12:24 – Why Twin Peaks is a cult series
David Lynch leaves behind a filmography punctuated by surreal and singular works that have become classics of the American seventh art… but also of television! It is to his collaboration with Mark Frost that we owe the cult series Twin Peaks in 1990, in which an FBI agent goes to a strange town to investigate the death of a high school student, Laura Palmer. Eyeing the codes of the soap while establishing a fantastic and dark atmosphere, it had an important cultural influence, thanks in particular to the music of Angelo Badalamenti, its colorful characters (the woman with the log in particular), its aesthetic ( who forgot the Red Room?). Canceled due to a drop in audiences during season 2 (due to the revelation of the assassin), it nevertheless gave rise to a film in 1992 (Twin Peaks: Fire walk with me which tells the last days of Laura Palmer), then to a season 3 25 years later.
11:29 – Kyle Machlachlan mourns David Lynch
“I will miss him more than the limits of language can express and more than my heart can bear.” Kyle Machlachlan, revealed by David Lynch in Dune before playing under his direction in Twin Peaks And Blue Velvetloses a dear friend with the death of the director. On Instagram, the actor paid a moving tribute to “the most authentically alive person he has ever met”, the one to whom he “owes his entire career and his life”. “I saw him as an enigmatic and intuitive man, who had an ocean of creativity flowing out of him. The world lost a remarkable artist, I lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and gave me allowed me to explore worlds I wasn’t even aware of. His love for me, and the love I had for him was the result of a cosmic meeting of two beings capable of seeing the best in themselves. same in the other. My world is. much fuller because I knew him, and much emptier now that he is gone.”
11:15 – David Lynch’s family has not communicated the causes of death
It was the family of David Lynch who announced the sad news of his death on Facebook on Thursday January 16. However, the causes of death of the 78-year-old director have not been specified. His loved ones asked that their privacy be respected at this complicated moment, before adding: “There is a big void in the world now that he has left us. But, as he would have said himself: ‘ keep your eyes on the donut, not the hole’ It’s a beautiful day with a golden sunrise and blue skies as far as the eye can see.”
10:39 – What is emphysema, a disease from which David Lynch suffered?
The causes of the director’s death at the age of 78 have not been revealed by his family. We did not know of any specific illness, other than emphysema, which David Lynch revealed he was suffering from in the summer of 2024. Emphysema is a lung disease which is characterized by the destruction of the wall of the alveoli. This causes breathing difficulty. There is no curative treatment, although stopping cigarettes (which David Lynch had done for two years) and tobacco can prevent the disease from worsening.
10:00 – Nicolas Cage pays tribute to a “brilliant” artist
Among David Lynch’s contributors is Nicolas Cage. The actor filmed under his direction in Sailor and Lulawho won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. He paid tribute to a “brilliant” and “courageous” artist, endowed with a “joyful sense of humor”. “I never had more fun than when I worked with David Lynch. He was always excellent.”
09:40 – “I will never retire”: when David Lynch opened up about his health problems
On August 5, 2024, David Lynch spoke on the social network “Yes, I have emphysema after several years of smoking,” he wrote, going on to describe his love for tobacco. “But there is a price to pay, and for me, that price is emphysema. I stopped smoking two years ago.” He then detailed that he had done numerous health tests, and that he was “in excellent health, with the exception of emphysema”. “I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire.”