by Lynch that play crucial roles in his films. Both evenings will feature beautiful vintage 35mm prints from the Harvard Film Archive collection. – Haden Guest