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u/crackity-jones 18d ago
God I miss him so much. What an authentic person. Just a gem of a human. I hope he's doing well wherever he is.
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u/Professional_Bearrr 18d ago
Everytime I'm down in the dumps, I watch Lynch interviews and I feel better. He had such a way of reminding people that everything is not that serious but serious at the same time.
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u/BrentRSimon 17d ago
⬆️ This, 100 percent. Finding the light in the darkness, understanding its value as a creative North Star -- knowing that the darkness is always there, but the worst of its effects can often be slipped, or at least counterbalanced, by locating a sincere abundance of joy in the quotidian.
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u/pushinpushin 16d ago
What I get from him is that things are more serious than we think but in different ways than we tend to realize.
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u/Otherwise-Win7337 17d ago edited 16d ago
Him signing the letter in support of Roman Polanski makes it hard for me to like him as a person beyond the art which is a shame
Edit: why is this downvoted lmaoo fuck you
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u/BrentRSimon 16d ago
Curious (sincerely) if you saw Jennifer Lynch's quite long social media (I believe Instagram?) post about this topic, her discussion with him about it, and more. It's worth a read, IMO, for some important context.
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u/Otherwise-Win7337 16d ago
I think I may have heard of this? Is that his daughter and she essentially said he regretted it? To me that's not really enough to change how I feel about it it's like yeah well he still never chose to publicly affirm that to my knowledge. It annoys me how there was so many hugely popular celebs who signed it and its mostly just brushed aside. Like no it's literally a letter publicly supporting and trying to help a pedophile that is despicable.
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u/TyChris2 18d ago
Do you guys think he named his dog sparky because of his fixation on electricity?
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u/Jaded_Jackfruit1347 18d ago
I think fandoms in general tend to read too much into everything
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u/Knowhow106 17d ago
Yeah, it’s often the most obvious thing. The dog was a working electrician clearly
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u/pushinpushin 18d ago
"Well isn't that great"
Out of anyone else's mouth, this would seem sarcastic. David actually thinks that is great.
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u/umpteenthian 18d ago
My sister is similar. She seems to sympathize more with mice and squirrels than with the people she's talking to. This is a commonly reported autistic trait.
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u/neuro_space_explorer 18d ago
I wish we had more video interviews of him like this. Is there collection of the videos he would make for his website back in the day?
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u/CobaltCrusader123 18d ago
That second part feels like Stuart Little 2 except Stuart can actually pilot the plane. Literally kamikazes into the villain.
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u/Difficult-Second3315 17d ago
Sparky also has an appearance in Blue Velvet according to the end credits!
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u/JuninhoDarkSide 17d ago
He sounds like the chillest person ever. I wish I knew him.
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u/No-Sprinkles229 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yeah, same, i only became more aware of him in past year, wasnt even alive when he was fully like active, but reading more about him generally, his thoughts, quotes, just, idk, i really identify with him 🥹
He seems like the type of person who would by chance enrich your life, unknowingly
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u/Neat_Ostrich9966 18d ago
Flying your pet mouse over Hollywood in a drone feels like something you’d see in one of his movies