David Lynch transformed the landscape of cinema with films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” and changed the parameters of television with “Twin Peaks.” From one project to the next, he repeatedly merged the surreal and nightmarish with the wholesome and quaint, luxuriating in the grey areas between an idyllic portrait of smalltown Americana and the danger and mystery lurking beneath it. But almost as notable as his filmography, which was more selective than many auteurs his age, was the number of projects he was attached to or rumored to be considering, including adaptations of books like Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” and bestseller “The White Hotel,” and even a meeting
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