Once someone told me that we are this generation that will go through the deaths of many icons. They were indeed right. January, which felt as if it stretched endlessly, seems like a month that takes with itself many. On the 30th, we lost Marianne Faithfull, and I do not need to remind you what happened on the 15th of January.

David Lynch died at the age of 78, after being diagnosed with emphysema. Lynch wasn’t just any director, he had the power of creating surreal realities but what’s more important his visions were appriciated by a mass. It’s not easy to create mad worlds that resemble with so many, perhaps his innovations came from one of his childhood memories where while “riding bikes at night with his brother on a small, quiet street, a naked woman emerged out of nowhere with a bloodied mouth. She walked toward the boys in a daze and sat down on the curb.”^[1] Anyhow, his unique style made it to the dictionaries as “Lynchian”.

Nominated 4 times for the Academy Awards, winning in 2019 honorary Oscar wasn’t from the beginning treated as a great mind as his first film Eraserhead was met with mixed reviews. However, I was lucky to see it as my very first from this director and on top of that it was at one of the screenings in cinema. I believe there is nothing else like seeing Lynch on a big screen, so as long as there are tribute screenings all around the world you should definitely go and buy your tickets. 

Lynch was mostly known for films such as Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet but my heart was stolen by The Elephant Man, also well known but not as much seen as the others. To this day I claim that it is the film that made me cry the most. I reckon the beauty of his films is how we can all find ourselves in them, even though at first glance they might seem out of a different relam.

Ultimately, many internet users quoted this strange yet brilliant man, and we should always appreciate the privilege of having lived in the same era as he did.

^[1] Norris, Kyle. “David Lynch, Who Directed Off-Kilter Classics, Dies at 78.” NPR, 16 Jan. 2025. ​​Available [online]: <https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5065737/david-lynch-dead>