David Lynch Honored with Free Documentary, Household Meditation

Earlier this week, the leisure neighborhood was thrown into shock by the shock passing of David Lynch. As followers and collaborators of the Twin Peaks creator remember him, his household and the Criterion Channel need to assist with that in their very own particular person methods.

For Criterion, this implies making the David Lynch: The Life documentary free to stream within the US, with or and not using a subscription, by means of January 31. Launched in 2016, The Life covers the late filmmaker’s life as much as that time, from his childhood and time as an artwork faculty painter to starting manufacturing on his 1977 debut movie, Eraserhead. If you happen to’ve acquired a Criterion sub, that documentary doesn’t must be the tip of it: the service additionally options a number of Lynch movies in its catalog like Eraserhead, Inland Empire, and Misplaced Freeway, along with associated documentaries, on-set footage, and “hours of interviews with the person himself and his key collaborators.” You’ll be able to see Criterion’s Lynch playlist here.

Moreover, David Lynch’s kids—Jennifer, Austin, Riley, and Luna—have invited fans to affix them on a 10-minute worldwide group meditation at 12 PM PT on tomorrow, January 20.  That might’ve marked his 79th birthday, and the 4 kids hope this serves as a “celebration of his life. David was a guiding mild of creativity, love, and peace. […] Allow us to come collectively, wherever we’re, to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love the world over. Please take this time to meditate, mirror, and ship positivity into the universe.”

If you happen to occur to stay in LA, there’s one other strategy to keep in mind David Lynch: visiting Bob’s Big Boy, the diner the place he’d reportedly have lunch every single day at 2:30 PM for seven years straight. It was there the place he took a photograph with director John Waters, did a “chemistry lunch” for future Peaks stars Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan, and he’d be there, jotting down a number of concepts on the diner’s napkins. Since information of his passing, the only Burbank location has picked up loads of guests, and its five-foot Large Boy statue is at present an altar stuffed with messages and footage from those that related together with his work.

David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding mild of creativity, love, and peace. On Monday, January twentieth—what would have been his 79th birthday—we invite you all to affix us in a worldwide group meditation at 12:00pm NOON PST for 10 minutes.

Allow us to come collectively, wherever we… pic.twitter.com/Oj3L3FLZSF

— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) January 18, 2025

So should you nonetheless want a strategy to keep in mind or change into entrenched in David Lynch’s artwork and life, you’ve acquired some methods to do it, whether or not you’re at dwelling or in California.

[via the Hollywood Reporter]

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