David Lynch, R.I.P.

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You mean me? Kei's cousin?
RIP. Seems unreal that we lost him so close to the 15th anniversary of when Satoshi Kon, who was often called the Lynch of anime, passed away.
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Lynch was one of those directors where it kinda sucked going through his works, because you knew there's nowhere else you could go to find anything like it afterwards. I was really hoping to see him make another movie. This sucks.



All good people are asleep and dreaming.
David Lynch means a tremendous amount to our town.



The theater just uncovered the stones today.



Beautiful North Bend.



First film was Eraserhead on a C-Band satellite dish in Melrose Oregon in 1978.



RIP to one of the best.
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Watched Mulholland Drive last night in honor of Mr. Lynch!
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“Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle.” ― David Lynch



This man is the only one who can convince me to watch a Duran Duran concert, but instead I will spend my day with The Straight Story. The only real way for me to honor him is to complete his major filmography.



This really sucks. David Lynch was one of a dying breed of people who seemed to really believe in film as a form of art, and not just some tool by which to squeeze money from people.
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The MacDowell Colony is a famous institution in New Hampshire that has been housing artists in residence for over a century. Composers, writers, painters, sculptors, whoever are invited to stay in the cabin studios to get away from the world and create. They also give an annual medal to honor an artist, and back in 2017 they awarded it to David Lynch. He was unable to attend in person, but sent his friend and biographer Kristine McKenna to accept. Novelist Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) was the host, and gives a wonderful fifteen minute speech at the opening about Lynch and his work. The entire hour-long ceremony is available in the above video, and if you'd like to skip to Lynch's very Lynchian short film acceptance he sent as well, it is below.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra



Wow, I don't know why, but this one really took me by surprise. A director who really worked off the beaten directorial path. Loved Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and for me his masterpiece, The Elephant Man, one of the few films I rated
. RIP



A system of cells interlinked
A friend of mine wrote a piece on Lynch for Modern Age, published today:
Meeting David Lynch on the Dreaming Plane
Thanks for this. Good read.

Meanwhile: My wife when she walks into the living room last night to see me watching Mulholland Drive for the 79th time...