World Film News Roundup: "Link him again, his soul is still dancing!"

Some of our favorite links of the last week. You can follow us on real time on Twitter at aboutworldfilm.

• David Lynch launches Interview Project, with new episodes every three days. First up: Jess (pictured), who's proud only of being alive.
• You've probably already seen the trailer for Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant, starring Nicolas Cage -- but you might as well give in and watch it again.
• Guillermo del Toro talks about The Hobbit, his vampire novel The Strain, and the future of movies: "In the next 10 years, there will be an earthshaking Citizen Kane of games."
• How a dead serious novel became the nightmare satire of Strangelove: Bilge Ebiri on Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Peter George's Red Alert.
• Veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles (Matewan, Return of the Secaucus 7, Sunshine State, Silver City) can't find a publisher for his novel Some Time in the Sun.
• Eight great minutes from Fritz Lang's 1924 Die Nibelungen: How Siegfried Slayed the Dragon.
• More online viewing: The Auteurs streams six classic Cannes winners, including Black Orpheus, L'Avventura, Cleo from 5 to 7, and The Cranes are Flying. (US only.)