David Lynch
Added 2025-01-17 16:44:51 +0000 UTCYesterday was a rough day. But please feel free to share any personal feelings, stories, thoughts you may have about him. Anything that has been sticking out in your mind during this great loss for the arts. I will be trying to put together a little tribute video for him in the next day or two.
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We lost a Universe.
Dean Imperial
2025-02-17 10:52:23 +0000 UTCThis is hard for me to write about, because David Lynch and his impact on me has been immeasurable. I've always felt an affinity and love for Lynch's work, and for the man himself. Probably more than any other filmmaker in existence. He is co-creating with that huge world that exists outside of our 3 dimensional one, and like some (but very few) others before him (Fellini, for example), he is bringing the subconscious not only to the conscious, but to the mainstream. I would love to have a hangout talk with this community about David Lynch and what he means to them. And I appreciate everything everyone has written here. And special thanks to Maggie -- I really feel you. I get it. Your video was beautiful, so thank you for that heartfelt tribute.
Paul Todisco
2025-01-26 02:14:50 +0000 UTCI definitely didn’t cry during your Lynch tribute….I found your channel after watching mulholland Dr for the first time fiendish for lynch content. And have used your channel as a reference point for good cinema recs ever since. For that I am very grateful to both of you. There will never be another Lynch, but we’re lucky to have had just one.
Scott
2025-01-21 01:34:14 +0000 UTCThere is only one David Lynch, in the same way that there is only one Vincent Van Gough and one Franz Kafka. No one saw the world the way he did, and no one else can tell his stories. He also seemed like a genuinely kind and heartfelt guy. It was a rare case where I could love the art and the artist. On a positive note I'm eternally grateful that David Lynch, Miguel Ferrer, Peggy Lipton, Robert Forster, and Catherine E. Coulson were all able to make the new season of Twin Peaks before their passing (David Bowie would have reprised his role, but was too sick by the time they started filming). Twin Peaks: The Return is in many ways Lynch's magnum opus: an 18-hour dream with every episode directed, produced, co-starring, and co-written by Lynch himself. It shouldn't exist, but somehow it does. Thank you David Lynch for all your amazing stories. And thank you Showtime for giving him the keys to the dream machine one last time.
Eli Levine
2025-01-18 19:05:08 +0000 UTCHe was a true singular. Something I’ve thought about since his passing was how he didn’t really consider himself a movie guy, meaning he wasn’t watching everything and solely focused on films as say someone like Scorsese. He had a special sense of creativity where he jumped along different mediums, whether it was painting or even animation. I get the impression that he had an understanding of the nature of expression through different mediums, and would go whatever direction his ideas would take him in. He was less of a filmmaker, and more of a simple creative. At least that’s my impression. Nonetheless, he had a substantial impact on the film medium, and made films that will stand the test of time. Prioritizing his personal expression is why his films are special, and why he is special.
Ken
2025-01-18 06:11:28 +0000 UTCWith David Lynch, I think the quality of the art clearly speaks for itself. But one thing I always liked about him was how the actors, especially the women he collaborated with, talked about their experiences. Roger Ebert famously lambasted the "misogynistic violence" in Blue Velvet, but Isabella Rossellini spoke about how creatively fulfilled and safe she felt making the film. Patricia Arquette said the same about her scenes in Lost Highway. Natasha Gregson Wagner, Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Kyle Maclachlan,... He explored really dark, controversial material, where the actors probably went through hell, and yet they always went back to work with him again and again and remained close friends throughout the years. And listen, if he had been a monster, the art would still speak for itself, and it probably still would have been amazing. But I just think it's remarkable that when you consider the kinds of directors who are SO worshipped, respected, and influential that their NAME has become a genre unto itself, not many of them were as kind, ethical, humble, self-depricating, or straight up weird (complimentary) as David Lynch. I think, for me, that's why this loss is particular sad. One small silver lining. I think it's super wonderful and oddly fitting that his cameo in The Fabelmans is the note he left us on. Not only is equating him to John Ford like that a wonderful tribute, especially from Stephen Spielberg, but for modern audiences to see him in a mainstream film like that, showcasing his personality, discovering him for the first time perhaps, just kind of warms my frigid heart.
Edward Looney
2025-01-17 22:16:13 +0000 UTCTwin Peaks and Mulholland Drive were such formative works for me. I was looking into the deeper parts of his filmography yesterday and discovered a Dior ad he directed featuring Marion Cotillard that was great. He never ceases to inspire me creatively.
Drew Perkins
2025-01-17 22:10:28 +0000 UTCYou're the first person I thought of when I heard the news. Before I discovered you, Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man were the only films I've seen of his. Then your videos about him turned me onto more of his work like Mulholland Drive and I have a much deeper affection for him as an artist now. He deserves eternal respect for always choosing artistry over Hollywood commercialism and the world is lesser without his genius.
Wolfman Brandon
2025-01-17 18:24:59 +0000 UTCI have two memories of David Lynch, but not necessarily about him. A friend of mine was losing some of his hearing years ago, and he had a sense of humor about it. He would always pretend to shout and not understand what people were saying. I finally watched Twin Peaks last year - it took me 20 years to finally understand that he was doing an impression of David Lynch’s character lol. Also, I watched The Straight Story with my grandfather when I was 8 or 9 and it was the first time I had ever seen him get emotional during a movie. It’s a nice memory.
Henri J. Mertens
2025-01-17 17:46:33 +0000 UTCI've always struggled with his work and can't say I ever really "enjoyed" it. I was also turned off by how he talked about the artform. With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear he was the definition of an American artist. Unshackled by any convention but his own, irreverent toward what others thought he should be doing, and completely disinterested in people's opinions about him. Really the embodiment of the independence, freedom, and expression this country develops in its greats. I think there's a lot of truth behind the thought "you may not have liked his movies, but you like a lot of movies that were inspired by his movies." I mean, Eric Andre made an Eraserhead joke on his show. What other filmmaker has that accolade?
Arthur Augustyn
2025-01-17 17:21:25 +0000 UTCLike most people, I was absolutely gutted yesterday when I heard the news. I remember renting Mulholland Drive from the college library when I was 18 and having my mind opened to what cinema could be. I remember the movie ending and being extremely confused yet feeling so many strong emotions that I immediately did a rewatch and started forcing all my friends to watch it. From then on, I fell down the David Lynch rabbit hole jumping into twin peaks and the rest of his filmography. He’s been my favorite filmmaker ever since, someone who I’ve never met but always felt like a close friend who was making films just for me, like he was tapping directly into my subconscious and dreams and reflecting them back to me. As someone who often deals with depression and anxiety, I felt his work accurately reflected the absurdity of the world around us. He was never afraid to showcase some of the darkest parts of humanity, but with complete sincerity also showed us the light and hope that exists too. Truly one of the most inspiring, empathetic artists that impacted the way I try to view the world and myself in it. I am happy that I could share time on this earth with him. We lost a titan of cinema and he will be truly missed by many. Rest in peace David.
Carson Banghart
2025-01-17 17:18:47 +0000 UTCHe was an incredible artist and even though I never knew him personally, I feel like I did know him, especially since I’ve enjoyed his films for at least 7-8 years (since I was around 18). So yesterday I was watching a video of Isabella Rossellini and Mikey Madison talking about their films together and Rossellini was discussing “Blue Velvet”, then I went to X/Twitter and saw the news right as it happened. Needless to say, it hit me like a truck and I don’t think I fully comprehended it at first. Then a little later (after the initial shock) I saw all the tribute pictures on X and saw just how many people his work and life impacted including mine and it made me very emotional and I cried. On top of that; Kyle MacLachlan’s Instagram post was a beautiful, bittersweet gut punch for me. I plan on revisiting all of his films soon as a tribute. I will miss him. Also, there’s a song played on the jukebox in the first episode of “Twin Peaks” called “I’m Hurt Bad” that always stuck with me throughout the years for no particular reason. I just like it. But I kept playing it over and over yesterday and it naturally makes me think of David and everything he did. ❤️
Shane Palamara
2025-01-17 16:51:08 +0000 UTC
