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David Lynch has died

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Post by hinkley »

tannhaeuser wrote: post #17

How sad. Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive (the IMO under-appreciated pilot), and yes his Dune even though he didn't like it are some of my favourite movies of all time. RIP

We discovered a cut that was about three hours that people who hadn’t read the book seemed to understand. Had a different intro and flowed better.

I’ve seen three versions of this movie. The theatrical and the longest one both sucked for anyone not a Herbert fan. I thought the longest was the director’s cut but he never did one. Perhaps it was the TV movie cut. But I don’t know what the “good” one was called.

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Post by Dansvidania »

ryanmcbride wrote: post #48

David Lynch has been my favorite director and one of my favorite people for most of my life. His work and outlook has influenced almost everything I've ever created. He changed the way I saw the world for better. I'm really sincerely going to miss what he brought to the world

I am going to miss him. Not only his art but his personality.

We need that kind of crazy.

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Post by bena »

David Lynch embodies the quote from Thelonious Monk: "The genius is the one most like himself."

No matter what he did, no matter what you think of his works, he never compromised on being himself.

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Post by MisterTea »

shanecleveland wrote: post #27

Love Twin Peaks. Puget Sound resident here. I can see the big driftwood log Laura Palmer was found next to from my window.

Another nice thing about Twin Peaks is it inspired Chris Carter's X-files and the early X-files seasons have that same dreary feel to them Twin Peaks did.

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Post by dang »

philipov wrote: post #9

Here's a non-facebook link for anyone who refuses to use that site: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director...

Ok, we'll use that above, since it has so much more information. (Submitted url was https://www.facebook.com/davidlynchofficial/posts/it-is-with....)

Another relevant link people may want to look at:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-ly...

Looks like NYT haven't published their full obituary yet.

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Post by nathcd »

handfuloflight wrote: post #50

"My childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as it's supposed to be. But on the cherry tree there's this pitch oozing out – some black, some yellow, and millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always r…

"What a heavy load Einstein must've had. Fuckin' morons, everywhere."

David Lynch

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Post by saucymew »

Having just read Lynch's Catching Big Fish, two quotes stood out to me:

"There's safety in thinking in a diner. You can have your coffee or your milk shake, and you can go off into strange dark areas, and always come back to the safety of the diner. "

"The light can make all the difference in a film, even in a character. I love seeing people come out of darkness."

What an interesting man. RIP.

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Post by UntitledNo4 »

diggan wrote: post #19

Sad to hear. Personally I think I've only seen Mulholland Drive before, but long time ago. I enjoy surreal movies in general, so kind of weird I haven't seen more of Lynch's work. What personal favorites do other HNers have, of what he'd done?

The Straight Story is not at all surreal, but rather simple and heart-warming, and somehow still somewhat weird.
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