Genius filmmaker, David Lynch passed away this Thursday, January 16, at the age of 78. What films had marked his life and inspired him as an artist? In interviews, the American shared the titles of his favorite works, including two French masterpieces.
Hollywood is in mourning. With the death of David Lynch, who died yesterday at the age of 78, the world of cinema has lost an immense artist, who leaves behind a fascinating filmography, made up of numerous cult works (Dune, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, etc.).
Giant of the 7th Art, David Lynch has influenced several generations of directors and has fascinated many spectators around the world. Spectators to whom he had advised to view certain major works, as recalled by the American site IndieWire. Our colleagues have in fact listed the filmmaker’s 10 favorite films, which he had mentioned in various interviews over the years.
Jacques Tati, reference director of David Lynch
Among the films cited by David Lynch, we find in particular The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming (1939). “Not a day goes by without me thinking about ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” he declared during a question and answer at the New York Film Festival in 2001. Then in 2008, in his book My Story true: meditation, consciousness and creativity (Sonatine editions), he wrote that according to him, four feature films represented in his opinion “perfect films”: Eight and a Half by Federico Fellini (1963), Rear Window by Alfred Hitcock (1954), Twilight Boulevard by Billy Wilder (1950), but also, coy, the French film Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday by Jacques Tati…
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