Published in 1999 as the seventh instalment of Kinema Junpo’s Filmmakers series, this richly illustrated book offers a layered, shifting view of David Lynch during his global reception towards the end of the 20th century. Blending rare archival material, full-colour stills, and critical essays entirely in Japanese with an interview conducted at the Cannes Film Festival, it traces the atmospheres, obsessions, and contradictions that define the enigmatic director’s work. Shedding new light on films like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Lost Highway, and anchored by his recurring collaborators such as Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, the result is a curious time capsule that maps how the director was being interpreted and mythologised beyond Hollywood.