David Lynch is known for his experimental approach to film, his works include Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, The Elephant Man and Inland Empire.
American film director David Lynch has died at the age of 78, his family said.
In August 2024, Lynch said that due to years of smoking, he was diagnosed with emphysema and was unable to go outside.
Despite his diagnosis, Lynch said at the time that he was doing well and would never retire.
Experimental cinema
David Lynch is known for his experimental approach to film. His credits include the TV series Twin Peaks, the films Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, The Elephant Man and Inland Empire.
Many of the director’s films are known for their surreal atmosphere on the border between reality and dream.
Although his first major film, the dark and disturbing film Eraserhead, failed to impress critics, decades later, many prominent directors have admitted that Lynch’s work had a profound influence on them.
Awards
Lynch was nominated for an Oscar three times as the best director – for Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man and the erotic detective thriller Blue Velvet – but never won in this category.
However, in general, during his creative career, Lynch was awarded all the most prestigious film awards, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the honorary Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival, and an Oscar for outstanding achievements in cinema. .
The director’s last major project was Twin Peaks: The Return, released in 2017, a continuation of the cult series, whose two seasons were released in the early 1990s.
Linch and Ukraine
The last time Lynch visited Ukraine was in 2017. Then he opened a representative office of the international charity foundation David Lynch Foundation in Kyiv. The David Lynch Foundation teaches transcendental meditation and has offices in 7 countries. Celebrities such as Tom Gencks, Hugh Jackman, Clint Eastwood, Katy Perry, as well as famous businessmen, politicians and scientific luminaries work with him. In April 2009, Lynch, arriving in Kyiv, went to Boyarka to plant trees with his own hands. And Ukrainian celebrities Oleg Skrypka, EL Kravchuk and others helped him.
From the very beginning of the general invasion, Lynch supported Ukraine. On February 25, 2022, the film’s director spoke out in support of the Ukrainian people and condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On his YouTube channel, during the daily weather forecast, he called on the President of Russia to stop the aggression and stop sowing death and destruction in Ukraine.
“Today I’m thinking about the Ukrainians and the song Roads from Portishead,” the director began his address in weather forecast format. – If I could say something to President Vladimir Putin, I would say this: we all accept the same attitude towards ourselves as we treat other people. And there is a law of nature – a complex and swift law – that cannot be avoided. This law is what goes around. Now, Putin, you are sowing death and destruction. And you have everything. Ukrainians did not invade the country. You went and invaded their country. And this show we all have limited time. There is still time—there is still life—for you to reap what you have sown. My advice to you: save yourself, save the Ukrainians, save the world. Start socializing with your neighbors. Start building friendships. We are the family of the whole world. And there is no more room for such absurdities. Stop this attack!”
Source: korrespondent
