Have a Great Day: David Lynch (1946-2025) | Roger Ebert

It was sad that we lost David Lynch. My first knowledge of Lynch came from watching Twin Peaks in college. I didn’t see it on the air, but borrowed a friend's copies that were recorded on Super VHS. I watched them all in a weekend or so. I also owned all of the Twin Peaks episodes on Laserdisc at one point, with special introductions from the Log Lady. I had actually seen Wild at Heart as a freshman before that but had no idea that was Lynch. I branched in to the Lynch universe and actually really liked his version of Dune that is often panned. I thought it was great and watched it several times. Mulholland Drive was great. I even suffered through Eraserhead once. Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Fire Walk With me. All of it was amazing. He was a true artist.

For me though I will always go back to Twin Peaks. That was incredible stuff. The 2017 revisit of Twin Peaks was good as well, but freaked me out. :-)