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After a brutal experience on Dune in 1984, which he felt had been butchered by the studio, David Lynch vowed to maintain tighter control of his future projects. Here his business partners, from producers Mary Sweeney and Sabrina Sutherland to his former agent Tony Krantz, explain how he clawed back his artistic freedom through discipline, frugality and canny delegation.
By Phil Hoad
By Melanie Williams
By John Wyver
By Ben Nicholson
By Graham Fuller
By Ros Cranston
By Chloe Walker
By Stephen Dalton
By Mark Nash
By Jonathan Romney
By Nathalie Morris
By Adam Scovell
By Nathalie Morris
By Ginette Vincendeau
By Adam Scovell
By Kay Eldridge
By Stuart Burnside
By Elinor Groom
By Josephine Botting
By Molly Haskell
By Nathalie Morris
By Adam Nayman
By Simone Pennant
By Rógan Graham
By Ibrahim Azam
By Nathalie Morris
By Adam Scovell
By George Bass
By Michael Koresky
