Lynch’s weather reports attracted a dedicated following in themselves, becoming such a part of the fabric of Los Angeles — his adopted home for many years, and a lifelong fascination of his he often transmuted on film — that his forecasts were later broadcast on NPR affiliate KCRW.
The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.
The filmmaker invited us to open our minds to the impossible, with movies such as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" that defined an American surrealism.
Lynch has directed 10 feature-length films with prolific actors like Anthony Hopkins, Laura Dern, Nicholas Cage, and Kyle MacLachlan, as well as the beloved television show he co-created with Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks.' Lynch's first full-length film is available to stream on Max and to purchase or rent on Prime Video and YouTube.
Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux had a special bond with David Lynch. During his very first edition of the festival as artistic director in 2001, Fremaux had programmed “Mulholland Drive,” which won best director at the festival and went on to earn an Oscar nomination.
David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who brought surrealist storytelling to the mainstream via 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' has died. He was 78.
Reactions from Hollywood were swift and heartfelt. Kyle MacLachlan, who became a star when Lynch cast him as Paul Atreides in 1984's Dune, Blue Velvet (1986), and the TV series Twin Peaks, described the director as "the most authentically alive person I'd ever met":
The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists.
David Lynch's films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture- one increasingly out of the shadows today.
Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts, Isabella Rossellini and other collaborators of David Lynch mourned the filmmaker's death on social media.
David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark and dreamlike vision in such movies as ''Blue Velvet'' and ''Mulholland Drive'' and the TV series ''Twin Peaks,'' has died just days before his 79th birthday.