David Wants to Fly (2010)

Directed by

David Sieveking

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

AA

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German filmmaker decides to follow his idol David Lynch and learn about Transcendental Meditation. The documentary shows his travels and the effect this quest has on his personal life.

curiousintrospectivepersonalreflectiveobservationalmeanderingopen-mindedcontemplative

What happens

David Wants to Fly is a 2010 German documentary film that follows its director, Berlin-based, film school graduate David Sieveking, as he interacts with his film hero David Lynch, and explores the Transcendental Meditation movement. The film chronicles a period of time in Sieveking's life that includes his off-and-on relationship with his girlfriend as well as his travels to the United States, Holland and India. The film has received awards and honorable mentions as well as criticism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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