Director David Lynch Has Died At 78

[AntiToxicPill 2,172]

I am so upset with these news …

[enchante 72]

i actually know what to say now. i remember a long time ago, back when pandemics were something you'd read about in the history, back when green men were living on the moon, blue men were playing sold out shows and orange men, let's just leave it at that. i remember meeting one of the nicest people i ever knew, someone i could talk to about anything with and someone who I made watch twin peaks for the first time and it was always such a joy to hear how much they were enjoying it. the intertexts and the way it worked its way into other parts of our friendship as well kind of says a lot about how powerful of a show it has been for a lot of people, including me. that was my best era and i miss it a lot. i hope that you still love twin peaks and like lana, wherever you are and thanks to DL for making something that has brought so many people together.

 

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sorry about the rant

 

 

[DCooper 37,374]

Kyle MacLachlan's tribute is so beautiful:

 

"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.

What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.
 
Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met.
 
David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.
 
While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
 
I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.
 
His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.
 
I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone.
 
David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."

[Formation 4,250]

THE ex in my lore introduced me to Lynch's number of the day videos. They brought me so much consistency and warmth. May he rest in immense peace.

[details 17,591]

i'm very shocked by this news  

[dollanganger 5,221]

WHAT

[Escapism 6,086]

david lynch was a one of a kind, revolutionary filmmaker and an absolute legend whose impact on the arts will carry on forever. he’s inspired and enlightened so many with his extraordinary mind and vision - the loss of him is incredibly devastating knowing we will never get to experience art that comes from a mind like his again. 

I found out about his passing a bit after I just got done watching an episode of twin peaks earlier today as I’m on a rewatch at the moment and while I am extremely saddened by his death I also feel the need to recognize I feel so grateful to have been able to have had the pleasure and luxury of watching many of his works over the last decade. 

the day I came home from high school and decided to watch twin peaks was one of the best decisions I made in my life. his work had a significant impact in the ways I interact, perceive, and connect with art.

 

he will be dearly missed
rest in peace to one of the greatest visionaries of all time  

 

[Jeanne Dielman 6,027]

I am absolutely devastated. 

 

Lynch was a visionary; one of the greatest contemporary artists. His entire body of work is sublime, but I would like to highlight Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and INLAND EMPIRE -- two of the most singular (and visceral) audiovisual experiences I've ever had. 

 

Rest in peace, dear David.

[Anthony Applewhite 577]

His death shook me to the core. I knew about his disease but I still didn’t see it coming. He really made me believe in things the way that no other filmmaker did. He was more than a filmmaker though. And he was a dreamer

[BethDufreneOnTheBayouByYou 10,233]

💔 I watched Mulholland Drive when I was 12 or 13 and I swear it rewired my brain. From that point on, he was a huge influence on the art and media I consumed. He was truly a singular voice and visionary. 

[violettiaras 3,513]

Truly, truly so heartbreaking. The fact that his house just burned down/or he at least got evacuated last week makes it worse- what a stressful last few days he deserved better. 

[blackenedrussianpoetry 2,639]

I was singing to Sade - Kiss of life, and the news came up to me through my Twitter timeline… in shambles💔

Rest in peace to the goat… surreal…

[Ebola 2,392]

This is so devastating. No single person has changed me as a person like Lynch has. I watched Wild At Heart in high school and it changed everything for me, I was so fascinated by how Lynch’s style evoked a dream-like affect so similar to that of how my actual dreams play out. It felt like I was able to record my dreams and play them back. It unlocked such a profound love for film and inspired me to study film and media in college and now I aspire for a career in the film industry. I credit Lynch for informing my identity not only in my interests and sensibilities when it comes to art, but also in how I see the world around me and find beauty and value in what most others would disregard as mundane or offputting. I always go back to Twin Peaks when I need to regain a sense of hope. I fear what I would have been without him. </3

[fl0r1dakil0s 21,682]

i was so sad when i found out   lost highway and inland empire are up there w my fav films of all time even tho the latter is confusing af

[Cherry Blossom 21,693]

This news is like the most insane ever. Rest in peace to a true visionary

[MrFameKills 11,142]

Me and my boyfriend were rewatching The Elephant Man last night (pure cosmic irony), so it hit me like a truck when i picked up my phone afterwards and saw.

This man defined my relationship with movies, how i formed my watching habits, how i understand them, how i allow them to sit with me and how i learned to let the mystery be sometimes. In turn all of this has now influenced other things in myself. It's a big part of how i became who i am today.

Truly feels like with his passing someone shut the lights off...and i've never before been this struck by a death of an artist or someone public.

I can wallow forever...he created impecable works of art and influenced so much of what we see nowadays in art and media, his style reverbeates everywhere.

His kindness and empathy towards his characters i can't even put into words..all of them - Laura, Diane, Lula, Dorothy, Nicki, Margaret and many many more. His truly unique vision and work methods, his attentiveness and unwavering skill. 

The man who without one ounce of doubt follows what is true to him - the fact that he came up with the idea of BOB in Twin Peaks by chance of seeing Frank Silva in Laura's room working on the set. And countless other anecdotes.

There never will be anyone like him, rest in peace and keep at your journey, David.

Thank you for your immense contribution

 

💙

 

No more blue tomorrows