Inside David Lynch’s Paris nightclub - The Guardian

You do feel you are descending into another world as you go down the six flights of stairs into Silencio. Buddhist cocktail bars with their own bijoux cinemas, library, dream forest and stage straight from Twin Peaks are thin on the ground, even in the second arrondissement. One minute you are in the dark, the next you are in a golden tunnel of mini-mandalas. The effect is somewhere between nirvana, a classy Cincinatti cocktail bar circa 1975, and Goldie’s mouth.

No kidding around, David Lynch created Silencio, based on his 2001 film, Mulholland Drive, because wanted to leave his mark on the world.

“They say that when men go into their 50s they dream of building gigantic towers to prove their virility. I have directed films, composed music, made all sorts of objects, works that had a beginning and an end. Now I want to make something solid.”

Membership rates are 780€ ($1113 US) per year for a regular membership, 1.500€ ($2,138) per year for the premium membership. If you’re under 30 or a foreign resident, there’s a reduced rate of 420€ ($599) per year.

To apply for membership hit Silencio’s website

“No hay banda! There is no band. It is all an illusion…”

[Photos by Roland Kermarec via Lynchland on Facebook]

Posted at 4:25pm.