Mr David Lynch - My Second Favourite Film Director

My second favourite film director

has passed away today.

The magic man showed us

The illusions of the waking life and the

Meanings behind the curtain.

His memory remains in many varied works -

In artwork, multiple short films and CINEMA.

Including eleven feature films, countless music videos and

Two music albums including “Crazy Clown Time”,

(I love a few songs off that album.) 🤡😄

He is also in a fascinating documentary (not directed by him)

Chronicling David Lynch’s artistic approach to abstract art entitled

“The Art Life”- and yes he surely lived it -

Ahh! - if only we could all live such a rich life - yet I know for me

He definitely made mine richer,

Reading about this films, studying these, even defying course texts at Uni

and choosing to write a paper on “Mulholland Drive”!

Then there was the peak TV of “Twin Peaks”,

25 years later there was “The Return” (to Twin Peaks) which was even

Richer, more macabre and brain-teasing,

Like a genre-bending 18 hour R-rated movie,

Comparable to some of his best work.

To be gifted with that piece of art,

Full of horror, offbeat comedy and charming characters

And to have Lynch back playing one of the main characters was a joy!

It’s something to savour as it gets better with each viewing.

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That’s the thing I love about some directors,

that we are able not to just peek inside their soul,

but to live alongside it for a time,

gain insight into their personality, their fears,

explore their interests and to thus see the

world a little differently.

Let’s not forget, “The Elephant Man” -

A moving, haunting & tragic masterpiece filled with such

Warmth of spirit, such humanity, or the G- rated Disney film

“The Straight Story” - superlative, beautifully performed and directed,

With stunning cinematography and a ‘small’ story so lovingly offbeat

It could only be true - and directed by David Lynch.

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Then there’s “Mulholland Drive” the

Hollywood masterpiece about identity and

the fabric of Tinseltown - finding one’s self amongst the mire.

17 years after viewing it in cinemas

my life eerily echoed a particular scene in the film.

That scene, and that moment in my life will stay with me “forever”.

He was an ideas man and

ideas are my favourite thing in this world -

I’ll miss you Mr Lynch.

Thanks for your sparks of energy that have created a ripple effect,

You will be much missed and remembered.

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A couple of quotes:

“This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top.” - Lula (Laura Dern from “Wild at Heart”)

While I knew David Lynch was big on Trascendental Meditation I had not previously read this specific quote below but love it!

David Lynch on happiness:

“There is this unbounded, infinite, eternal, level, ocean, within every human being. Inner happiness comes with consciousness, bliss, intelligence comes with it. Creativity, love. Human beings have a potential and it has names like enlightenment or fulfilment, or liberation. True happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

They say beauty is only skin deep but it's this stuff coming from the inside, absolute vibrant consciousness, absolute bliss.”

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Quick Note: Thanks very much for reading. There were many other brilliant films to reference, yet these are just a few from his filmography that I wanted to highlight. You can also check out my 50 word review/critiques of two of his films below that I wrote many moons ago.