Those Sundays experiencing The Return were such a bewildering, memorable experience. Nothing will ever feel like that again.
The Return was surreal in terms of it even existing - I never thought I'd see Twin Peaks come back. So with today's news, we should feel extra blessed we got it. He was a rare, unique, and supremely talented figure in TV & Movies. My life is better because his art existed in it.
Twin Peaks s3 is the best season of television ever made IMO. All his movies... masterpieces. I would not be a published author without David Lynch's work existing. His influence and inspiration compelled me to follow my passion for art, to believe in my imagination. I'm so devastated. The world has lost an angel.
I'm absolutely devastated, but grateful for all of the art he put into the world. I identify so strongly with the themes that permeated Twin Peaks in particular, but also his work as a whole. His ability to find the beauty in an ugly world and establish scenes and concepts that were hauntingly touching was unmatched.
I watched Inland Empire for the first time last year and it blew my mind. Captures perfectly what it’s like to be in a dream/nightmare. I’ve rewatched it a few times since, pretty much immediately became one of my favourite movies.
Oh man. These don’t usually affect me but this one hits. His films really shaped how I view cinema and impacted the kinds of films I sought out. Will be toasting one to him this weekend.
"You know about death. That it's just a change and not an end." I hope Log Lady is right. I hope Lynch's dream for a better world is what lives on. That was what shined through most obviously in his work. He was mystified and enamored with life and humanity, he recognized the beauty -- even in all its ugliness and violence.
What did Garland fear most? “The possibility that love isn’t enough.” Lynch was able to express things in such a way that feel dreamlike on the surface but capture an earnest, pure goodness that is almost startling and uncanny taken out of context. He was able to step into the most vulnerable psycho-spiritual space and he wrote/directed from there.
Probably gonna throw Twin Peaks S1 on this weekend to wallow but I want to make it a point to resolve my Lynch blind spots mainly being Lost Highway and Inland Empire I think
I wish studios gave him the respect he deserved. They should’ve been dumping money in his driveway to make more projects. They robbed us of more of his genius.
absolutely gutted by this loss, easily my favorite filmmaker and Mulholland Dr alone is not just my favorite film but arguably my favorite piece of art period. the only films of his I haven’t seen yet are The Elephant Man and The Straight Story, and I am simultaneously more driven than ever to knock them off my watch list and also more driven not to do so as once I’ve seen them I won’t be able to see anything by him for the first time ever again (aside from his short films I suppose).
Utterly brilliant, timeless films, both beautiful and at polar opposite ends of Lynch’s emotional range. Please share your thoughts in here when you’ve seen them!
This is so unbelievably sad. He was such a unique and important artist who seemed like one of the nicest people in the industry, loved by pretty much everyone who got the chance to work with him. I feel so grateful to have so many fantastic works of art from him to engage with and think about. Like many people on here and across the world, he changed the way I think about cinema and expanded my concept of what it could be. This is one of those rare times where the death of someone you don't actually know hurts like it's someone you do.