The artistic world has been in shock since the announcement of the death of David Lynch, an essential director of the 7th Art, famous for his intense proposals, his inimitable style and his incisive look at the world, life and death.
At 78 years old, David Lynch will have marked several eras thanks to numerous cinema masterpieces including Elephant Man in 1980, Blue Velvet in 1986, Sailor et Lula in 1990 or even Mulholland Drive in 2001. David Lynch also revolutionized the world of television thanks to his cult work Twin Peaksa leading figure in TV series since the 1990s.
Many personalities have paid tribute to him in recent hours, including Steven Spielberg, who directed him in The Fabelmans (2022) during a short scene. The director speaks for Variety “ a singular dreamer and visionary who made films giving the sensation of handmade “. For his part, Kyle MacLachlan, emblematic actor of Twin Peaks and of Dune (1984) said on Instagram that he “ owes his entire career, and his life, really, to his vision “. Finally, Naomi Watts, star of Mulholland Drivetalks about a mentor at “ the powerful creative. » To celebrate David Lynch, L’Éclaireur looks back on three anecdotes to know about the director.
1. He was also a designer
Very early in his career, David Lynch tried several artistic expressions, including drawing and comics. If the filmmaker does not make a career in this field, he regularly returns to drawings, and depicts some of his ideas, his themes or his obsessions. Choleric in his youth, David Lynch notably used drawing to express contained rage, as in the short comic strip The Angriest Dog in the Worldwhich features a dog who can only growl, whatever the situation.
Also a painter for several decades, David Lynch’s works are as mysterious as they are hypnotizing. A documentary dedicated to this singular part of his life named David Lynch : The Art Life comes back to it in particular. Recently, Lynch signed the preface to the screenplay forAnatomy of a fall by Justine Triet, and created the cover illustration.
2. One of his films is almost auto-biographical
Throughout his career, David Lynch has left his mark on cinema with films as inventive as they are different, often dealing with humanity as a whole, between despair, dreams and surrealism. One of his works nevertheless has a special place in his filmography: Blue Velvet. Released in 1986 with Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern, Blue Velvet follows the return to North Carolina of a young student after his father’s illness.
He quickly faces intriguing events and intense encounters. The film, fiction, still has an autobiographic element. David Lynch made no secret of it, the town of Lumberton is greatly inspired by the filmmaker’s childhood town, Spokane in Washington State. Kyle MacLachlan is also dressed like David Lynch, and the whole build around the father echoes the director’s life.
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3. One last musical project
David Lynch’s last film dates from 2006 and is called Inland Empire. Since then, rumors have been circulating concerning a possible return of the director to the big screen, who in recent years has preferred to devote himself to other artistic expressions such as television, painting or even acting. Music has also been an important part of David Lynch’s career and his latest project is linked to the group Chrystabell, with whom he collaborated on the album Cellophane Memories, to the point of directing the music video for one of pieces, Sublime Eternal Lovereleased in August 2024.
During the summer and around this project, David Lynch still spoke of his desire for cinema, in particular the desire to one day direct an animated feature film. Appointed SnootworldLynch had been working on it for two decades and intended to draw inspiration from fairy tales but in his own way; the witness to a lifetime of unique works and memorable art.
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