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Director David Lynch Dead At 78

Filmmaker David Lynch, whose mind-bending and surreal creative vision enraptured mainstream audiences and elite cinematic connoisseurs alike, has died. The Oscar-nominated director of Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet, and the TV series Twin Peaks was 78.

David Lynch’s death was announced Thursday in a Facebook post from his family.

“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. 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.’ … It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

No cause of death was mentioned. Lynch, a longtime Los Angeles resident, said last year that he had been diagnosed with emphysema following a lifetime of smoking.

Widely regarded as one of the most important auteurs of the last forty years, David Lynch made movies that often defied description, creating non-linear narratives and swapped identities that broke totally with Hollywood cliches and conventions. As surreal and at times avant-garde as they could be, many of his works were grounded in an all-American and almost old-fashioned folksiness, with roots in Lynch’s own small-town upbringing.

 

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