LOS ANGELES — David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely darkish imaginative and prescient in such films as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV collection “Twin Peaks,” has died simply days earlier than his 79th birthday.
His household introduced the loss of life in a Fb publish on Thursday. The reason for loss of life and site was not instantly out there, however Lynch had been public about his emphysema.
“We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole,’” the publish learn. “It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”
Lynch was a onetime artist who broke by means of within the Nineteen Seventies with the surreal “Eraserhead” and infrequently didn’t startle and encourage audiences and friends within the following many years. His notable releases ranged from the neo-noir “Mulholland Drive” to the skewed Gothic of “Blue Velvet” to the eclectic and eccentric “Twin Peaks.”
His different credit included the crime story “Wild at Heart,” winner of the Palme d’Or on the Cannes Movie Pageant; the biographical drama “The Elephant Man” and the G-rated, easy “The Straight Story.”