DAVID LYNCH - LYNCH HONOURED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

LYNCH HONOURED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Cult director DAVID LYNCH was honoured with the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival yesterday (06SEP06), and he used the opportunity to reassure the press about his quirky new movie INLAND EMPIRE. Lynch, who is behind hit movies ERASERHEAD, THE ELEPHANT MAN and BLUE VELVET, spent two years developing the hallucinatory project, which stars NAOMI WATTS' vocal talents as a talking rabbit. He insisted, "It's supposed to make perfect sense. "Every film is like going into a new world, going into the unknown. But you should be not afraid of using your intuition, and feel and think your way through." But LAURA DERN, who also stars in the improvisation-based movie, admitted she is still baffled by the film herself. She said, "The truth is I didn't know who I was playing - and I still don't know. "I'm looking forward to seeing the film tonight to learn more."