RIP

I bought Wild at Heart on Blu-ray last year and will need to revisit it.

That's always a matter of timing. He's only directed 10 movies, not all of them were Oscar worthy and he was nominated 3 times, but you always have to consider the competition. I was also surprised he didn't get nominated for The Straight Story, but American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, The Cider House Rules, The Insider and The Sixth Sense were also well directed movies.

At least the Academy acknowledged his life's work 5 years ago.

Not to be morbid but I'd like to attend his service. I would hope it'd be super weird.

I came to Lynch late. Even though I had a passing awareness of Twin Peaks as a kid when it originally ran, I didn't know who Lynch even was until Mulholland Drive came out. It was one of the first DVDs I ever bought, mostly on the basis of Ebert's effusive review. I remember driving around to a couple of stores trying to find one with the Rita cover (not sure why it had to be that one). When I finally watched the movie, it changed me and how I understood the medium going forward.

From there I started diving into his older work. My recollection is that the Twin Peaks s1 DVD set came out around the same time as Mulholland Drive, so of course I bought that. I think I understood that the pilot wasn't included, but I didn't want to wait to track down a copy and binged the whole season before going back and seeing the pilot. Setting the VCR to record season 2 as it was being re-run at like 2 in the morning on Bravo is probably the last real use I got out of that machine/format. I was officially obsessed.

I don't love all of his stuff (Wild at Heart still mostly elludes me) and there's even a couple of things I've still never seen (someday I'll make it all the way through Inland Empire!), but when it works, it works. It's funny, we all know Lynch's disdain for DVD chapter stops and watching movies on a phone, but I often find myself watching Lynch scenes on YouTube. I don't do that for anyone/anything else really, but Lynch had this incredible ability to imbue seemingly simple scenes with such power and mystery and every once in a while I just need "a hit". I hope in the next life he forgive me. But for now, he will be missed.

I was in college when I started going to revival houses in LA. My favorite was the Nuart in West Los Angeles just off the 405 making it easy to get to. In the late 70s they had Eraserhead screenings every Friday at midnight and they would show the trailer before every movie they screened. I was intrigued by the trailer, so Eraserhead would be the first midnight movie I ever saw and I became a Lynch fan ever since.

Several years ago, I got to see film critic Elvis Mitchell interview David Lynch at a film festival. Despite the no smoking policy, they both lit up and continued the conversation. Nobody complained of course, but that is now sadly one of my lasting memories of him.

One of my most surreal movie watching experiences was when I first saw Lost Highway. This was in the early 2000s and I was on a David Lynch kick. I had already worked a long day and I was exhausted but the movie came on one of the cable channels at like 1:00am. Instead of recording it, I decided to watch it in a half delirious state already. This was also right around the time Robert Blake was on trial for murdering his wife so when he popped up in such a creepy role, it totally tripped me out. It is such a bizarre movie that I still don’t completely understand but damned if it wasn’t an experience!

I started with Wild at Heart. My roommate and I went to arthouse movies. We enjoyed it, but I was confused.

Later, I rented Blue Velvet, and I loved it. I still disagree with Ebert's negative review, which basically hinged on his anger at Lynch for casting his wife in the movie with a nude scene that made her look ugly. She was a desparate woman escaping an abuser. Nothing makes someone look more vulnerable than being naked and muddy.

I think I've worked my way through the whole Lynch filmography. I've liked them all except Inland Empire, which was too disjointed. His dream logic definitely appeals to me. Who else would have a saxophone player locked in jail that woke up an auto mechanic?

The man took his views seriously. I read in Ebert's column that Lynch was the president of the jury at Cannes in 2002, and that was why the selections that year ranged from difficult to impenetrable.

I disagree. Every obituary I've seen starts with Twin Peaks. It's his best known and best-loved work. "Who killed Laura Palmer?" was the big meme of the year.

Never got around to watching this, but I like serials and I know this was ahead of its time. Is it pretty engrosing, suspensful and easy to binge?

I know serials were not big in the late 80's and early '90s, but, probably due to 24, and others, are pretty common today. Shame it got canceled when it did.

I wouldn’t say easy to binge, I would take your time with it, but it’s a great experience. That includes The Return and the movies, Fire Walk With Me and The Missing Pieces.

If you really want to dive into the world, there are also special intros for each episode of the original series, audio books, a detailed pamphlet for the town, and more.

Thanks for the advice......I had no idea there was so much suplimentary material out there.

This man was a true auteur. Last night I watched my Criterion of Blue Velvet while feeling effects from a THC edible. Seemed appropriate.

Kyle MacLachlan posted a very moving tribute on Instagram:

Kyle MacLachlan statement on David Lynch's death.

All Very good reads from you guys.

Oh, it was huge at the time. Groundbreaking, too. No denying that. *But* there was an awful lot of filler/silliness in the episodes after the network made Lynch reveal who the killer was much sooner than he wanted to. Take out that part, put in whatever Lynch had in mind instead - without having to worry about network censors and interference - and then culminate it with that awesome ending and we'd be looking at something on another level here, IMO.

RIP. I was there in full Twin Peaks goodness and movies I liked and movies I need to revisit throughout the years. A true genius.

He was one of a kind and one of the few original unique artists and he will be missed.

Watching the doc "Lynch/Oz" streaming on Kanopy. Hadn't seen it.

Uhmmmm…

Juliens just held an auction for a ton of Lynch's stuff, everything from stacks of books, posters, camera, audio equipment to furniture, his woodworking tools and machinery. The cheapest item sold was Ann Miller paperwork from Mulholland Drive that went for $192. The most, a script from the famously unfinished Ronnie Rocket for $195,000. So many items. Surprised how fast the the turn around was. A mix of both fascinating and sad to see. A Mr. Coffee went for over $4500! All the items and prices are on the website.

https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/a...nch-collection

Okay, this is fucking bonkers!

David Lynch deserves his own museum.

"That coffee mug belongs in a Museum!"

Two of his camcorders sold for half that!

I know Lynch was an eccentric oddball but if someone pulled that out and told me that was David Lynch’s mug, I’d call bullshit and assume they bought it at Spencer’s Gifts for $14.99.

I’m sure it comes with a certificate or at least the original receipt.