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Tributes Paid to Acclaimed Filmmaker David Lynch After His Death at 78

Tributes Paid to Acclaimed Filmmaker David Lynch After His Death at 78

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David Lynch, a renowned film director, screenwriter, and artist, died at the age of 78. It is known that Lynch had been open about his struggles with emphysema, a chronic lung disease. Lynch is best known for co-creating the groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks and for directing arthouse hits such as Eraserhead and Blue Velvet. His family announced his passing on his official Facebook page, stating that there is a "big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us." Notable figures in the industry, including Steven Spielberg and Nicolas Cage, have paid tribute to Lynch, with Spielberg quoting a phrase Lynch was known for ("Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole") and Cage describing him as "one of the greatest artists of this or any time."

Lara Flynn Boyle
1. There goes the true Willy Wonka of film-making. I feel like I got the golden ticket getting a chance to work with him. He will be greatly missed.
Jane Schoenbrun
1. He was the first to show me another world, a beautiful one of love and danger I sensed but had never seen outside sleep.
Laura Harring
1. All artists and humans who came across you, will mourn your passing on, but I know you are creating movies, writing, painting and meditating from up above.
David Lynch
1. To the Academy and everyone who helped me along the way, thanks.
Steven Spielberg
1. Here was one of my heroes (Ford) – David Lynch playing one of my heroes. It was surreal and seemed like a scene out of one of David's own movies.
Kyle MacLachlan
1. Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big-budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn't recognise. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.
2. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I've lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.
Nicolas Cage
1. He's largely instrumental for why I got into filmmaking. He was one of a kind. He can't be replaced.
2. He was brave, brilliant, and a maverick with a joyful sense of humor. I never had more fun on a film set than working with David Lynch. He will always be solid gold.
3. I used to see his movie Eraserhead in Santa Monica.

Tributes Paid to Acclaimed Filmmaker David Lynch After His Death at 78

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