It would be convenient to say that I was so cool that I watched it on purpose, an artsy queer suburban kid desperate for culture. I happened upon it by some mysterious channel surfing synchronicity and kept watching,

David Lynch’s children, Jennifer, Austin, Riley, and Lula Lynch, will hold a brief group meditation tomorrow, January 20, as a tribute to their late father, David Lynch, who died Thursday. Tomorrow, January 20th, would have been the director’s 79th birthday. This “worldwide group meditation” will begin at 12 PM PST and last 10 minutes.

To honor the life of their father David Lynch, Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch will host a "worldwide group meditation."

That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose family announced his death Jan. 16, 2025. Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today.

There’s a sort of evil out there,” says Sheriff Truman in an episode of David Lynch’s iconic TV series,Twin Peaks. That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose family announced hsi death on January 16.

David Lynch wasn't just a filmmaker, he was also a gifted actor who was willing to commit to any bit, including interrogating a monkey for murder.