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Truly saddened to hear of the passing of David Lynch. Working with him was like a dream out of one of his movies, and I treasure the times I got to speak with him and hear first-hand his vision for a film. I truly encourage anyone who loves movies and television to watch all that David produced. He was a true artist, through and through.”
Frontman Billy Corgan, who Lynch once called a “magical musician”, shared a statement about the late director on social media, writing
I am astounded and heartbroken I can’t express with any words the profound loss of the great David Lynch my friend.”
The Godfather and Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola has posted a brief statement to Instagram, writing
There goes the true Willy Wonka of filmmaking. I feel like I got the golden ticket getting a chance to work with him. He will be greatly missed.”
Lara Flynn Boyle, who played Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks, remembered Lynch in a statement to DeadlineIt wasn’t just his art that impacted me – his wisdom, humor, and love gave me a special sense of belief in myself I’d never accessed before,
she offered
People would try but he had one kind of algorithm that worked for him and you attempted to recreate it at your peril,
Soderbergh said
I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision,
MacLachlan wrote on Instagram
Lynch was the first human/creative that stressed the importance of not overworking and taking time out to breathe & meditate and searching for creative avenues not in my comfort zone”.
Drummer and record producer Questlove posted on ThreadsHe was the first to show me another world, a beautiful one of love and danger I sensed but had never seen outside sleep. Thank you David your gift will reverberate for the rest of my life,
they saidWhen I interviewed David Lynch, he asked for my address,
Nick Newman, managing editor of the film publication The Film Stage, wrote in a social media post
You gotta be selfish. And it's a terrible thing
Lynch said in 2018 about his parenting skills
A dream of dark and troubling things
is how ... how the then 33-year-old Lynch described "Eraserhead" when it finally appeared, set in the depressed industrial landscape of Philadelphia and infused with an eerie calm that would become one of his hallmarksLoving textures to start off with ... and this idea of going beneath the surface was intriguing to me. There is the surface of this elephant man and beneath the surface is this beautiful soul".
Lynch said about why he was drawn to the subject
#RIPDavidLynch, a gracious man and fearless artist who followed his heart & soul and proved that radical experimentation could yield unforgettable cinema.
Happy Days icon and director Ron Howard wroteDavid Lynch was such a huge inspiration for me when I was growing up
Director Jason Zada wrote
David Lynch was one of our great artists, a Mount Rushmore-level director, truly a GOAT
Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine remembered Lynch to IndieWire, sayingIt's like you're walking around with a plastic bag around your head,
he said of his battle with emphysemaIt's a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way,
said the statement from his family, nodding to Lynch's regular, whimsical online postings about the weather
It would be tough to look at the roster of television shows any given season without finding several that owe a creative debt to 'Twin Peaks',
said The Atlantic in 2016 in an article hailing his influence on directors from Quentin Tarantino to the Coen brothers
There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”
His family announced his death in a Facebook post on Thursday (16 January), writing.jpg)
David Lynch, RIP. At least that’s what the horse wearing a fez just told me* in a dream. (*Backwards and in Swedish)”
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt jokes about Lynch’s surreal style in his tribute, writing