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David Lynch has died

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1190 points wut42 | 5 comments | 16 Jan 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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handfuloflight ◴[16 Jan 25 19:04 UTC] No.42729452[source]▶
"My childhood was elegant homes, tree-lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America as it's supposed to be. But on the cherry tree there's this pitch oozing out – some black, some yellow, and millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath. Because I grew up in a perfect world, other things were a contrast."

David Lynch

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nathcd ◴[16 Jan 25 19:26 UTC] No.42729726[source]▶
"What a heavy load Einstein must've had. Fuckin' morons, everywhere."

David Lynch

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sk11001 ◴[16 Jan 25 19:32 UTC] No.42729798[source]▶
I have never seen a single one of his movies but I love watching interviews with him, he had an amazing presence and so much energy.
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1. Vetch ◴[16 Jan 25 20:49 UTC] No.42730723[source]▶
I'm also ashamed to say I've also never seen any of his movies and TV series but this still hits hard because of his influence on some my most cherished fictional properties. These are Alan Wake/Control, Silent Hill 1&2, Returnal and Disco Elysium.

Actually, his influence on how surrealist fiction is presented throughout all media cannot be understated. I was surprised to read even the original Zelda has him as an influence. Majora's Mask does feel particularly Lynchian.

It would not surprise me if the Souls games and at least the later Berserks (late 90s/early 2000s forward) were either directly or 1-step indirectly influenced by Lynch.

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2. wdbbdw ◴[16 Jan 25 21:53 UTC] No.42731395[source]▶
I think it was less the original Zelda than it was Link's Awakening that had the Lynch influence, specifically influence by Twin Peaks

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/12/feature_how_david_...

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3. _hzw ◴[16 Jan 25 22:05 UTC] No.42731506[source]▶
An (un)obvious connection between Eraserhead and Bloodborne (spoiler!):

https://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/xgu21c/eraserhe...

4. staticman2 ◴[17 Jan 25 17:30 UTC] No.42740835[source]▶
There's no possibility Lynch inspired the original Zelda.

The original Zelda was released way before Lynch's Twin Peaks, which was a hit in Japan, was even in production. The look of the protagonist of Zelda was inspired by Disney's Peter Pan. The pig villain was inspired by a pig man in Journey to the West.

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5. chalupaman ◴[18 Jan 25 06:00 UTC] No.42746228{3}[source]▶
It was the fourth Zelda, Link’s Awakening (1993), that was inspired by Lynch and Twin Peaks. If you’ve played it, the influence in that one is apparent — it’s about Link discovering an isolated community of eccentrics hiding a secret, and dreams play a major role. The game’s director, Takashi Tezuka, specifically wanted to emulate the mood of Dale Cooper discovering the town of Twin Peaks, meeting its oddball inhabitants, and trying to figure out what they’re hiding.