"Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole" David Lynch dead at 78

[oldbrownhat]

Twin Peaks film director David Lynch dies at 78

David Lynch, the American filmmaker whose works include the surrealist cult classics Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died aged 78...

"But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.' … It's a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way."

Lynch revealed in August last year he was battling emphysema, a chronic lung disease, from "many years of smoking".

Considered by many a maverick filmmaker, he received three best director Oscar nominations throughout his career for his work on Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive...

Born in Missoula, Montana, Lynch first began a career in painting before switching to making short films during the 1960s.

 

[Onomea]

I liked Twin Peaks a lot. Seems to me they switched directors after the first season, and it went downhill.

Definitely a weird guy, but entertaining.

Rest in peace.

 

[Xfuzz]

Thought "Mulholland Falls" was ok.
Loosely based on the old LAPD "Hat Squad".
Nolte's character tunin up the Fed was a bit over the top.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvs7pmISe8I[/ame]


"You know, this is - excuse me - a damn fine cup of coffee. I've had I can't tell you how many cups of coffee in my life and this, this is one of the best"

 

[LVSteve]

Casting Kyle Maclachan in Twin Peaks showed Lynch's genius.

 

[glenwolde]

Bob Uecker passed away too.....

 

[turnerriver]

Lynch was an Eagle Scout and proud of it.
Regards,

 

[WR Moore]

It's been a loong time, I'm gonna have to find Mulholland Drive and watch it again. I never realized I ever watched a surrealist film. Either that or either I'm/the obit writer are a little shaky on the meaning of the term.

OK, later post made me realize I watched Mulholland FALLS!

 

[sigp220.45]

Thought "Mulholland Falls" was ok.
Loosely based on the old LAPD "Hat Squad".
Nolte's character tunin up the Fed was a bit over the top.

David Lynch directed Mulholland Drive (2001) not Mulholland Falls, the cop movie.

 

[wuluf]

I am not fond of the movie Blue Velvet and the way it portrays the attraction of evil to the young man. But I think about it often, and that might be the definition of art.

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[sigp220.45]

I loved The Elephant Man, and The Straight Story (where Richard Farnsworth drives his riding mower cross country to visit his brother) is a favorite. I didn't even realize The Straight Story was a David Lynch movie until that great set piece with the woman who kept hitting deer whenever she drove.

https://youtu.be/cCsqyOaPsP4

 

[robvious]

a true American original... R.I.P.

 

[quikdraw67]

I made the mistake of watching "Eraserhead" many many moons ago while under the influence of the Devil's Lettuce.

I can't say that I thought his works were that great, but JMHO YMMV.

 

[madmikeb]

I've always been a big fan. The only one I really couldn't quite warm up to was Inland Empire. Even for Lynch that was really out there. Wild at Heart was one of my favorites. Willem Dafoe was great in it.

 

[pantannojack]

Wild At Heart. One of my favorites in my rotation.

 

[CALREB]

One of my absolute favorites DUNE 1984?. Great. Not the new junky one. Also Blue Velvet- different, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Dr are great and of course Straight Story. RIP

OH, Tried to keep up with Twin Peaks, Liked Sherilyn, but worked morning watch for years and used to drink too much.

 

[jem102]

I've always been a big fan. The only one I really couldn't quite warm up to was Inland Empire. Even for Lynch that was really out there. Wild at Heart was one of my favorites. Willem Dafoe was great in it.

Dafoe is great in all his movies...