David Lynch RIP

[Johnny Vodka]

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78

Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead

www.theguardian.com

My favourite director.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Didn't think he was gonna be long for this world.

A lot of his stuff I can take or leave but the new Twin Peaks series was magnificent.

 

[8ball]

Oh, bugger.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Didn't think he was gonna be long for this world.

Yeah, I had that feeling for a bit. I think he'd even given up smoking.

Five of his films would probably be in my top ten films ever.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

RIP

Absolutely an intresting artist.

 

[ruffneck23]

RIP

 

[tommers]

I remember seeing Mulholland Drive in the cinema and being so confused.

But then I also remember talking about Twin Peaks at work after every episode.

The world needs more people like him tbh.

 

[Orang Utan]

Really sad about this. I’d literally just started rewatching Twin Peaks.
He looms large in my life as a champion of all things weird. He’s probably the only artist I’ve been a ‘fan’ of outside music (and Twin Peaks is the first OST I ever bought on vinyl).
Farewell maestro

 

[ska invita]

Amazing his films even got funded and widely distributed. A sign of his talent that such weird shit put so many bums on seats.
Will we ever see the like?

 

[Voley]

I absolutely loved this:



RIP David, and thank you.

 

[ska invita]

If anyone fancies playing along to an impossibly hard David Lynch trivia quiz

 

[teqniq]

RIP.

 

[May Kasahara]

My son just emerged from his bedroom to break this news Mr K and I both gutted, if perhaps unsurprised, at the loss of an artist who has left such an indelible impression on both our worlds.

Not often I say this, but he was a great man. Farewell David, thanks for the experience.

 

[Elpenor]

First series of twin peaks was superb

Remember watching a torrent which had the Swedish subtitles around 2002. Genuinely weird and compelling. Might have even heard about it from here in my early days

“She’s dead, wrapped in plastic”

Didn’t like the second series or get the third one at all. I should watch more of his films

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Not actually watched any of his films for ages. I had Lost Highway pretty much as an annual watch for 10 - 15 years. Need to decide on one for this weekend.

 

[seeformiles]

Quite liked some of his stuff (Wild at Heart, Eraserhead, etc) but hated Twin Peaks and the pretentious fandom it spawned. An original nevertheless

 

[shifting gears]

Really sad news. A visionary. RIP.

I just sent this to a mate the other week after watching Inland Empire

 

[kittyP]

Oh fuck

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Twin Peaks was just incredible television at the time. I remember the landlady at our local indie-alternative pub vocally wondering why we all suddenly stopped coming in on a Thursday night.

 

[redsquirrel]

Shame, some of his work I love

First series of twin peaks was superb
...........
Didn’t like the second series or get the third one at all. I should watch more of his films

Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet are the best to start with. I was not that keen on Eraserhead. I did like Inland Empire but only seen it once some time ago so I do not know if it stands up to repeat viewing.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Blank Check* literally just finished their Lynch run a couple of weeks ago.

I've never really 'got' Lynch, even with the understanding that's not necessarily the point, but he's clearly very important to a whole lot of people, as well as just cinema in general.

So, he did a good lot with the time he got, can't ask much more than that.



*podcast covering director filmographies, episode per film, essentially

 

[Sweet FA]

Very sad.

You can't argue with this + Twin Peaks. I must have seen Blue Velvet/Wild at Heart half a dozen times; mainly late night in some student flat somewhere in the north west.



The wildfires finally did for him?

In an August 2024 interview with Sight and Sound, Lynch said he was suffering from emphysema due to years of smoking, and had become housebound due to health risks. He said this would likely preclude any further directorial projects.[180][181]

In November 2024, Lynch told People that he quit smoking in 2022, two years after he was diagnosed with emphysema, and that he had started smoking when he was 8. He said he was now reliant on supplemental oxygen for most daily activities. "I can hardly walk across a room", he said.[182]

In January 2025, Lynch evacuated his Los Angeles home due to the Southern California wildfires; Deadline Hollywoodreported that these events preceded a terminal decline in his health, and on January 16, 2025, Lynch's family announced that he had died at the age of 78.[183][184]

 

[hitmouse]

Yeah, RIP to an alltime great.

 

[Orang Utan]

Very sad.

You can't argue with this + Twin Peaks. I must have seen Blue Velvet/Wild at Heart half a dozen times; mainly late night in some student flat somewhere in the north west.

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The wildfires finally did for him?

In an August 2024 interview with Sight and Sound, Lynch said he was suffering from emphysema due to years of smoking, and had become housebound due to health risks. He said this would likely preclude any further directorial projects.[180][181]

In November 2024, Lynch told People that he quit smoking in 2022, two years after he was diagnosed with emphysema, and that he had started smoking when he was 8. He said he was now reliant on supplemental oxygen for most daily activities. "I can hardly walk across a room", he said.[182]

In January 2025, Lynch evacuated his Los Angeles home due to the Southern California wildfires; Deadline Hollywoodreported that these events preceded a terminal decline in his health, and on January 16, 2025, Lynch's family announced that he had died at the age of 78.[183][184]

That and all the cigarettes. But aye, global warming finished him off

 

[nightowl]

I remember as a kid being in floods of tears watching The Elephant Man.

 

[Elpenor]

Shame, some of his work I love

Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet are the best to start with. I was not that keen on Eraserhead. I did like Inland Empire but only seen it once some time ago so I do not know if it stands up to repeat viewing.

Thank you. I rewatched Blue Velvet last year and enjoyed it. Mulholland Drive I watched once on a computer monitor but it could do with a proper rewatch

 

[The39thStep]

Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive were superb. Wild at Heart is a guilty pleasure however The Straight Story is so underrated, perhaps because it is a straight story with no twists or the unexpected. Just one about the better side of humans and their courage.

 

[shifting gears]

David Lynch (20 January 1946–16 January 2025) - The Wire

The US filmmaker has died aged 78. As a tribute, we have made the extended cover feature on Lynch that appeared in The Wire 486 free to read in our online library. The feature includes a cover designed by Lynch, an interview with the director and his music collaborator Chrystabell, and 12...

www.thewire.co.uk

 

[Johnny Vodka]

The wildfires finally did for him?

The climate emergency.

 

[ska invita]

i think he's the only director I've seen every film from - each one a masterpiece of sorts
Id go as far as saying that the strongest filmography of any director - even Inland Empire - If you like that sort of thing!