RIP David Lynch

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David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Considered one of the most important filmmakers of his era, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and was acclaimed for films often distinguished by their surrealist and experimental qualities. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2019. The adjective Lynchian came into use to describe works or situations reminiscent of his art, with the Oxford English Dictionary noting his penchant for "juxtaposing surreal or sinister elements with mundane, everyday environments, and for using compelling visual images to emphasize a dreamlike quality of mystery or menace"

For me, his work on Twin Peaks was the pinnacle of his career. RIP.

This has been one of the few things lately that has made me tremendously sad. My husband and I have been big David Lynch fans our entire lives.

I watched The Elephant Man on TV when I was four or five. I'm 47 now. So much of what he made influenced the way I think and see things.

It's people like David Lynch that make the world go round, I'm as sure as I can be, Lynch wasn't on the spectrum, but he was an eccentric for sure. You will never duplicate that.



Always liked Dennis Hopper too.