Working with David Lynch on the tv series of Twin Peaks 1989 was amazing. I have learned so much in such a short time on the first season. Working on the first season of Twin Peaks was an extraordinary experience. The entire season was shot in a warehouse in Van Nuys, CA. All the sets were built and pre-lit right there in the warehouse. The first time I walked through those sets, it felt like walking through the mind of David Lynch himself. I worked as the first assistant cameraman on Twin Peaks, and the series was shot on 35mm film. The cinematographer, Frank Byers, was someone who I had worked with before and he was wonderful to work with. We used an ARRI 35 BL camera and added Coral filters to the front of the lens to create a warm tone. Nearly every shot had some sort of camera movement, which added to the cinematic quality of the series. The entire crew was deeply engaged with the storyline. The strange situations, like Nadine’s obsession with cotton balls and her silent curtain invention, or Kyle MacLachlan’s cowlick after waking up, were bizarre yet so uniquely Twin Peaks. "Often, it was difficult to hold back your laughter." The characters and personalities were eccentric and surreal. Working with Ray Wise was incredible; he brought so much depth to the set. Years later, we reunited on another project and reminisced about the wonderful times we had working on Twin Peaks. Kyle MacLachlan was equally fantastic-an exceptionally kind and professional person to work with. From early on, the crew sensed this show was going to be unlike anything on television at that time. Its look and feel were more like a feature film than a TV series. During breaks, we’d joke about the show’s quirky lines, like, “A damn fine cup of coffee” or “There’s a fish in the percolator.” The crew knew when David would arrive on the set - the first assistant director would announce, “Mr. Lynch is on the set!” David Lynch was a joy to work with. Each episode was shot over seven days: five days for interiors and two for exterior scenes. At the end of the season, every crew member received a special jacket to commemorate our work. I even received a phone call from a fan offering $1,000 for my jacket-but I’ve held onto it. After the episodes aired, some of us crew members gathered to watch them together, sharing memories and marveling at the show’s impact. If you’d like to see some behind-the-scenes images, feel free to visit my website, Workshop Lighting. In the Hollywood section, you’ll find them at the bottom of the page. Unfortunately, I can’t share a direct link here, but there it ends in .com.
I have visited your website, and it warms my heart when I see the behind-the-scenes photos you have. Thank you for sharing your story during the shooting of Twin Peaks😊
Wow thank you so much for sharing your experience and letting us get a glimpse of it from someone who was there. It sounds like a truly exceptional memory and I’m glad to have gotten to read it.
I used to watch David Lynch’s weather reports every morning on the balcony of my apartment and smoke a cigarette when I was completely lost in life a few years ago. I don’t know why but it added comfort to my life. Funny thing is I didn’t even enjoy listening to it that much. I just watched it
Maybe because he's such a stable grounding force. Always authentic and consistent. And it also helps to know there's someone so wonderfully weird out there who isn't one bit apologetic about it
I listen to the Shipping Forecast for the same reason. It brings comfort to my life but without the feeling of impending doom and hopelessness that I get from Lynch.
I quit smoking and nicotine for good about a couple months ago, a while after I’d first heard about his battle with emphysema. It broke me down to pieces to hear that he’d left us. The day after the announcement of his passing, I’d gone and bought a pack of 1,800 post-it notes, so that I’d have more than plenty of space and little rooms of paper to write down all my ideas, all my stories, and everything I’d hear and love about this world. His artistry, his vision, and his kindness sparked a warmth and a courage in me that I hope everybody can feel too. His legacy will be one to remember and share with utmost gratitude. I think the worlds within his works had a profound effect on all of those with the privilege to experience them because they’d brought us all together to witness the most beautiful, confusing, and painful parts of ourselves and humanity at large. I hope you’re all doing well, and I hope that you all can find yourselves in a calm place of sound mind and soul. Thank you, David Lynch.
What I appreciate most about Lynch is how little he explains his work. Him never revealing the ending to Mulholland Drive genuinely reworked the way I thought about and interpreted art. We crave explanation - from the artist themself or a critic who 'knows better'. Lynch put the power of interpretation into the hands of his audience. The freedom to think critically about a piece of art on our own is a precious gift. The realizations and meanings we derive from an artwork are as real as the creators original intentions. And I think Lynch valued that greatly and shed immense light on the beauty and mystery of that relationship. Not all artwork or film needs to be that way. Sometimes we want a realistic landscape painting, or a straightforward romcom, and they're great. But Lynch's work is a reminder to always be looking for our own insights and to always be thinking critically about the art we experience. He will be greatly missed. RIP legend
agree with everything. i dont like the "THIS IS WHAT IT ALL MEANS" type people with their 3 hour long youtube videos... dont watch movies like youre teaching a college class ... just relax and drink it in.
What really bothers me about this celebration of David is that, for many people, this way of living and understanding art was completely unknown to them before they discovered David Lynch. But these people who are celebrating Lynch today-how did they experience and engage with art before Lynch? How did they perceive surrealism, the unconscious, certain theatrical works, and earlier cinematic pieces? In Lynch, I recognized myself, but I didn't discover anything new. I encountered someone who lived art the way I did and who amplified what was already in the air. I had the exact same approach when standing in front of a Bacon painting or experiencing a work by Arthur Schnitzler. Have you ever read a work by Harold Pinter? What on earth was your approach to this kind of theater before Lynch, for example? Or what kind of approach did you have to Julio Cortázar's stories? A large portion of 20th-century art, in different ways, speaks to the unconscious and communicates through this deeply enigmatic language. David Lynch has brought awareness to all those people who understood nothing about art and were terribly superficial.
@@heyyoitsmebrian this is what threw me off on watching long video essays anymore. Lots of them are dead set on claiming their interpretation as the right one, instead of just providing their interpretation as just one of many interpretations especially if it's about an art that is meant to provoke thoughts and deep feelings. as I age, I find that just letting an art go inside me and just stay there for years a lot better. I got to feel and think about its meanings while those meanings can evolve overtime. Lynch's films are like that to me
@@samuel.jpg.1080p agree with u. and i get it... when i was in my 20s i woulda been all about those 5 hour long explain-bro's videos. now in my 30s i dont give a hoot. =D
He never compromised, he never sold out, he treated audiences with respect in that he wouldn't explain his work... he let the audience make their own conclusions and interpretations. Thanks for an insightful and thoughful tribute to this great man. He was one of a kind.
this is making me cry 💔i have been sobbing on and off since i heard of his passing. he was my favorite director & storyteller, not only was he was a creative genius but he was so empathetic & emotionally intelligent. i will always treasure so many of his female characters & appreciate how he delicately handled difficult themes
Same here, cried so much the first day and forgot to eat all day. He was such an inspiration and a person who gave so much hope and comfort, so it was devastating to hear of his passing. Still tearing up every now and then when i think of him, which is often.
I’m still in shock about his passing. He influenced so much individuals, surpassed so much boundaries and helped people through hard mental burnouts. Rest in peace, man. I hope you’re having a coffee, a coke and 2 cookies in heaven, where everything is fine.
One thing people don't realize is how much he influenced Japanese media, a song from the Death Note soundtrack is obviously a homage to the Twin Peaks intro for example. David Lynch will leave a hole in the world, but as he always said: _"Look at the donut, not the hole"_
Others if you are interested: Keiichiro Toyama who created Silent Hill cited him and Twin Peaks as a big influence, unsurprisingly. Masahiro Ito who designed the monsters and Akira Yamaoka the composer of Silent Hill also cited his films and Twin Peaks as an influence. Naoki Urasawa who created the manga "Monster" gave him a tribute on his passing. I could go on. Point is that David Lynch's work had an immense influence.
when I started consuming Japanese media is when I realized that David Lynch is your favorite artist's favorite artist or at the very least influenced by him, for a lack of a better description 😑
While we're talking about Jp media, the anime Soul Eater has the red Twin Peaks room and a devilish dwarf figure appearing in the characters subconcious.
Something I always found interesting about David Lynch was how much of an impact he had on Japanese media. In basically every Japanese media whether it be anime or video games you're bound to find a trace of him within which really goes to show just how impactful and inspirational of an artist he was. RIP David Lynch
I knew we had lost a great man but since his passing I have watched many interviews and I realise we lost a wonderful insightful voice and a delightful person. I’m sad that he’s gone. But I’m grateful for his wisdom and his works.
I never usually care about celebrity deaths much, not to sound callous or cold, but It usually just doesnt affect me. Thing with David Lynch is he wasnt just another celebrity, he was such a specially potent and incredibly artful mind, leagues beyond what I thought could exist. And his committment to cinema and tv being art was something to be celebrated, I think. His artistic integrity and level of passion were so admirable.
Thank you for this exquisite tribute. While I’d seen a couple of his films prior, ‘Twin Peaks” was where the light really turned on for me. I read everything I could about his creative process and began meditating regularly. Over the ensuing years I somehow, while just living my life in L.A., managed to encounter one “Peaks” character after another-being introduced to Michael Horse by a neighbor who just knew him, running into Frank Silva in the market, meeting Jill Engels in a card store. There were others, too….but it all culminated in being included in the “Straight Story” soundtrack when the western swing band I was in was asked to contribute a couple of songs. It’s stranger than fiction and even though I’m just a blip in his giant body of work, I will feel eternally grateful for it.
While I understand the impulse to talk about Lynch's work in the past tense, I think it makes more sense to continue to talk about it in the present. His work isn't in the past. It exists as much as any other work today.
Both his work and his mentorship, David as a personality and a creator, he's still very much present. I don't think he'll ever go away. We'll be feeling his influence for generations to come. He made sure to record so much of his outlook and his opinion, he's still here, but it's up to us to seek it out and to listen.
Twin Peaks season 3 stands to my mind as one of the most important pieces of media i've ever seen. Not just because of how balls to the wall experimental and strange and expressive it is, but also because it feels like Lynch recommitting to his own vision one last time in the face of a darkening world. Twin Peaks Season 3 to me feels like an update on the worldview in seasons 1 and 2: America and the world have gotten scarier, more obscene and savage, and everywhere the lights are going out in the world. And yet. There's still magic, and hope, and love. I see you, the show says, I see you and your bleak future, and I'm there with you.
Thank you for capturing and presenting what’s so special about Lynch. Clearly you’ve developed these understandings over a long period of time to the point you could pull this fantastic video off so quickly. I needed it, friend.
I still cant believe that he is gone, my mind just cant comprehend that fact and just thinking that he was at his home recovering from his emphysema and will get back to us when he feel a lot better. i just cant believe that a great man like him wasnt with us anymore
My sister texted me that David Lynch died. I got a little teary eyed, and began ironing my shirts. I fired up my stereo and played Spotify on random. Shadow (the Chromatics song that carried part 2 of the return into the night) player first. I ugly cried for 10 minutes. Lynch was the person who I spent the most time thinking about - why he did what did, how he did it, what effect it had on me, what magical thing could he be dreaming up now. Losing him was losing the dreams of David Lynch - the portals he opened up once a decade that took us to new worlds.
Well said... but maybe you too could enter the portal he always talked about, transcending through Transcendental Meditation?This piece was good but fell short by not covering enough his long relationship with philanthropy of the most extraordinary kind. His David Lynch Foundation funded the instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique for millions of students in at-risk schools and inner city communities, as well as veterans with PTSD, abused women and native Americans. He gathered together dozens of practitioners of TM, such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sting, Hugh Jackman, Katy Perry, Russell Brand and many others, to perform and raise money for his foundation. As a veteran, I know of thousands of men and women who benefited from Lynch's inspiration and wisdom. And his foundation is now funding programs globally. He will be missed, but his foundation's work will continue to enrich, inspire and enlighten millions of people -- in a way that expands minds and hearts, even more skillfully than his film-making prowess. David Lynch will live on in the lives of millions of people, and will continue to pave the way for a wise, loving and harmonious world.
@@changingworld7467 You absolutely nailed it. I was taught how to do TM way too young, or maybe just young enough, at age 5, in 1978. I have been a Buddhist for 3 decades but I think what this creator said was right. Mindfulness or a meditation practice of our own can open the same portals. When I try to do TM, it is usually quite frustrating and I realized during David's online service that it's because it simply isn't how I access the same state. But I appreciate David's compassion & commitment toward teaching others the method that worked for him & which works for so many! He is very much with us, still. Peace & Blessings, namaste🙌❤️🔥✨️
His impact will be surely missed. He is one of my favourite directors. One of the three famous Davids I actually liked (they're all directors). Eraserhead was so influential, there was a famous band in Philippines named after it. I liked his discography so much because it feels like we're stepping into another reality. I loved his art.
I may not like or have watched everything Lynch made, but what I truly, truly adore about his work is how genuine, earnest, vulnerable it is. He just created images and allowed them to be - and allowed the most unlikely of characters to give you the oddly most kindest of experiences. In everything, David Lynch was authentic, and that is perhaps the hardest thing to follow up on - because being authentic requires courage in our world. He may be gone but he will live forever. He already does, and that's just beautiful.
@@BlizzyFoxTF When I say "I may not like", it comes down purely to taste and what I'm looking for in the art I'm experiencing. I'm not as drawn to the eerie and weird, I'm not as fond of art that makes me deeply uncomfortable, I'm not as fascinated with suffering on display in great detail, especially mental suffering. I know what suffering is all too well, I don't look for a work of art to paint me a picture of that. Instead, I look for the things or views that might be missing from my own viewpoint, the humanity that is beyond just the base fight or flight all living creatures share. And that is why I really appreciate that other side of his work. The warmth, the gentleness, the patience to allow things to be as they are, warts and all. Perhaps it wouldn't come across as starkly if it wasn't first balanced out by the uneasy, the eerie, the weird - hard to say.
@thesunthrone Great writeup. I think as you say, the balance of light and dark is what accentuates both sides. The warmth and sunshine would not work as well, or would not find purpose, if it weren't for the depictions of mental suffering and grotesque details.
A wonderful tribute to a beautiful man. He had his issues, no doubt - married four times! But his art and what everyone who has worked with him has to say of him, it's clear he was very wholesome and one-of-a-kind. He inspired me to try TM, and its been great (though the pricing controversy is completely valid). And he revolutionised my idea of art, in much the same way as you articulated.
David lynch is who made me realize that cinema is a legit piece of art and more then just something to stare at while you stuff your face with popcorn, I will always be grateful for that. RIP you legend 🖤🖤🖤
I've been inconsolable ever since Thursday, but I love how this man touched the lives of so many others. The first movie of his that I saw was The Elephant Man, and while i liked it I was around 10 years old and could not fully grasp everything that made that film brilliant. A few years later I saw Dune and it introduced me to a world I probably wouldn't have seen until much later in life. It was weird and unique and my teenage self just adored it. Then I saw Eraserhead and Blue Velvet (long before I took my first puff of weed haha) and I had been entranced by his movies ever since. One of the things I loved the most about him was his gentle soul, which was such a stark contrast to the darkness of much of his films. We will never again see his like.
"Why do you make such dark stories?" is a question that seems to come up often for creators like Lynch and Stephen King and the answer is often either humble or sprawling but in a way it's kind of a silly question because really it all comes down to contrast. As a storyteller, I can't even _show you_ anything bright or good without surrounding it in darkness.
Not to be edgy but dark themes are literally comforting to me in the same way "wholesome" things are for some people, I'll watch Fire Walk With Me like people watch like, Love Actually or whatever. Again not in an edgy doomer way but I think darkness and light are one and the same and one increases appreciation for the other
Like a parent trying to talk their child down from a bad dream. That’s nicely put. I might add that his filmography is a pretty pure (if oblique) representation of Zen Buddhism. I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone follow this up with the documentary The Art Life.
"He put images on the screen unlike anything that I or anybody else had ever seen-he made everything strange, uncanny, revelatory and new". - Martin Scorsese
what a touching tribute.. I'm a bit sad that I haven't seen any of his films, but happy that I have much time to start exploring his filmography.. thank you for this!
As a person who for example finally understood the most confounding part of Mulholland Dr. after a fourth viewing (I mean the part after Naomi Watts wakes up from her dream), I have to say that even though I appreciate and respect the amount of thought and work to make every little detail fit and have a specific purpose, I actually kinda liked the movie even better when I didn't understand it. This sounds counterintuitive maybe, but it is amazing the effect that feeling so puzzled and in awe has on your brain, when you're left with almost no reason to hold on to and you can only embrace the feeling in all of its depth and richness. Lynch, my favorite filmmaker ever, was incredibly successful at that, and even if now I realize that his movies are in general more thought out and structured and 'understandable' than most people might assume at first, the fact is that you really don't need to understand in order to enjoy and to be fascinated. Lynch thrived in this little territory where mystery meets the unknown, and his works are truly incomparable at that.
This was a well articulated take on the late great David Lynch. As a "90s kid", I've been able to see him influence nearly everything I grew to like (The Silent Hill series, Final Fantasy 7, The X-Files, the list goes on).
I really love that David Lynch got the chance to collaborate with David Bowie, it's such a great combo, always loved to see Phillip Jeffries and Gordon Cole, probably my favorite characters in Twin Peaks. RIP both Legends
Thank you for this wonderful tribute to a man that was not just a singular artist, but also seems to have been a decent and caring human being. I will never forget Eraserhead, which I saw at a local cinema after watching Twin Peaks - my boyfriend and I had to walk in silence in a random direction afterwards to deal with the experience. I loved Wild at Heart and I'm really looking forward to the Dafoe video!
I will always say this; David’s work is amazing and brilliant because he was humble enough and it was not pretentious. He made amazing music and cinema. He was and will be one of the few genuine artists to exist. We are so lucky to be on the same timeline as him and were able to watch or listen to his work. David you will always be missed.
David Lynch is not even my favorite director, but his passing has hit me harder than any I can think of in quite a while. I definitely didn’t understand all his films, but the world he had created still had an emotional effect on me unlike any other director I can think of. I’m heartbroken knowing there has never been a director quite like him before, and there never will be again.
His work taught me to really feel a movie, appreciate how it affected me emotionally instead of purely intellectually. I was already watching movies in that way, but hadn't fully realized or accepted it.
"The show was slow to be recieved"... um, no Tom, it was an instant hit (at least at first). From Wikipedia. "The two-hour pilot was the highest-rated movie for the 1989-90 season with a 22 rating and was viewed by 33% of the audience. In its first broadcast as a regular one-hour drama series, Twin Peaks scored ABC's highest ratings in four years in its 9:00 pm Thursday time slot. The show also reduced NBC's Cheers's ratings. Twin Peaks had a 16.2 rating, with each point equaling 921,000 homes with TVs. The episode also added new viewers because of what ABC's senior vice-president of research, Alan Wurtzel, called "the water cooler syndrome", in which people talk about the series the next day at work."
THANK YOU. I get so tired of people calling Twin Peaks a "cult classic" - it absolutely was NOT a cult classic at the time it came out. It was a veritable mega-hit by the standards of the time.
Lovely tribute to a hugely influential auteur. One of my most profound memories of art was seeing Mulholland Drive on opening night in a packed theater and going through terror, humor, sadness, and empathy - together in complete silence and awe. RIP, Mr. Lynch 🙏🏼
His legacy in the arts is deeply anchored. I will never thank him enough for how much he dedicated himself to experimenting and documenting his creativity for us to look at and enjoy. He was a man with a heart of gold, now roaming in another state of conscience. Thank you, David, rest in peace.
I havent amounted to anything in my life when it comes to the arts, and while it may not seem like it, this artist had a beyond outstanding influence on my interpretation and subconscious translations of great art and culture. This news really hits me right in the gut. Rip!!!
Very sad to see this news today. Lynch has been a favourite director of mine since I was a kid. I absolutely love his work with a passion. I remember staying up late, watching the Oscars on a small black and white portable television in my bedroom, cheering on every mention of his magnificent The Elephant Man. The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet remain favourites. During the early 90s, like so many, I was obsessed with Twin Peaks and its wacky characters. Perhaps the greatest, most artistically achieved piece of television ever made, has to be episode 8 of the Twin Peaks return in 2017. If you haven’t seen it, prepare to have your mind blown at the artistry and genius on display. It is one of the most Lynchian, breathtaking pieces of filmmaking ever. Lynch was also a dedicated meditator, with very profound insights about the nature of life, reality and consciousness. When talking about such profound things, he would uniquely wiggle his fingers in the air, like he was weaving the universe itself. I am certain, he had no fear at all about death, and was fully-realised in his understanding. Onto the wind and beyond, Mr. Lynch…
Always remember he stood for trans rights, he stood for a healthy work environment, he stood for artistic cooperation, and he stood for the benefit of all people. Bless David Lynch.
Thomas, thank you for gifting us with this beautifully crafted tribute to the greatest artist of our time - David Lynch! I enjoy every moment of this video ✨
Your experience with Lynch and how Twin Peaks began as this gateway that eventually changed your entire approach to art is so similar to mine, hearing your story felt like someone else narrating my life. The impact Lynch had on so many of us is so moving. Thank you for making this and saying things so much more eloquently than I could have.
Thank you for getting such a thoughtful video essay on Lynch out so soon after his passing. All of his movies have stuck with me in some way in part thanks to his eccentric approach to storytelling
Thank you for this. Genuinely depressing news to hear the passing of the wonderful artist David Lynch. I appreciate you helping me deal with that grief. Many underestimate how positive and hopeful of a man Lynch was. You helped convey that well in this video. Cheers 🍻
He was a shining light in our present world where what a work of art has to say, "matters more" than what it evokes, inspires and whatever else can be appreciated, simply put, his work is what it had to be.
David Lynch genuinely changed my perspective on art as a concept. I studied jazz at a conservatoire and from secondary school to uni it was drilled into me that perfection was the goal, the end that every artist strives to. I know it seems short sighted to most but as an impressionable 15-18 year old it was very convincing and seductive - a goal of artistic perfection above all else. During uni I watched Erasurehead with a friend of mine and it captivated me; it showed that art could be messy and oily and deranged yet still remain beautiful and meaningful. It gave me a sense of what I was missing, the experimentation and fun of making things for the sake of creating something rad for the pure fucking thrill of making something that will outlast you. I’ve since read his autobiography and tried to create for the fuck of it and it’s made me a better artist and helped me carve a career post covid out of just taking risks and trying shit. I owe my life view to this man and I will never forget it. He’s an absolute legend. Rest in peace. May your afterlife be blue skies and weather reports everlasting.
I just watched The Straight Story, and it truly resonated with my current state of mind. It’s the first Lynch film I’ve seen, and I’m sure there will be many more to follow. Thanks for posting your video at just the right time-such a great homage!
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Fantastic tribute for this one of a kind artist and human soul. He dived into this world deep and could put all that gold, all that dirt, the totality of abstract experience on screen. The tremors of his deep dives have been and will be felt forever. RIP to one of THE ONES.
I went with a few friends to see Eraserhead in 1980. I was confused by it but really enjoyed it. I've been a fan ever since and seen most of what he's done. I haven't liked everything but the things I did like, I love dearly. I have VHS, DVD and Blu Ray of many of his films and Twin Peaks. Multiples I mean. Sorry, rambling. His death affected me deeply. I am so sad that such artists are so rare. While I do like Oz Perkins and Robert Eggers, they don't quite cut it as an artist(s) the way Lynch did. My favorite quote of his is relatively new. He was annoyed and said something along the lines of "Your phone?! You cant say you've seen a movie if you've only seen it on your phone!".
When I saw Naomi Watts in "Mulholland Drive," I thought I was seeing a whole new reality of acting and performance. It was like watching someone turn themselves inside out to the point where I no longer felt like a consumer of film, but like someone undergoing a story. To hear later, what a positive influence he was as a director, and how supportive he was of her and all his colleagues, really challenged my belief that great directors had to be vindictive to create powerful art. Since then, whenever I've heard of directors who do way too many takes, or directors who verbally abuse their lead actress, or directors who shout and scream because they're grumpy that day... I always thought of David Lynch, and thought: you don't have to be a jerk to get the best out of people. I'll miss him too. Thanks for this video Thomas.
I saw Elephant Man in 1980 in a theatre. The same with the visually fascinating trainwreck, Dune, in '82. It wasn't until Blue Velvet that I began getting a sense of what David Lynch was creatively really about. But Eraserhead remains what unlocked Lynch's vision(s) - his wild and unsettling way of peeling back the mundane surface of things, to reveal dark uncertainty and strange beauty - for me. I consider it very spiritual, too - and am always deeply moved by the ending. But explaining beautiful abstractions can be like using an electron microscope. In the very act of examining something, you kill it. Without being aware it at first, ambiguity in art became essential for me, after emersion in Lynch's films. Fear of falling could describe the experience. But in an exhilarating way. His world's have always felt somehow 'right' to me. Perhaps because, as idiosyncratic as Lynch-World is, existential uncertainty, mystery, abstractions, seem closer to some central truth of human existence than what passes for normality.
For me, he was at the peak of his powers on Mulholland Dr. The first time I watched it, I spent three hours with pen and paper, attempting to solve with cause and effect, a two-and-a-half hour movie -- and I was still so tickled and entirely under its spell, that I couldn't be upset by not solving the puzzle. He could have handed us more of his interpretations publically, and they would have felt like the most soul-crushing betrayal spoilers of all time. His films always deserved that one "special" prize the Oscars could never hope to define. Cannes' use of the word "audacity" when describing David Cronenberg's Crash comes close. Truly a genius filmmaker.
David Lynch was a true artist. He expressed what was exactly on his mind in his films, paintings, music, and more. He was never pretentious. The first Lynch film I ever watched was Mulholland Drive and it remains to be my favorite film of all time. It's like a jazz piece, abstractions within reality. He inspired me to become a filmmaker, and for that I am forever indebted to him.
Lynch's art will always resonate with people. He taught me so much about just letting an art consume you, not really worrying about what it means but rather how it makes me feel and let that feeling sink in for years to come. Rest in peace for one of the most authentic, original and best filmmakers. David Lynch may have passed away but his legacy will remain.
The fishing metaphor rings so true for me as a musician. The best art I’ve ever created was discovered, not exactly intended, and I’m glad I’m not alone in that. David has been a massive inspiration to me and millions of others and a world without him feels so bleak. He will be sorely missed ❤
Saddened about his death, I’ll rewatch what I have already seen, and try to find what I haven’t already seen as well. No tv series have ever captured me the way Twin Peaks did when it first aired.
My heroes have always been artists since I was a kid. Musicians, writers, filmmakers, philosophers. Thankfully this is one of the greatest and most positive things about the United States. We have some serious problems and some terrible people and a shallow culture that is getting worse over time but we have always had world-class visionaries and artists pushing the envelope in all domains. Unfortunately even this is at risk as art has been almost completely replaced by commerce. David Lynch was as unique as they come and is one of the rare individuals who is an artist to his very core and created his own alternate reality.
Lynch was a legend. Ronald Moore and crew followed the same philosophy with Battlestar Galactica that itself still remains divisive all these years later, as well as Anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion which was notorious in the divisiveness in it's original series ending but I've always loved the "Let the mystery be" philosophy when it's backed by great compelling writing, directing and performances. The mystery and endless speculation years beyond can be equally as engaging as viewing the series and movies themselves.
I co-edited a film that David Lynch Executive Produced called "The Other Me" (Available on RUclips for free). It was without a doubt my most favourite film I've worked on because of how much freedom we found in creating that art. It was a story I often tried to put into words, and while what is being conveyed can be boiled down fairly easily, the feeling inside of it is one I cannot put into words to this day. It was the honor of my life to work in even remote proximity to such an influential artist, and know that through those he touched, his work will live on forever.
I don't think i've ever had a series of deep thought and ideas from a video. The ideas you bring forth and the ideas Lynch brought through you to me alone gave me lots of inspiration on interesting film concepts. I've never seen something my Lynch but I know I'd very much enjoy something like Twin Peaks and some of his other stuff, maybe nothing TOO abstract. What I gather is that his voice is so potent that through the very brief glimpses I saw of his works within this video I was still inspired by him. But I'm a big fan of Alan Wake which I know is VERY Twin Peaks.
I discovered David Lynch during that most important time in high school where you start to figure out who you are. I saw Eraserhead and it felt like it was giving me permission to pursue film, like I uncovered that that’s what I’ve always wanted to do but didn’t even think was possible. I was also getting into psychedelics and questioning my religion and pleading with the universe to give me an objective way to grow spiritually that was objectively real and didn’t rely on beliefs or even concepts and saw that Beatles Anthology series which turned me on to the idea of meditation, but I didn’t think much more of it until I saw an interview of David Lynch talking about it and I then I realized all these musicians from the 60s that I was looking up to at the time were doing the same exact meditation. When I first heard Lynch talk about it, it also immediately brought me to one of my earliest memories where I was playing around all day and came inside, sat on the couch, and felt that whoosh of stress relief lift off me and even though I could barely talk I knew that there must be a way for my mind to be able to do that at any time even without playing and if my mind could do that not only would my capacity to play harder be increased, but my mind would have to be much more powerful too. So I learned TM when I graduated high school in 2007 and haven’t missed a single one yet, it has by far been the most important decision of my life.
I worked with David Lynch on Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Eraserhead - his three Masterpieces. It was the ultimate form of education, better than any film school. It would eventually come to shape my worldview on cinema and allow me to write and or direct my works like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche New York
My favorite game studio as of late is Remedy. I can't think what any of their work would look like without their lynchian influences/homage. RIP, thanks David for inspiring decades worth of all sorts of media.
David Lynch was my first real experience with 'avant guarde' film, and I'd argue that his lack of pretention, his joy, and his holistic approach to art really helped defined my own views on my own art.
I love one David lynch film but I weirdly considered myself a David Lynch fan. I have so much respect for someone like him that does what he wants and if people don’t like it, it really doesn’t bother him. He’s inspired so many shows I love so I will always love him for that.
Working with David Lynch on the tv series of Twin Peaks 1989 was amazing. I have learned so much in such a short time on the first season. Working on the first season of Twin Peaks was an extraordinary experience. The entire season was shot in a warehouse in Van Nuys, CA. All the sets were built and pre-lit right there in the warehouse. The first time I walked through those sets, it felt like walking through the mind of David Lynch himself.
I worked as the first assistant cameraman on Twin Peaks, and the series was shot on 35mm film. The cinematographer, Frank Byers, was someone who I had worked with before and he was wonderful to work with. We used an ARRI 35 BL camera and added Coral filters to the front of the lens to create a warm tone. Nearly every shot had some sort of camera movement, which added to the cinematic quality of the series.
The entire crew was deeply engaged with the storyline. The strange situations, like Nadine’s obsession with cotton balls and her silent curtain invention, or Kyle MacLachlan’s cowlick after waking up, were bizarre yet so uniquely Twin Peaks. "Often, it was difficult to hold back your laughter." The characters and personalities were eccentric and surreal.
Working with Ray Wise was incredible; he brought so much depth to the set. Years later, we reunited on another project and reminisced about the wonderful times we had working on Twin Peaks. Kyle MacLachlan was equally fantastic-an exceptionally kind and professional person to work with.
From early on, the crew sensed this show was going to be unlike anything on television at that time. Its look and feel were more like a feature film than a TV series.
During breaks, we’d joke about the show’s quirky lines, like, “A damn fine cup of coffee” or “There’s a fish in the percolator.”
The crew knew when David would arrive on the set - the first assistant director would announce, “Mr. Lynch is on the set!” David Lynch was a joy to work with.
Each episode was shot over seven days: five days for interiors and two for exterior scenes. At the end of the season, every crew member received a special jacket to commemorate our work. I even received a phone call from a fan offering $1,000 for my jacket-but I’ve held onto it.
After the episodes aired, some of us crew members gathered to watch them together, sharing memories and marveling at the show’s impact.
If you’d like to see some behind-the-scenes images, feel free to visit my website, Workshop Lighting. In the Hollywood section, you’ll find them at the bottom of the page. Unfortunately, I can’t share a direct link here, but there it ends in .com.
Thank you for sharing this
Nice
I have visited your website, and it warms my heart when I see the behind-the-scenes photos you have. Thank you for sharing your story during the shooting of Twin Peaks😊
@@manggalaprajna Did the same, thanks for the hint!
Wow thank you so much for sharing your experience and letting us get a glimpse of it from someone who was there. It sounds like a truly exceptional memory and I’m glad to have gotten to read it.
I used to watch David Lynch’s weather reports every morning on the balcony of my apartment and smoke a cigarette when I was completely lost in life a few years ago. I don’t know why but it added comfort to my life. Funny thing is I didn’t even enjoy listening to it that much. I just watched it
Maybe because he's such a stable grounding force. Always authentic and consistent. And it also helps to know there's someone so wonderfully weird out there who isn't one bit apologetic about it
It's nice to watch something where someone connects with you about something so simple as the weather
I'm so glad I stopped smoking cigarettes.
I listen to the Shipping Forecast for the same reason. It brings comfort to my life but without the feeling of impending doom and hopelessness that I get from Lynch.
That sounds like the most Lynchian thing ever
"The man from another place has gone home."
- Mark Frost
I quit smoking and nicotine for good about a couple months ago, a while after I’d first heard about his battle with emphysema. It broke me down to pieces to hear that he’d left us. The day after the announcement of his passing, I’d gone and bought a pack of 1,800 post-it notes, so that I’d have more than plenty of space and little rooms of paper to write down all my ideas, all my stories, and everything I’d hear and love about this world.
His artistry, his vision, and his kindness sparked a warmth and a courage in me that I hope everybody can feel too. His legacy will be one to remember and share with utmost gratitude. I think the worlds within his works had a profound effect on all of those with the privilege to experience them because they’d brought us all together to witness the most beautiful, confusing, and painful parts of ourselves and humanity at large.
I hope you’re all doing well, and I hope that you all can find yourselves in a calm place of sound mind and soul.
Thank you, David Lynch.
I was expecting this comment to go badly but godbless u for not relapsing and buying post it notes ❤
What I appreciate most about Lynch is how little he explains his work. Him never revealing the ending to Mulholland Drive genuinely reworked the way I thought about and interpreted art. We crave explanation - from the artist themself or a critic who 'knows better'. Lynch put the power of interpretation into the hands of his audience. The freedom to think critically about a piece of art on our own is a precious gift. The realizations and meanings we derive from an artwork are as real as the creators original intentions. And I think Lynch valued that greatly and shed immense light on the beauty and mystery of that relationship. Not all artwork or film needs to be that way. Sometimes we want a realistic landscape painting, or a straightforward romcom, and they're great. But Lynch's work is a reminder to always be looking for our own insights and to always be thinking critically about the art we experience. He will be greatly missed. RIP legend
agree with everything. i dont like the "THIS IS WHAT IT ALL MEANS" type people with their 3 hour long youtube videos... dont watch movies like youre teaching a college class ... just relax and drink it in.
What really bothers me about this celebration of David is that, for many people, this way of living and understanding art was completely unknown to them before they discovered David Lynch. But these people who are celebrating Lynch today-how did they experience and engage with art before Lynch? How did they perceive surrealism, the unconscious, certain theatrical works, and earlier cinematic pieces?
In Lynch, I recognized myself, but I didn't discover anything new. I encountered someone who lived art the way I did and who amplified what was already in the air. I had the exact same approach when standing in front of a Bacon painting or experiencing a work by Arthur Schnitzler. Have you ever read a work by Harold Pinter? What on earth was your approach to this kind of theater before Lynch, for example? Or what kind of approach did you have to Julio Cortázar's stories? A large portion of 20th-century art, in different ways, speaks to the unconscious and communicates through this deeply enigmatic language.
David Lynch has brought awareness to all those people who understood nothing about art and were terribly superficial.
@@heyyoitsmebrian this is what threw me off on watching long video essays anymore. Lots of them are dead set on claiming their interpretation as the right one, instead of just providing their interpretation as just one of many interpretations especially if it's about an art that is meant to provoke thoughts and deep feelings.
as I age, I find that just letting an art go inside me and just stay there for years a lot better. I got to feel and think about its meanings while those meanings can evolve overtime. Lynch's films are like that to me
@@samuel.jpg.1080p agree with u. and i get it... when i was in my 20s i woulda been all about those 5 hour long explain-bro's videos. now in my 30s i dont give a hoot. =D
His comments that analyze being an artist are a waste of time to listen to... he should've remained quiet in that category, too.
He never compromised, he never sold out, he treated audiences with respect in that he wouldn't explain his work... he let the audience make their own conclusions and interpretations. Thanks for an insightful and thoughful tribute to this great man. He was one of a kind.
He sold out on the entire "Lost Highway" soundtrack.
this is making me cry 💔i have been sobbing on and off since i heard of his passing. he was my favorite director & storyteller, not only was he was a creative genius but he was so empathetic & emotionally intelligent. i will always treasure so many of his female characters & appreciate how he delicately handled difficult themes
I’m in the same state as you, sporadically bursting into tears since Thursday ❤️🔥💔
Perfectly stated. Lynch is Rare Treat, indeed. 🙏🏾
Same here, cried so much the first day and forgot to eat all day. He was such an inspiration and a person who gave so much hope and comfort, so it was devastating to hear of his passing. Still tearing up every now and then when i think of him, which is often.
"It is not the job of an artist to speak for their art, but to speak through it." Well said Thomas!
I’m still in shock about his passing. He influenced so much individuals, surpassed so much boundaries and helped people through hard mental burnouts. Rest in peace, man. I hope you’re having a coffee, a coke and 2 cookies in heaven, where everything is fine.
✨💫
One thing people don't realize is how much he influenced Japanese media, a song from the Death Note soundtrack is obviously a homage to the Twin Peaks intro for example. David Lynch will leave a hole in the world, but as he always said: _"Look at the donut, not the hole"_
Others if you are interested: Keiichiro Toyama who created Silent Hill cited him and Twin Peaks as a big influence, unsurprisingly. Masahiro Ito who designed the monsters and Akira Yamaoka the composer of Silent Hill also cited his films and Twin Peaks as an influence. Naoki Urasawa who created the manga "Monster" gave him a tribute on his passing. I could go on. Point is that David Lynch's work had an immense influence.
@@JasonParmenterdeadly premonition is another great example. The list probably goes on and on
when I started consuming Japanese media is when I realized that David Lynch is your favorite artist's favorite artist or at the very least influenced by him, for a lack of a better description 😑
While we're talking about Jp media, the anime Soul Eater has the red Twin Peaks room and a devilish dwarf figure appearing in the characters subconcious.
@@JasonParmenter yes, yes exactly
Something I always found interesting about David Lynch was how much of an impact he had on Japanese media. In basically every Japanese media whether it be anime or video games you're bound to find a trace of him within which really goes to show just how impactful and inspirational of an artist he was.
RIP David Lynch
Good comment. Yeah, my daughter loves the anime show MY HERO ACADEMIA and there's a character named Eraserhead.
Would love a few suggestions I’ll check them out
Team Silent were vocally inspired by Twin Peaks in making Silent Hill
silent hill, persona 4 and deadly premonition are all very twin peaks inspired
I knew we had lost a great man but since his passing I have watched many interviews and I realise we lost a wonderful insightful voice and a delightful person. I’m sad that he’s gone. But I’m grateful for his wisdom and his works.
someone who NEVER folded for his artistry and boldly followed his vision until the end...a TRUE ARTUER
RIP mr.Lynch....in heaven, everything's fine
I never usually care about celebrity deaths much, not to sound callous or cold, but It usually just doesnt affect me. Thing with David Lynch is he wasnt just another celebrity, he was such a specially potent and incredibly artful mind, leagues beyond what I thought could exist. And his committment to cinema and tv being art was something to be celebrated, I think. His artistic integrity and level of passion were so admirable.
Well said, and you speak for me too.
“Diane, it’s 1:54am. We’re leaving the town of Twin Peaks. I fear we may never see it again.” RIP David Lynch.
Thank you for this exquisite tribute. While I’d seen a couple of his films prior, ‘Twin Peaks” was where the light really turned on for me. I read everything I could about his creative process and began meditating regularly. Over the ensuing years I somehow, while just living my life in L.A., managed to encounter one “Peaks” character after another-being introduced to Michael Horse by a neighbor who just knew him, running into Frank Silva in the market, meeting Jill Engels in a card store. There were others, too….but it all culminated in being included in the “Straight Story” soundtrack when the western swing band I was in was asked to contribute a couple of songs. It’s stranger than fiction and even though I’m just a blip in his giant body of work, I will feel eternally grateful for it.
That's really cool! Thanks for sharing
RIP David Lynch.
He was one of my biggest inspirations for falling in love with cinema.
Same here! I loved Twin Peaks when I was a kid but then, when I was in high school, Lost Highway came out.
While I understand the impulse to talk about Lynch's work in the past tense, I think it makes more sense to continue to talk about it in the present. His work isn't in the past. It exists as much as any other work today.
Both his work and his mentorship, David as a personality and a creator, he's still very much present. I don't think he'll ever go away. We'll be feeling his influence for generations to come. He made sure to record so much of his outlook and his opinion, he's still here, but it's up to us to seek it out and to listen.
Art is always in the present
it's the living he has left to do in this world?
Twin Peaks season 3 stands to my mind as one of the most important pieces of media i've ever seen. Not just because of how balls to the wall experimental and strange and expressive it is, but also because it feels like Lynch recommitting to his own vision one last time in the face of a darkening world. Twin Peaks Season 3 to me feels like an update on the worldview in seasons 1 and 2: America and the world have gotten scarier, more obscene and savage, and everywhere the lights are going out in the world. And yet. There's still magic, and hope, and love. I see you, the show says, I see you and your bleak future, and I'm there with you.
David Lynch, the man who taught me that the owls are not what they seem.
Thank you for capturing and presenting what’s so special about Lynch. Clearly you’ve developed these understandings over a long period of time to the point you could pull this fantastic video off so quickly. I needed it, friend.
Well said “like a parent talking you through a bad dream”
Great video.
RIP to the master and the beautiful soul that was Lynch.
Just watched The Elephant Man for the first time, what an incredible creator
It's a masterpiece. I rewatched it last night. Sobbed pretty much throughout.
Yes, I agree that it is a masterpiece. Whoever has not seen it is missing out on a captivating experience. The cinematography is breathtaking.
Such a classic film
With Mulholland Drive it’s in my top 4 of all time. Incredible film.
I still cant believe that he is gone, my mind just cant comprehend that fact and just thinking that he was at his home recovering from his emphysema and will get back to us when he feel a lot better. i just cant believe that a great man like him wasnt with us anymore
When I heard his emphysema was worsening I saw the end but didn’t want to believe. I gasped when I read the headline. May he rest in eternal peace
My sister texted me that David Lynch died. I got a little teary eyed, and began ironing my shirts. I fired up my stereo and played Spotify on random. Shadow (the Chromatics song that carried part 2 of the return into the night) player first. I ugly cried for 10 minutes.
Lynch was the person who I spent the most time thinking about - why he did what did, how he did it, what effect it had on me, what magical thing could he be dreaming up now. Losing him was losing the dreams of David Lynch - the portals he opened up once a decade that took us to new worlds.
Well said... but maybe you too could enter the portal he always talked about, transcending through Transcendental Meditation?This piece was good but fell short by not covering enough his long relationship with philanthropy of the most extraordinary kind. His David Lynch Foundation funded the instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique for millions of students in at-risk schools and inner city communities, as well as veterans with PTSD, abused women and native Americans. He gathered together dozens of practitioners of TM, such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sting, Hugh Jackman, Katy Perry, Russell Brand and many others, to perform and raise money for his foundation. As a veteran, I know of thousands of men and women who benefited from Lynch's inspiration and wisdom. And his foundation is now funding programs globally. He will be missed, but his foundation's work will continue to enrich, inspire and enlighten millions of people -- in a way that expands minds and hearts, even more skillfully than his film-making prowess. David Lynch will live on in the lives of millions of people, and will continue to pave the way for a wise, loving and harmonious world.
@@changingworld7467 You absolutely nailed it. I was taught how to do TM way too young, or maybe just young enough, at age 5, in 1978. I have been a Buddhist for 3 decades but I think what this creator said was right. Mindfulness or a meditation practice of our own can open the same portals. When I try to do TM, it is usually quite frustrating and I realized during David's online service that it's because it simply isn't how I access the same state. But I appreciate David's compassion & commitment toward teaching others the method that worked for him & which works for so many! He is very much with us, still. Peace & Blessings, namaste🙌❤️🔥✨️
His impact will be surely missed. He is one of my favourite directors. One of the three famous Davids I actually liked (they're all directors). Eraserhead was so influential, there was a famous band in Philippines named after it. I liked his discography so much because it feels like we're stepping into another reality.
I loved his art.
Thank you for making this.
Twin Peaks s3 e8 made me glad to be alive.
Be well.
JT
I may not like or have watched everything Lynch made, but what I truly, truly adore about his work is how genuine, earnest, vulnerable it is. He just created images and allowed them to be - and allowed the most unlikely of characters to give you the oddly most kindest of experiences. In everything, David Lynch was authentic, and that is perhaps the hardest thing to follow up on - because being authentic requires courage in our world. He may be gone but he will live forever. He already does, and that's just beautiful.
What do you not like about his works?
@@BlizzyFoxTF When I say "I may not like", it comes down purely to taste and what I'm looking for in the art I'm experiencing. I'm not as drawn to the eerie and weird, I'm not as fond of art that makes me deeply uncomfortable, I'm not as fascinated with suffering on display in great detail, especially mental suffering. I know what suffering is all too well, I don't look for a work of art to paint me a picture of that. Instead, I look for the things or views that might be missing from my own viewpoint, the humanity that is beyond just the base fight or flight all living creatures share.
And that is why I really appreciate that other side of his work. The warmth, the gentleness, the patience to allow things to be as they are, warts and all. Perhaps it wouldn't come across as starkly if it wasn't first balanced out by the uneasy, the eerie, the weird - hard to say.
@thesunthrone Great writeup. I think as you say, the balance of light and dark is what accentuates both sides. The warmth and sunshine would not work as well, or would not find purpose, if it weren't for the depictions of mental suffering and grotesque details.
Thank you for this video. Finally I could cry his passing out of my chest. Such a beautiful and dear homage. Rest in POWER dear David Lynch.
A wonderful tribute to a beautiful man. He had his issues, no doubt - married four times! But his art and what everyone who has worked with him has to say of him, it's clear he was very wholesome and one-of-a-kind. He inspired me to try TM, and its been great (though the pricing controversy is completely valid). And he revolutionised my idea of art, in much the same way as you articulated.
What a great tribute
David lynch is who made me realize that cinema is a legit piece of art and more then just something to stare at while you stuff your face with popcorn, I will always be grateful for that. RIP you legend 🖤🖤🖤
I've been inconsolable ever since Thursday, but I love how this man touched the lives of so many others. The first movie of his that I saw was The Elephant Man, and while i liked it I was around 10 years old and could not fully grasp everything that made that film brilliant. A few years later I saw Dune and it introduced me to a world I probably wouldn't have seen until much later in life. It was weird and unique and my teenage self just adored it. Then I saw Eraserhead and Blue Velvet (long before I took my first puff of weed haha) and I had been entranced by his movies ever since.
One of the things I loved the most about him was his gentle soul, which was such a stark contrast to the darkness of much of his films. We will never again see his like.
How so? Show me on the doll how the talentless hack touched you.
"Why do you make such dark stories?" is a question that seems to come up often for creators like Lynch and Stephen King and the answer is often either humble or sprawling but in a way it's kind of a silly question because really it all comes down to contrast. As a storyteller, I can't even _show you_ anything bright or good without surrounding it in darkness.
We're genetically connected to the nightmares this planet has passed through. Darkness is inherent to every living creature.
Not to be edgy but dark themes are literally comforting to me in the same way "wholesome" things are for some people, I'll watch Fire Walk With Me like people watch like, Love Actually or whatever. Again not in an edgy doomer way but I think darkness and light are one and the same and one increases appreciation for the other
Like a parent trying to talk their child down from a bad dream. That’s nicely put. I might add that his filmography is a pretty pure (if oblique) representation of Zen Buddhism.
I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone follow this up with the documentary The Art Life.
"He put images on the screen unlike anything that I or anybody else had ever seen-he made everything strange, uncanny, revelatory and new".
- Martin Scorsese
what a touching tribute.. I'm a bit sad that I haven't seen any of his films, but happy that I have much time to start exploring his filmography.. thank you for this!
As a person who for example finally understood the most confounding part of Mulholland Dr. after a fourth viewing (I mean the part after Naomi Watts wakes up from her dream), I have to say that even though I appreciate and respect the amount of thought and work to make every little detail fit and have a specific purpose, I actually kinda liked the movie even better when I didn't understand it. This sounds counterintuitive maybe, but it is amazing the effect that feeling so puzzled and in awe has on your brain, when you're left with almost no reason to hold on to and you can only embrace the feeling in all of its depth and richness.
Lynch, my favorite filmmaker ever, was incredibly successful at that, and even if now I realize that his movies are in general more thought out and structured and 'understandable' than most people might assume at first, the fact is that you really don't need to understand in order to enjoy and to be fascinated. Lynch thrived in this little territory where mystery meets the unknown, and his works are truly incomparable at that.
This was a well articulated take on the late great David Lynch. As a "90s kid", I've been able to see him influence nearly everything I grew to like (The Silent Hill series, Final Fantasy 7, The X-Files, the list goes on).
I really love that David Lynch got the chance to collaborate with David Bowie, it's such a great combo, always loved to see Phillip Jeffries and Gordon Cole, probably my favorite characters in Twin Peaks. RIP both Legends
Thank you for this wonderful tribute to a man that was not just a singular artist, but also seems to have been a decent and caring human being. I will never forget Eraserhead, which I saw at a local cinema after watching Twin Peaks - my boyfriend and I had to walk in silence in a random direction afterwards to deal with the experience. I loved Wild at Heart and I'm really looking forward to the Dafoe video!
I will always say this; David’s work is amazing and brilliant because he was humble enough and it was not pretentious. He made amazing music and cinema. He was and will be one of the few genuine artists to exist. We are so lucky to be on the same timeline as him and were able to watch or listen to his work. David you will always be missed.
His paintings, and ideas about art made me start painting, his paintings, and other art is also amazing but often overlooked.
David Lynch is not even my favorite director, but his passing has hit me harder than any I can think of in quite a while. I definitely didn’t understand all his films, but the world he had created still had an emotional effect on me unlike any other director I can think of. I’m heartbroken knowing there has never been a director quite like him before, and there never will be again.
His work taught me to really feel a movie, appreciate how it affected me emotionally instead of purely intellectually. I was already watching movies in that way, but hadn't fully realized or accepted it.
Such a wonderful examination of David Lynch and the legacy the man has left behind. What a gift that just kept giving he was. Thank you, Thomas.
"The show was slow to be recieved"... um, no Tom, it was an instant hit (at least at first). From Wikipedia. "The two-hour pilot was the highest-rated movie for the 1989-90 season with a 22 rating and was viewed by 33% of the audience. In its first broadcast as a regular one-hour drama series, Twin Peaks scored ABC's highest ratings in four years in its 9:00 pm Thursday time slot. The show also reduced NBC's Cheers's ratings. Twin Peaks had a 16.2 rating, with each point equaling 921,000 homes with TVs. The episode also added new viewers because of what ABC's senior vice-president of research, Alan Wurtzel, called "the water cooler syndrome", in which people talk about the series the next day at work."
THANK YOU.
I get so tired of people calling Twin Peaks a "cult classic" - it absolutely was NOT a cult classic at the time it came out. It was a veritable mega-hit by the standards of the time.
I stand corrected!
The first season was a masterpiece, and it was recognized as such. The second season was -- how do I say this? -- not.
@@JiveDadson The second season is as good as it could've been without Lynch's involvement.
@ThomasFlight Good man! Now, can we discuss what "tangible" means?
Lovely tribute to a hugely influential auteur. One of my most profound memories of art was seeing Mulholland Drive on opening night in a packed theater and going through terror, humor, sadness, and empathy - together in complete silence and awe. RIP, Mr. Lynch 🙏🏼
His legacy in the arts is deeply anchored. I will never thank him enough for how much he dedicated himself to experimenting and documenting his creativity for us to look at and enjoy. He was a man with a heart of gold, now roaming in another state of conscience. Thank you, David, rest in peace.
I havent amounted to anything in my life when it comes to the arts, and while it may not seem like it, this artist had a beyond outstanding influence on my interpretation and subconscious translations of great art and culture. This news really hits me right in the gut. Rip!!!
Very sad to see this news today. Lynch has been a favourite director of mine since I was a kid. I absolutely love his work with a passion. I remember staying up late, watching the Oscars on a small black and white portable television in my bedroom, cheering on every mention of his magnificent The Elephant Man. The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet remain favourites.
During the early 90s, like so many, I was obsessed with Twin Peaks and its wacky characters. Perhaps the greatest, most artistically achieved piece of television ever made, has to be episode 8 of the Twin Peaks return in 2017. If you haven’t seen it, prepare to have your mind blown at the artistry and genius on display. It is one of the most Lynchian, breathtaking pieces of filmmaking ever.
Lynch was also a dedicated meditator, with very profound insights about the nature of life, reality and consciousness. When talking about such profound things, he would uniquely wiggle his fingers in the air, like he was weaving the universe itself. I am certain, he had no fear at all about death, and was fully-realised in his understanding. Onto the wind and beyond, Mr. Lynch…
David taught me to make art despite how weird or dark other people thought it was and I'll always love him for that
Thank you for taking time from your grieving process to share this. I’m still trying to find my footing again since I found out he’s gone.
I had a privilege of being on Inland Empire premiere in 2006. David came on stage and played a special intro for us. Just magical…
what a beautiful tribute!
Always remember he stood for trans rights, he stood for a healthy work environment, he stood for artistic cooperation, and he stood for the benefit of all people.
Bless David Lynch.
Thomas, thank you for gifting us with this beautifully crafted tribute to the greatest artist of our time - David Lynch! I enjoy every moment of this video ✨
your appreciation of his work in this video gives me chills in the best way. thank you!
Your experience with Lynch and how Twin Peaks began as this gateway that eventually changed your entire approach to art is so similar to mine, hearing your story felt like someone else narrating my life. The impact Lynch had on so many of us is so moving. Thank you for making this and saying things so much more eloquently than I could have.
Thank you for getting such a thoughtful video essay on Lynch out so soon after his passing. All of his movies have stuck with me in some way in part thanks to his eccentric approach to storytelling
the music choices in this one is nuts
Thank you for this. Genuinely depressing news to hear the passing of the wonderful artist David Lynch. I appreciate you helping me deal with that grief. Many underestimate how positive and hopeful of a man Lynch was. You helped convey that well in this video. Cheers 🍻
He was a shining light in our present world where what a work of art has to say, "matters more" than what it evokes, inspires and whatever else can be appreciated, simply put, his work is what it had to be.
Thank you for making this. Lynch was an outstanding artist. Inspired many of us.
Without it, the world is a worse place.
Words can’t express how shaken up and stricken to hear that he passed away. RIP to one of the best filmmakers ever, no one could ever do it like Lynch
"...a parent, talking a child through their bad dream." Very nice! Thank You! RIP David
David Lynch genuinely changed my perspective on art as a concept. I studied jazz at a conservatoire and from secondary school to uni it was drilled into me that perfection was the goal, the end that every artist strives to. I know it seems short sighted to most but as an impressionable 15-18 year old it was very convincing and seductive - a goal of artistic perfection above all else.
During uni I watched Erasurehead with a friend of mine and it captivated me; it showed that art could be messy and oily and deranged yet still remain beautiful and meaningful. It gave me a sense of what I was missing, the experimentation and fun of making things for the sake of creating something rad for the pure fucking thrill of making something that will outlast you.
I’ve since read his autobiography and tried to create for the fuck of it and it’s made me a better artist and helped me carve a career post covid out of just taking risks and trying shit. I owe my life view to this man and I will never forget it. He’s an absolute legend. Rest in peace. May your afterlife be blue skies and weather reports everlasting.
Ironic that it was Jazz teaching perfection and not virtuosity.
I just watched The Straight Story, and it truly resonated with my current state of mind. It’s the first Lynch film I’ve seen, and I’m sure there will be many more to follow. Thanks for posting your video at just the right time-such a great homage!
A lovely tribute, truly honoring his legacy and impact. Great work like usual Thomas 👏
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May he rest in peace. He was much appreciated, amazing work and mentality. A true artist
Do you ever see a RUclips video that you really like and kind of want to hit the like button immediately, but then think that you actually want to watch it all the way through so that the button press is more justified and full, so to speak? This was like that. I immediately joined your Patreon afterwards.
What a great artist. So grateful for all his work. And TP season 3 is just incredible. Thanks for your thoughtful video.
Fantastic tribute for this one of a kind artist and human soul. He dived into this world deep and could put all that gold, all that dirt, the totality of abstract experience on screen. The tremors of his deep dives have been and will be felt forever. RIP to one of THE ONES.
I went with a few friends to see Eraserhead in 1980. I was confused by it but really enjoyed it. I've been a fan ever since and seen most of what he's done.
I haven't liked everything but the things I did like, I love dearly. I have VHS, DVD and Blu Ray of many of his films and Twin Peaks. Multiples I mean. Sorry, rambling.
His death affected me deeply. I am so sad that such artists are so rare. While I do like Oz Perkins and Robert Eggers, they don't quite cut it as an artist(s) the way Lynch did.
My favorite quote of his is relatively new. He was annoyed and said something along the lines of "Your phone?! You cant say you've seen a movie if you've only seen it on your phone!".
twin peaks, the return was so glorious... it is also my favorite
Ah, i first saw Blue Velvet back in 1995 and it stays on my yearly rewatch list to this day.
When I saw Naomi Watts in "Mulholland Drive," I thought I was seeing a whole new reality of acting and performance. It was like watching someone turn themselves inside out to the point where I no longer felt like a consumer of film, but like someone undergoing a story. To hear later, what a positive influence he was as a director, and how supportive he was of her and all his colleagues, really challenged my belief that great directors had to be vindictive to create powerful art. Since then, whenever I've heard of directors who do way too many takes, or directors who verbally abuse their lead actress, or directors who shout and scream because they're grumpy that day... I always thought of David Lynch, and thought: you don't have to be a jerk to get the best out of people. I'll miss him too. Thanks for this video Thomas.
I saw Elephant Man in 1980 in a theatre. The same with the visually fascinating trainwreck, Dune, in '82. It wasn't until Blue Velvet that I began getting a sense of what David Lynch was creatively really about. But Eraserhead remains what unlocked Lynch's vision(s) - his wild and unsettling way of peeling back the mundane surface of things, to reveal dark uncertainty and strange beauty - for me. I consider it very spiritual, too - and am always deeply moved by the ending. But explaining beautiful abstractions can be like using an electron microscope. In the very act of examining something, you kill it. Without being aware it at first, ambiguity in art became essential for me, after emersion in Lynch's films. Fear of falling could describe the experience. But in an exhilarating way. His world's have always felt somehow 'right' to me. Perhaps because, as idiosyncratic as Lynch-World is, existential uncertainty, mystery, abstractions, seem closer to some central truth of human existence than what passes for normality.
For me, he was at the peak of his powers on Mulholland Dr. The first time I watched it, I spent three hours with pen and paper, attempting to solve with cause and effect, a two-and-a-half hour movie -- and I was still so tickled and entirely under its spell, that I couldn't be upset by not solving the puzzle. He could have handed us more of his interpretations publically, and they would have felt like the most soul-crushing betrayal spoilers of all time. His films always deserved that one "special" prize the Oscars could never hope to define. Cannes' use of the word "audacity" when describing David Cronenberg's Crash comes close. Truly a genius filmmaker.
David Lynch was a true artist. He expressed what was exactly on his mind in his films, paintings, music, and more. He was never pretentious. The first Lynch film I ever watched was Mulholland Drive and it remains to be my favorite film of all time. It's like a jazz piece, abstractions within reality. He inspired me to become a filmmaker, and for that I am forever indebted to him.
That was beautiful, what a perfect tribute
"A parent talking their child through a dark dream" might be my favourite quote in tribute to his work since his loss
Lynch's art will always resonate with people. He taught me so much about just letting an art consume you, not really worrying about what it means but rather how it makes me feel and let that feeling sink in for years to come.
Rest in peace for one of the most authentic, original and best filmmakers. David Lynch may have passed away but his legacy will remain.
The fishing metaphor rings so true for me as a musician. The best art I’ve ever created was discovered, not exactly intended, and I’m glad I’m not alone in that. David has been a massive inspiration to me and millions of others and a world without him feels so bleak. He will be sorely missed ❤
Saddened about his death, I’ll rewatch what I have already seen, and try to find what I haven’t already seen as well.
No tv series have ever captured me the way Twin Peaks did when it first aired.
My heroes have always been artists since I was a kid. Musicians, writers, filmmakers, philosophers. Thankfully this is one of the greatest and most positive things about the United States. We have some serious problems and some terrible people and a shallow culture that is getting worse over time but we have always had world-class visionaries and artists pushing the envelope in all domains. Unfortunately even this is at risk as art has been almost completely replaced by commerce. David Lynch was as unique as they come and is one of the rare individuals who is an artist to his very core and created his own alternate reality.
Lynch was a legend. Ronald Moore and crew followed the same philosophy with Battlestar Galactica that itself still remains divisive all these years later, as well as Anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion which was notorious in the divisiveness in it's original series ending but I've always loved the "Let the mystery be" philosophy when it's backed by great compelling writing, directing and performances. The mystery and endless speculation years beyond can be equally as engaging as viewing the series and movies themselves.
First time tuning into your channel, my condolences in our time of collective mourning. Nice to see Boy With Apple at a time like this
I co-edited a film that David Lynch Executive Produced called "The Other Me" (Available on RUclips for free). It was without a doubt my most favourite film I've worked on because of how much freedom we found in creating that art. It was a story I often tried to put into words, and while what is being conveyed can be boiled down fairly easily, the feeling inside of it is one I cannot put into words to this day. It was the honor of my life to work in even remote proximity to such an influential artist, and know that through those he touched, his work will live on forever.
Beautifully said. His influence is profound and deep! A true visionary!
I'm hopping on a flight in 10 minutes and you just posted in time for me to download this😂
I don't think i've ever had a series of deep thought and ideas from a video.
The ideas you bring forth and the ideas Lynch brought through you to me alone gave me lots of inspiration on interesting film concepts.
I've never seen something my Lynch but I know I'd very much enjoy something like Twin Peaks and some of his other stuff, maybe nothing TOO abstract.
What I gather is that his voice is so potent that through the very brief glimpses I saw of his works within this video I was still inspired by him.
But I'm a big fan of Alan Wake which I know is VERY Twin Peaks.
One of the thoughts I had is that the voice and texture of an artists work is formed by which questions the artist asks themselves.
I discovered David Lynch during that most important time in high school where you start to figure out who you are. I saw Eraserhead and it felt like it was giving me permission to pursue film, like I uncovered that that’s what I’ve always wanted to do but didn’t even think was possible. I was also getting into psychedelics and questioning my religion and pleading with the universe to give me an objective way to grow spiritually that was objectively real and didn’t rely on beliefs or even concepts and saw that Beatles Anthology series which turned me on to the idea of meditation, but I didn’t think much more of it until I saw an interview of David Lynch talking about it and I then I realized all these musicians from the 60s that I was looking up to at the time were doing the same exact meditation. When I first heard Lynch talk about it, it also immediately brought me to one of my earliest memories where I was playing around all day and came inside, sat on the couch, and felt that whoosh of stress relief lift off me and even though I could barely talk I knew that there must be a way for my mind to be able to do that at any time even without playing and if my mind could do that not only would my capacity to play harder be increased, but my mind would have to be much more powerful too. So I learned TM when I graduated high school in 2007 and haven’t missed a single one yet, it has by far been the most important decision of my life.
Thank you for putting this together- you explain the source for the awe I feel for him. Blue skies and golden sunshine! RIP
I worked with David Lynch on Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Eraserhead - his three Masterpieces. It was the ultimate form of education, better than any film school. It would eventually come to shape my worldview on cinema and allow me to write and or direct my works like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche New York
Totally agree about episode 8. It still ‘blows me away!’ Stunning.
My favorite game studio as of late is Remedy. I can't think what any of their work would look like without their lynchian influences/homage. RIP, thanks David for inspiring decades worth of all sorts of media.
David Lynch was my first real experience with 'avant guarde' film, and I'd argue that his lack of pretention, his joy, and his holistic approach to art really helped defined my own views on my own art.
I love one David lynch film but I weirdly considered myself a David Lynch fan. I have so much respect for someone like him that does what he wants and if people don’t like it, it really doesn’t bother him. He’s inspired so many shows I love so I will always love him for that.
The Straight Story will always be my number 1 Lynch film. The way it builds to a single closeup, a single reaction, is transcendent.