In a Facebook post, David Lynch’s family announced his death at the age of 78. The renowned director, who brought a touch of arthouse to popular Hollywood productions,
Revealed in August 2024 that he had emphysema as a result of years of smoking. Lynch’s career as a filmmaker is unmatched in the history of American cinema.
Films that changed the landscape, such as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive, all made it into a mainstream culture that doesn’t usually embrace surrealist cinema.
His ability to ground his heavier, more magical parts in individuals who, in spite of their heightened circumstances, seemed so clearly and recognizable as human that we couldn’t help but identify.
With their predicament was Lynch’s great talent as a filmmaker. Perhaps Lynch’s most notable work is his deliciously bizarre television series Twin Peaks,
Which played on ABC for two seasons from 1990 to 1991. A movie called Fire Walk with Me was released in 1992, and a third season was shown on Showtime in 2017.