We have lost a master of the arts, and the best David Lynch movies and shows will officially go down in history as some of the greats. David Lynch, the unique creative mind behind such game-changing works as Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and Twin Peaks, has passed away at the age of 78, leaving the world a more strange and magical place than when he entered it.
Lynch's legacy is one of great love: for the man, and for his work. The outpouring of disbelief and veneration at the news of Lynch’s death has perhaps not been seen since we lost David Bowie almost a decade ago. And even the fact that these two great artists collaborated in their work is a gift that somehow holds a kind of dreamlike weight. Like Bowie, Lynch was a visionary. A one of a kind. A weaver of surreal dreams. A creator of some of the best movies that changed the people who lived within his world and were fortunate enough to be shown a glimpse inside his head. Like Bowie, Lynch is irreplaceable but leaves us with a body of work that is as boldly entertaining and baffling as it is important.
