Why the dreams of David Lynch will never die

Why the dreams of David Lynch will never die

The dreams embodied in Lynch’s films leave you haunted, scared, and possessed, but if you had the courage to join him they are dreams that will be impossible to forget

At the end of the eighties, the director experimented with the format of the television series. And the result becomes an instant classic

David Lynch: the dark side of the American dream

For seven years, US director David Lynch drank the same chocolate milkshake each day at the same time from the same place in Los Angeles because he believed it helped his creativity. But given the famously weird apparitions in his work, from a human ear in the grass to telephones ringing in empty rooms and

David Lynch Saw the Nightmare Beneath the American Dream

His work could be weird, disturbing, nonlinear, even perverse. In life, he was almost comically old-fashioned. But there’s a method to the madness, and deep meaning to be discovered in the confusion he so expertly sowed.

David Lynch's filmography (1946-2025) is a parade of possessed characters that transform into someone else. A possession that also operates for the viewer. The post For David Lynch, dreams were the multiverse appeared first on Free Letters.

In a lifetime we will see a lot of movies and series. But only a small part of it will remain before our inner sight images for decades to come. We keep with us a severed ear in the grass, two cigarettes at once in Nicolas Cage's mouth, the championed dignity of the Elephant Man as a stand for all those who live in otherness and have a worse starting position. The fateful sadness of Laura Palmer, who senses that her end is nearing. We recall the…