David Lynch has died • Hacker News Board

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by pokstad » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:02 AM UTC

jonhohle wrote: post #16

During Covid I started watching his daily weather update, even though I didn’t live in LA. Virtually every day was the same. Very clear. Very still. I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. He always left so much unsaid and open to interpretation, just like life. They are movies designed to make the viewer feel a certain way, rather than literally w…

He used to do those on the LA radio station Indie 103. He would call into Joe Escalante’s morning show and do the weather.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by bilekas » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:04 AM UTC

Ouch.. I'm sad to just see this here for the first time. He's for sure, 100% had an impact on how my mind had grown as a child. It's sending shivers down my back to think of the people I was with when we touched the edge of the reality through 1 person.

I'm happy I never met him, not in the sense of meeting your heros, but in the sense of, 'some things are better left unsaid'. I took that with me after blue velvet, I didn't get that movie when i first saw it, I didn't pretend to, but I took that experience with me..

I argue sometimes how some topics are unrelated to Tech (hn) that get a good ratio, but this one really is one that makes me appreciate the method of madness.

Rest in peace big man. I'm who I am thanks to your work.

Edit with appreciation " (I still don't 'get' his movies) They impact my thinking.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by willidiots » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:04 AM UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZpi8zAqe0

This little video is such a great tribute to him. RIP David.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by dhdjruf » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:05 AM UTC

Roman polanski defender. He signed the letter. Never forget

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by crispyambulance » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:10 AM UTC

Triphibian wrote: post #151

sk11001 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never seen a single one of his movies but I love watching interviews with him, he had an amazing presence and so much energy.

I'm gonna say start with Blue Velvet. It still has the backbone of a classical noir, but it is completely run through with the character of his work. Mulholland Drive reflects the apex of his vision and talents, but there's a learning curve to appreciating it.

Elephant Man is perhaps the most approachable. Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt are at the apex of their acting careers in this film.

After that Mullholland Drive is absolutely brilliant and has that unforgettable masterpiece diner scene: https://youtu.be/UozhOo0Dt4o?si=GedzAdMh0KIXoHz4

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by mesofile » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

“The time has come for you to seek the Path. Your soul has set you face to face before the clear light ... and now you are about to experience it in its Reality, wherein all things are like the void and cloudless sky, and the naked, spotless intellect is like a transparent vacuum, without circumference or center... At this moment, know yourself and abide in that state.”

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by bilekas » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:17 AM UTC

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 people to have. Those who think outside, see different, appreciate else.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC

pyuser583 wrote: post #195

psb217 wrote: post #107

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"I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath." -- Well, he ain't just talking about literal ants...

I think he was talking about literal ants. David Lynch’s work was never symbolic. You only ever got what was right in front of you. The moment you start seeing symbols in his work, you know you’re viewing it wrong. Edit: Lynch’s YT channel is filled with weather reports and random numbers. How much more anti-symbolic can you get?

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Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by Flatcircle » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:54 AM UTC

I actually cried when I heard the news, not because he was one of my favorite directors exactly, but because you could feel a sense that an archetype for the arts of a generation left the earth. A seismic passing.

Re: David Lynch has died

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Post by HDThoreaun » Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 2:55 AM UTC

dj_gitmo wrote: post #200

jonhohle wrote: post #16

During Covid I started watching his daily weather update, even though I didn’t live in LA. Virtually every day was the same. Very clear. Very still. I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. He always left so much unsaid and open to interpretation, just like life. They are movies designed to make the viewer feel a certain way, rather than literally w…

> I’m not sure if anyone could ever “get” one of his movies completely beyond the experience and the narrative. The plots of his movies are often more concrete than people expect. I'm not saying a movie like Mulholland Drive is easy to follow, but it does have a legible plot. Feel free to read the wiki or something if you are not sure who some character is or what they are doing. If you are just letting the experienc…

Mulholland drives plot isn’t even that hard to follow once you figure out the twist. You can definitely go crazy deep with the symbolism though