"Back to selectionIt's well known that George Lucas approached David Lynch to direct Return of the Jedi (1983), and that Lynch (thankfully) demurred, instead pursuing Blue Velvet (1985). Less well-known is the fact that the two films share an editor-Duwayne Dunham, an unlikely hyperspace lane between two otherwise distant cinematic galaxies. As a director himself, Dunham has a body of work that poses yet another wrinkle in space-time: since making his feature debut with Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993),"
"Legend of the Happy Worker stakes its story in a ruddy patch of Monument Valley, where a community takes great pride in a daily ritual of digging, presided over by enigmatic but even-keeled foreman Champion Goose III (Thomas Haden Church). What are they digging for? The men themselves have never thought to question it-that is, until wide-eyed Joe (Josh Whitehouse) is prompted by another digger, grown existential with age."
Duwayne Dunham's new film Legend of the Happy Worker premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. David Lynch served as executive producer and gifted the script to Dunham after Blue Velvet. Dunham and Lynch collaborated for four decades on projects including Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, and Twin Peaks: The Return. The film is set in Monument Valley and follows a community proud of a daily ritual of digging overseen by foreman Champion Goose III (Thomas Haden Church). Wide-eyed Joe (Josh Whitehouse) begins to question the ritual after an existential digger and the arrival of his uncle Clete (Colm Meaney). The film blends all-American mystical absurdism with themes of labor, curiosity, and change.
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