David Lynch - Dead

[Otter]

Granted you had to be stoned to try and figure him out but it was a fun ride.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/entert...ch-dead-at-78/

David Lynch, who co-created “Twin Peaks” and directed films like ‘Blue Velvet’ and “Mulholland Drive,” has died. He was 78.

Lynch’s family confirmed his passing on social media on Thursday.

“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch,” their statement read. “We would appreciate some privacy at this time.”

David Lynch. AFP via Getty Images
“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole,'” Lynch’s family added. “It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

David Lynch’s family announces his death. David Lynch/Facebook
The family did not confirm Lynch’s cause of death.

The famed writer-director was diagnosed with emphysema, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, back in 2020.

David Lynch. Getty Images
In Nov. 2024, Lynch — who started smoking at age 8 but quit in 2022 — told People that he needed supplement oxygen to go on a walk.

David Lynch on the set of “The Elephant Man” in 2010. ZUMAPRESS.com
“What you sow is what you reap,” said Lynch. In the back of every smoker’s mind is the fact that it’s healthy, so you’re literally playing with fire. It can bite you. I took a chance, and I got bit.”

Lynch added that “it’s tough living with emphysema. I can hardly walk across a room. It’s like you’re walking around with a plastic bag around your head.”

In Aug. 2024, Lynch told Sight and Sound magazine that he’s homebound because “it would be very bad for me to get sick, even with a cold.”

David Lynch in London in 1984. william karel
Lynch was born in 1946 in Missoula, Montana. He began his filmmaking career in the 1960s

His first feature-length movie was the 1977 surrealist film “Eraserhead.”

Lynch’s next film was 1980’s “The Elephant Man,” about a severely deformed man living in London. The movie, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, was nominated for eight Oscars — including Best Director for Lynch.

He followed up “The Elelphant Man” with 1984’s “Dune,” 1986’s “Blue Velvet” and 1990’s “Wild At Heart.” Lynch’s version of “Dune” did not fare well at the box office. The epic space opera has since been remade by Denis Villeneuve with Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet in the lead roles.

[Frazod]

I've only seen one of his movies, because after I saw Dune I swore I'd never watch another one.

RIP. I guess.

[Third Eye]

Whoa! Guess I didn't realize he was 78, but 78 doesn't feel that old anymore anyway.

I wasn't a superfan or anything, but Lost Highway and its soundtrack got a lot of play from me in my late teens/early 20s.

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I've only seen one of his movies, because after I saw Dune I swore I'd never watch another one.

RIP. I guess.

Dune was his worst by far IMHO. So much plot and exposition which are the things that matter the least in pretty much every other Lynch film.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by Frazod

I've only seen one of his movies, because after I saw Dune I swore I'd never watch another one.

RIP. I guess.

He's an acquired taste for sure but unique and good when in the mood.

Dune sucked 100%. He was way out of his element.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by carcosa

Dune was his worst by far IMHO. So much plot and exposition which are the things that matter the least in pretty much every other Lynch film.

It was 40 years ago this month that I saw Dune in the theater. It remains one of the most crushingly disappointing experiences of my life. I was still young enough then not to realize how a great book can be butchered into an awful movie.

Ironically, just last year my opinion of Lynch softened a bit, because he didn't butcher Dune nearly as badly as Villeneuve did. Now I'll never watch another one of that prick's movies, either.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Frazod

It was 40 years ago this month that I saw Dune in the theater. It remains one of the most crushingly disappointing experiences of my life. I was still young enough then not to realize how a great book can be butchered into an awful movie.

Ironically, just last year my opinion of Lynch softened a bit, because he didn't butcher Dune nearly as badly as Villeneuve did. Now I'll never watch another one of that prick's movies, either.

He was just the wrong match for the material.

He’s made some truly bizarre but great stuff

Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Twins Peaks, Wild at Heart, lost highway, Mullholland Drive

And then his normal G rated movie The Straight Story was really great too.

He was one of a kind. RIP…

[Otter]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

He was just the wrong match for the material.

He’s made some truly bizarre but great stuff

Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Twins Peaks, Wild at Heart, lost highway, Mullholland Drive

And then his normal G rated movie The Straight Story was really great too.

He was one of a kind. RIP…

Love him, hate him, or somewhere in between one thing you can't say about him is that he wasn't unique.

[Passepartout]

Eccentric yes but a master director. May he RIP!