David Lynch, the great American film director, has died at age 78

David Lynch , the great American film director, has died at age 78.

Lynch opened up the unsettling world of love, good, and evil; of dreams and nightmares.

The news of his death struck a visceral nerve for many; like David Bowie , Lynch was sui generis.

He belongs in the Pantheon of the American cinema.

David Lynch's films were of a time that never operated metaphysically rather than chronologically.

Dennis Hopper called Lynch “an American surrealist” The signifier “ American ” is inextricable from David Lynch ’s surrealism.

Diners cure alienation and hopelessness, and such an experience can only be found in America .