David Lynch has died.

[nolabear]

Dammit.

[hlthe2b]

1. Wow...

Lynch revealed in 2024 that he had been diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking, and would likely not be able to leave his house to direct any longer. His family announced his death in a Facebook post, writing, “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.'”

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/

[Glorfindel]

2. Very sorry to learn it.

He was definitely one of the greats. R.I.P.

[FalloutShelter]

3. All the dragons are leaving the earth.

Taking magic with them.

[chowder66]

4. Sad to hear this. R.I.P.

[thebigidea]

5. Damnit

I can't believe COVID robbed us of UNRECORDED NIGHT. He had 13 scripts ready to go for a Netflix series. At least we got "The Return," for me the high watermark of the second golden age of television.

“Death in my mind isn’t a finality. There’s a continuum: It’s like at night, you go to sleep and in the daytime you wake up, or whenever you wake up, and it’s a new day.”

[C_U_L8R]

6. He's one of my faves

and he also gave the best weather reports on KCRW

[Liberal In Texas]

7. "Not the obituary I wanted to read today." -Dan Savage on Bluesky

Although it sounds like his health was greatly compromised from smoking, 78...still too young to lose this unique film maker.
RIP

[nolabear]

9. We in the PNW owe him such a debt.

I’ve spent a lot of time in Snoqualmie and North Bend where they filmed Twin Peaks. He understood the weirdness that thrives around here. I’m glad Dan gave him props.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Weird, strange work, but I loved it.

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Cross gently, David.

[rogerballard]

11. Twin Peaks and David Lynch addict...

Loved his volume of work, loved the music by Angelo Badalamenti, I would always request my night off to coincide with each episode, my request was always honored because my bosses wife was a mutual fan. We would talk about each episode our next shift we worked together. Great cast in everything he did.

[Mr.Bee]

20. As I'm just about to finish TWIN PEAKS 2.0 this weekend.

[yardwork]

26. I really enjoyed the second series. Trance-like.

I want to watch it again.

[Mr.Bee]

41. Diane the Tulpa

I had to rewatch this episode where Cooper wakes up and Diane explains to the rest...
He was an actor too, he made the character of Gordon Cole believable.

[thebigidea]

43. We all knew Dern HAD to be Diane, and man they knocked it out of the park

What a glorious gift that was. 18 hours of pure Lynchian madness. Swan songs for so many of his crew... and in the end, him. What a way to go out!

[LymphocyteLover]

27. it's amazing... also "Inland Empire" and "Mulholland Drive"

[NameAlreadyTaken]

12. I found "Blue Velvet" repulsive.

And I sort of enjoyed "Eraserhead" but would never watch it again. "Blue Velvet," though, was a total waste of everyone's time.

[thebigidea]

14. It's a fucking masterpiece

Roger Ebert had the same opinion as you and I once got to argue with him about it in the Music Box Theater in Chicago. A happy memory! He was so passionate about film it was intoxicating. In later years he changed his mind about Lynch and absolutely loved Mulholland Drive.

I'm going to miss having folks like Roger and DL on the planet.

Eraserhead rewards rewatches. That sublime sound design alone needs to be heard on a good system.

[skypilot]

18. I appreciated Blue Velvet more as I got older...

...and realized that one of the threads that runs through all of Lynch's film is the mysterious divide between our everyday world and some other strange and unseen world. In Blue Velvet that divide was Lincoln Street, which the main character's aunt would warn him not to cross. Well, he crossed it and you know how that turned out.

[thebigidea]

19. Yep, same for me. I didn't like it at first glance either.

Isabella Rossellini did such an incredible job it was harrowing as fuck. No wonder it was such a sensation at the time... and saved him from the debacle of Dune.

Which I saw as a kid for my birthday, and I still love despite it's mutilated stupidity. The designs were so beautiful... the wood carvings on the Shaddam's ship! Jesus. The Guild Navigator! Nothing in the new versions even approaches the creepy beauty of that Lynchian monstrosity.

It's a shame he never got the chance to go back and fix things. He softened towards the idea in recent years and it's clear there was unfinished business. A rejiggered Lynch cut with his sound design all over it would've been really interesting!

To me he was THE American filmmaker more so than a guy like Spielberg could ever be. He showed it all. The ugly side, the cozy side. He was unflinching, bold, charming, and had killer instincts.

He leaves behind a massive hole. Nobody who copied him EVER got close.

[LSparkle]

32. An ex and I bonded over Blue Velvet

I mentioned Heineken beer and when he replied “Fuck that shit — Pabst Blue Ribbon” I knew I’d found a fellow traveler.

[JoseBalow]

39. It's a strange world

[LSparkle]

40. Scary and strange all over ...

[EX500rider]

45. Great film

[yardwork]

30. Loved Mullholland Drive.

[maxsolomon]

15. Yeah, it was a tough watch, especially at the time.

I didn't sleep too well that night.

Now, I can see Lynch's influence everywhere.

[tenderfoot]

17. I've seen it three times and had a different reaction after each viewing.

1st I thought it was just a weird ass movie. The 2nd time, violently misogynist. The 3rd, I thought it was a great film.

[milestogo]

21. Me too.

[yardwork]

28. It was sort of meant to be repulsive, though...

I think that was the point. Hiding in plain sight are a lot of repulsive people.

[LSparkle]

33. Kind of like the Red Hats of today ...

[edbermac]

13. Damn!

His films are weird as hell but I loved watching them.

RIP.

[Celerity]

16. RIP. Superb director.

[David Boyle]

22. Thanks for posting this, nolabear

[tishaLA]

23. From Twin Peaks

The late, great Jimmy Scott, whose career Lynch revived, singing "Sycamore Tree"

[thebigidea]

29. such a beautiful performance

It's interesting that those lyrics were in DL's imagination for so long, I read his Eraserhead followup script RONNIE ROCKET last year and got goosebumps when I turned a page to someone singing...

I GOT IDEA MAN

YOU TAKE ME FOR A WALK

UNDER THE SYCAMORE TREES....

[LSparkle]

34. I see a vision of a road ... late at night ...

[progressoid]

24. Let's not forget his G-rated "The Straight Story"

[newdeal2]

25. How sad

I was late to Twin Peaks (the original) but loved it.

RIP.

[TheProle]

31. Llorando ...

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[thebigidea]

36. seeing that opening night in a theater was pure movie magic

Yeah I cried. SO WHAT

[Mike 03]

35. You will be missed more than you know, Mr. Lynch

And especially thank you for Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway.

[tritsofme]

37. RIP. Going to make a point to watch Dune and Blue Velvet this weekend!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

38. Fix your hearts or die. nt

[superpatriotman]

42. I'm immediately streaming Inland Empire

Right now. RIP Maestro.

[Deep State Witch]

44. I Am Gutted

I'm a huge Twin Peaks fan. I knew that he had emphysema and had retired from work. I also know that he had evacuated his home due to one of the fires last week. I'm guessing that toxic smoke and emphysema did him in.

[nolabear]

48. I hadn't thought of that.

There comes a point, sadly, where you are indeed fragile.

I’m a Twin Peaks fan as well. It’s my kind of strange, and since I’ve lived in the area it was filmed then and now I’ve enjoyed feeling a relationship with it.

And Mulholland Drive, Elephant Man, Blue Velvet…even when he creeped me out he had my undying admiration.

[AmandaRuth]

46. gutted, meant so much to myself and my generation...

i told my daughter to completely understand, you'd have to watch a weeks worth of tv from the 70's & 80's, and then sit down to the first episode of Twin Peaks. When it aired originally, that's all my friend group talked about. One of my pals named her daughter Audrey .

I loved his vision of Dune as well. I had a sticker on my mirror that said "directed by David Lynch" for years.

Our heros keep leaving us.

[niyad]

47. Grim Reaper fucked up again.