The Short Films of David Lynch
The school held an experimental painting and sculpture exhibit every year and Lynch entered his work in the Spring of 1966.After the success of The Alphabet, one of Lynch's friends, Bushnell Keeler, recommended that he check out the American Film Institute.The music in the film was provided by a local group known as Tractor, and marked the first time Lynch would work with Alan Splet, who was recommended to the filmmaker by the soundman of The Alphabet.Lynch and Splet both applied for scholarships, and on the strength of The Grandmother (which won awards at film festivals in Atlanta, Bellevue and San Francisco), they were accepted into the program.The result was a one shot scene with Catherine Coulson about a woman attempting to write a letter while a nurse (played by Lynch) tends to her leg stumps.[5] It stars Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Golchan, Michael Horse, Tracey Walter, and Jack Nance.