Flags fly at half mass today at Kindertrauma Castle as we have lost one of the true greats, the incredible David Lynch. The world is a lesser place for sure and it’s easily said that there will never ever be any one like him again. We’re all luckily to have lived in the same time period as him and to enjoy the riches of watching him explore his singular vision over the years. He has left us with so many great works of art from paintings, to film and to extraordinary television. As a trauma-monger, let me say, nobody has ever scared me right down to the core like Lynch! Bob in TWIN PEAKS! Defoe (and Fenn) in WILD AT HEART! Blake in LOST HIGHWAY! Hopper in BLUE VELVET! That alley ghoul in MULHOLLAND DRIVE! Lynch really knew exactly the button to push in me to make me feel like I was in mortal danger and/or losing my mind. And then on top of that he was hilarious! So funny and so loved and so admired by seemingly everyone he collaborated with and supported. What an all around great guy and incredible artist and the epitome of never selling out and proof you don’t have to be a jerk to be successful. R.I.P KIng, and endless thanks for all your extraordinary work.
Here, here! I heard the news last night and it was certainly a shot in the nuts.
This society always sidelines unique people, like David Lynch, as it demands uniformity of thought.
More and more interesting people are dying and fewer and fewer are being born; we are seeing and feeling the results in every aspect of existence, film/art in general, certainly being one such avenue in which the effects are glaring.
Now you can say that's not true, that's not the case, Robert Eggers and Lee Whannell and Ari Aster and all these types of people are just as good, if not better than someone like David Lynch; you can say that, but, you are of course wrong.
I leave you with this to think about: