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Twin Peaks film director David Lynch dies at 78

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David Lynch, the American filmmaker whose works include the surrealist cult classics Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks, has died aged 78.

Lynch’s death was announced on his official Facebook page by his family.

“There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us,” the post said.

“But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ … It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

Lynch revealed in August last year he was battling emphysema, a chronic lung disease, from “many years of smoking”.

Considered by many a maverick filmmaker, he received three best director Oscar nominations throughout his career for his work on Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive.

His last major project was Twin Peaks: The Return, which was broadcast in 2017, and continued the TV series that ran for two seasons in the early 1990s.

He won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for Wild at Heart in 1990.

The star of that film, Nicolas Cage, told the BBC World Service’s Newshour programme he was one of the main reasons he fell in love with cinema.  “I used to see his movie Eraserhead in Santa Monica,” he said. “He’s largely instrumental for why I got into filmmaking. He was one of a kind. He can’t be replaced.”

Fellow film director Steven Spielberg said he was a “singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade”.

“The world is going to miss such an original and unique voice,” Spielberg said in a statement to Variety.

Director Ron Howard paid tribute on social media, calling him a “gracious man and fearless artist who followed his heart & soul proved that radical experimentation could yield unforgettable cinema”.

Musician Moby, for whom Lynch directed the video for Shot In The Back Of The Head, said he was “just heartbroken”.

[BBC]

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