Sometimes misunderstood genius, David Lynch has passed away at the age of 78 ce Thursday January 16, 2025. News that has devastated all movie fans in the four corners of the globe, as this great man has marked our era. From the top of his 10 filmsranging from wonderful Mulholland Drive to the cults Blue Velvet et Elephant Manpassing through his masterpiece of the small screen Twin Peaksthe American director has definitely left his mark.
In Paris, from the Cinémathèque Française to the Filmothèque du Quartier Latin via the Grand Rex, many hot spots Parisian cinema highlight the work of David Lynch with regular retrospectives and exceptional screenings. But this great man does not only impact the dark rooms of the capital, since he truly left indelible traces for all Parisians. Back to these five notable moments from his time in Paris.
He designed a legendary night club in the 2nd
Entirely designed and decorated by the director in 2011, the Silencio is a veritable Lynchian temple in the heart of Paris. Located underground at 142 rue Montmartre, its name refers in particular to the emblematic club that we saw and loved in Mulholland Drive. And hybrid place entirely dedicated to Art, music and cinema, of coursewhich perfectly reflects the mystical universe of reality and which today attracts crowds and international superstars.
Silence
142, rue Montmartre – 2e
He shared an artists’ studio in the 14th
In addition to his talents as a filmmaker, David Lynch tried his hand at the arts in general throughout his life, from painting to drawing to photography. And it is also in a workshop in the Montparnasse district that the director has perfected some of his techniques. Idem, workshop under glass roof of 1,400 m² installed in an old Parisian printing house – and which has seen the lithographic works of the greatest like Matisse, Picasso, Miro or Chagall – is a real meeting place for French and international artists. A nnew generation of contemporary artists have kept the soul of this place alive as well as the technique of lithography, including David Lynch, alongside Jean-Michel Alberola, Sophie Calle, JR, Izumi Kato, Paul McCarthy…
Atelier Idem Paris
49, rue du Montparnasse – 14th
He exhibited his works at the Fondation Cartier
We tell you: art in the broad sense had a major place in Lynch’s life, and defined all his occupations. And after many years of perfecting his pencil strokes and brush strokes, the director presented his entire first retrospective in France in 2007. Paintings, drawings, photographs, sound installations…With the exhibition The Air is on FireDavid Lynch ignited the Cartier Foundation and immersed Parisians in the intimacy of his creative universe and his complex imagination.
-View of the David Lynch exhibition, The Air is on FireCartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris, 2007. © Patrick Gries
Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art
261, boulevard Raspail – 14th
He played at the Olympia
Because he obviously touches on everything, David Lynch has also demonstrated his musical talents in some beautiful venues around the world, including the iconic Olympia in Paris. Alongside John Neff – friend and sound engineer – Lynch presented his experimental album BlueBOBwhich mixes notes of blues and rock with lyrics as paranoid as they are dark. A reflection once again of his universe.
L’Olympia
28, boulevard des Capucines – 9th
He shot a scene from Twin Peaks in Paris
In 2017, viewers were able to see the return to screen Twin Peaks. A third season – which still flopped, let’s admit it – which is neither a spin-off nor a reboot, but rather the continuation of this tragic story stopped in 1991. It is therefore 26 years later that the plot resumes, still with Kyle Maclachlan and Sheryl Leen starring. But this time, we leave the gloomy atmosphere of the town of Twin Peaks a little and we go to Montana, Las Vegas, New York and even Paris, where FBI agent Gordon Cole (played by David Lynch) -even) meeting Monica Bellucci on a 14th century terrace.
Twin Peaks
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