"We’ll all meet again"- When David Lynch gave his opinion about death
David Lynch sadly passed away at the age of 78, three days before his 79th birthday, bringing a sense of immense loss to the Hollywood industry. The work of Lynch, regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers to have graced the world, stretched over half a century and established his surrealistic style as a statement across the industry.
Lynch, as a person, was perhaps just as vivid as his works. In an interview with The Guardian in 2018, the director dissected many of the things he felt, including his relationships with movies and what he felt about death, which is perhaps one of the things to look back on today.
Speaking of death, Lynch had said:
"Life is a short trip but always continuing,...We’ll all meet again. In enlightenment you realise what you truly are and go into immortality. You don’t ever have to die after that."
With thousands of fans and industry professionals mourning the loss, most would hope that David Lynch's words were true and that we would be able to meet the director again in some other form or life.
David Lynch gives his opinion on films
In this same interview with The Guardian, David Lynch spoke about a variety of things, including films and politics, but his opinions about movies were quite unique and exceptional.
Speaking about the certain confusion that many viewers are left with after watching his work, he said:
"I don’t ever explain it. Because it’s not a word thing. It would reduce it, make it smaller."
He further elaborated on talking about movies or any piece of art after making them. He said:
"When you finish anything, people want you to then talk about it. And I think it’s almost like a crime,...A film or a painting – each thing is its own sort of language and it’s not right to try to say the same thing in words. The words are not there. The language of film, cinema, is the language it was put into, and the English language – it’s not going to translate. It’s going to lose."
David Lynch also revealed that he didn't watch films at all. In fact, he hadn't seen any popular movies of recent times. He said:
"I saw my son Austin’s movie (Gray House, a documentary( last year, and I really liked it. I don’t think I’ve seen any other films."
The interviewer proceeded to ask about a few popular movies like The Shape of the Water and Dunkirk, to which Lynch said he didn't feel particularly curious about any movies. He said:
"Not really. I never was a movie buff. I like to make movies. I like to work. I don’t really like to go out."
Despite that, the filmmaker has always been able to create some of the most unique things ever seen on a screen. This further proves that both his style and content are extremely unique, and he barely even leaves the space to get inspired.
David Lynch's family announced earlier today that the director had passed away days before his birthday. Most details about his death remain under wraps as of now. Stay tuned for updates.
