SHORT TAKES : Lynch: Don’t Hunt for Message

Not sure what to make of David Lynch films like “Blue Velvet” or “Eraserhead”? That’s the whole idea, the director says.

“I’m of the Western Union school. If you want to send a message, go to Western Union. . . . If you start worrying right away about the meaning of everything, chances are your poor intellect is only going to glean like a little portion of it,” the “Twin Peaks” co-creator says.

Pressed on the meaning of his work, Lynch--who won the award for best film at Cannes this year for “Wild at Heart”--concedes there’s a message.

“But they mean different things to different people. Some mean more or less the same thing to a large number of people. It’s OK. Just as long as there’s not one message, spoon-fed,” Lynch says in the Sept. 6 issue of Rolling Stone.