| Darkened Room | |
| Director: | David Lynch |
| Producer: | David Lynch |
| Starring: | Jordan Ladd Etsuko Shikata Cerina Vincent |
| Cinematography: | David Lynch |
| Runtime: | 8 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Darkened Room is an 8-minute film directed by David Lynch. It first appeared on Lynch's website, DavidLynch.com, in 2002. It has subsequently been released on the DVD anthology Dynamic:01.
In the first half of the film, a Japanese woman shows us her apartment in Tokyo and muses on the amount of bananas produced worldwide. The woman then tells us that her friend next door is sad. In the second half, a blonde woman (Jordan Ladd) sits on a sofa and cries. Then a brunette woman (Cerina Vincent) enters and says cruel things to her, before threatening to tell her the truth. The film ends with a fade to black.
The film was shot on digital video. In an introduction that appears on the Dynamic:01 DVD, Lynch calls the film "an experiment based on some idea", and says the film "was always some kind of tie in to bananas, information concerning bananas, so we can all learn some things as we enjoy the shows". Lynch then laughs.
The film has been compared to other Lynch productions for the prominence of the act of crying[2] and the presence of a lost girl.[3]