For years, David Lynch was quietly creating one thing new, one thing huge. A mysterious undertaking titled Unrecorded Night time, written in secret along with his longtime producing accomplice Sabrina Sutherland. Now, that undertaking could go unseen, however based on Sutherland, it was the top of Lynch’s creative output.
Sutherland stated in a current interview with A Rabbit’s Foot:
“I’ll say this: It was in all probability the perfect factor he ever did. It was a fruits of numerous issues. We labored on this for over two years when it comes to writing, and we had been nonetheless writing up till the purpose he handed away.”
Initially pitched to Netflix as a restricted collection, Unrecorded Night time had gone by means of revisions and rewrites even after the preliminary pitch.
“We had been preparing to return to Netflix as a result of he had re-envisioned some issues about it, and it had morphed into one thing even higher than it was. I hope that in the future folks will be capable to expertise it not directly.”
David Lynch handed away final 12 months from cardiac arrest following issues from emphysema. In accordance with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Unrecorded Night time was greenlit virtually immediately.
“He got here into Netflix to pitch a restricted collection, which we jumped at. It was a David Lynch manufacturing, so full of thriller and dangers, however we wished to go on this creative journey with this genius.
“First Covid, then some well being uncertainties led to this undertaking by no means being produced—however we made it clear that as quickly as he was in a position, we had been all in.”
Now, with Lynch gone, the query turns into, will the world ever see it? His daughter, filmmaker Jennifer Lynch, instructed The Times that whereas nobody within the household plans to movie Unrecorded Night time with out him, they’re contemplating releasing the script itself.
“None of us ever tried to make his collection in his place. We’re contemplating providing that as a printed piece, so that folks can sit along with his concepts. It could be very unhappy if folks didn’t get to see it.”
Although it by no means made it to digital camera, Jennifer hinted at who Lynch had in thoughts for the undertaking.
“I used to be sworn to secrecy however sure, I’m certain Kyle [MacLachlan] would have been a part of it. And Laura [Dern], and Naomi [Watts]. He liked to play along with his associates.”
Nobody exterior Lynch’s internal circle actually is aware of what this undertaking is or what the story includes, but it surely feels like it might’ve been the final word David Lynch undertaking.
