The Surreal Path to Peace: David Lynch Visits Israel

Auteur and transcendental meditation devotee David Lynch, director of such surrealist masterpieces as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, met with Israeli President Shimon Peres this week as part of an effort to “encourage transcendental meditation as a new approach to . . . creating a peaceful world,” CBS reports.

This clip provides a flavor of the weirdness that ensued:

The cell phone breaking in with the INXS ring tone is just too perfect.