Lynch/oz -

The documentary posits that Lynch is not merely referencing a favorite film; he is operating within its DNA.

In his 2022 documentary, Lynch/Oz , director Alexandre O. Philippe explores the "cinematic urtext" that haunts David Lynch’s entire filmography: Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz . Rather than a standard biography, the film is structured as six distinct visual essays narrated by filmmakers and critics—including John Waters, Karyn Kusama, and David Lowery—who dissect how Dorothy’s journey through the "American Fairytale" mirrors Lynch's own surreal explorations of identity and the subconscious. The Core Thesis: A Fractal Mirror Lynch/Oz