David Lynch Remembered By Laura Dern and More

Beloved director David Lynch He died on January 15, and when his family announced the news the next day, Hollywood mourned the loss of the great director, including the stars of his many films. Laura Dern, a key actress in Lynch’s world, remembered him on his birthday, January 20. “I will love and miss you every day for the rest of my life,” she wrote in the post along with a photo of them looking into each other’s eyes. Isabella Rossellini, his former partner, paid the sum Tribute on Instagram. “I loved him so much,” she wrote in the caption of her post, alongside a photo of herself and Lynch. “Thank you for all your kind messages.”

Nicolas Cage, who starred in Lynch’s film wild at heart, He said Delivery time The director was a “unique genius of cinema” and looked back fondly on their laughter while working together. “He was brave, brilliant, a maverick with a delightful sense of humour,” Cage added. “I’ve never had more fun shooting a movie than working with David Lynch. He will always be pure gold.” Kyle MacLachlan He recalled the beginnings of his long career working with Lynch when they first met Sand dunes: “He clearly saw something in me that I didn’t even recognize. I owe my entire career, really my life, to his vision.”

Mulholland Drive Star Naomi Watts thanked Lynch for her outstanding role in his film on Instagram, and shared a beautiful photo of herself kissing him on the cheek. “His creative guidance was really powerful.” I wrote. “He put me on the map. The world I’d been trying to break into for over ten years, failing tests left and right. Finally I sat in front of a curious man, radiating light, speaking words from another age, making me laugh and comforting. How he saw me even when I was completely hidden, even That I lost sight of myself?!”

Laura Dern – who collaborated with Lynch on Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Inland Empire, and Twin Peaks: Back – Emphasized Lynch’s connection to Los Angeles. She wrote a letter to Lynch on his birthday, which was published in New York Los Angeles times. “You left us in the midst of utter brokenness in our city, our beloved Los Angeles, the place we used to call home. I know you were concerned about everyone’s grief and loss, and yet, like your films, while the horror was happening, you always believed in the light and goodness in people and held hope for our city and all of us.” Lives here,” he wrote. On our dreams but he also wove Los Angeles forever. “Angeles in them.”

Below, more tributes from directors like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese as well as Lynch-ian stars including Lee Grant and Rebecca Del Rio.

In a statement to Variety, Spielberg remembered Lynch as a “visionary,” writing, “I loved David’s films. ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive,’ and ‘Elephant Man’ defined him as a unique visionary who made films that felt like they were made.” I met David when he played John Ford in The Fabelmans. Here was one of my heroes – David Lynch playing one of my heroes. It was surreal and it looked like a scene from one of David’s own films The world misses such an original and unique voice. His films have truly stood the test of time and always will.

In a statement to EndeavourScorsese explains why Lynch was the very definition of a visionary: “I hear and read the word ‘visionary’ a lot these days – it’s become a kind of catch-all description, another piece of promotional language. But David Lynch was truly a visionary – in fact, it was possible Inventing the word to describe the man, the films, the series, the images and the sounds he left behind. He created forms that looked like they were about to collapse, but never did. He put images on screen unlike anything I or anyone else had ever seen – he made it all strange And strange, revelatory, and fresh. And absolutely uncompromising, from beginning to end. It’s a sad, sad day for filmmakers and fans of cinema and the art of cinema Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Both Twin Peaks Series and movie Fire with Me, Lost Highway, Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire…As the years and decades pass, it will continue to grow and deepen. “We were lucky to have David Lynch.”