Iconic American film director David Lynch died at the age of 78, his family announced on Thursday. His body of work includes films like “The Elephant Man”, “Eraserhead”, “Mulholland Drive”, “Wild at Heart” and “Blue Velvet”. Lynch may be best known for the 1990 Emmy-winning TV series “Twin Peaks” that he created with Mark Frost, which inspired generations of filmmakers. The show confounded audiences with its complexity and symbolism, and was rebooted in 2017. Lynch considered cinema its own language, and filled his productions with bizarre and often disturbing imagery, leading to use of the term “Lynchian” to describe things surreal or inscrutable. No cause of death was released. Lynch had previously shared that he was suffering from emphysema. “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us.” Lynch’s family statement read, “But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”
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Iconic American film director David Lynch died at the age of 78, his family announced on Thursday. His body of work includes films like “The Elephant Man”, “Eraserhead”, “Mulholland Drive”, “Wild at Heart” and “Blue Velvet”.
Lynch may be best known for the 1990 Emmy-winning TV series “Twin Peaks” that he created with Mark Frost, which inspired generations of filmmakers. The show confounded audiences with its complexity and symbolism, and was rebooted in 2017.
Lynch considered cinema its own language, and filled his productions with bizarre and often disturbing imagery, leading to use of the term “Lynchian” to describe things surreal or inscrutable.
No cause of death was released.
Lynch had previously shared that he was suffering from emphysema.
“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us.” Lynch’s family statement read, “But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’”
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