David Lynch Honored with Free Documentary, Family Meditation

Earlier this week, the entertainment community was shocked by the surprising passing David Lynch. As fans and collaborators Twin Peaks the creator Remember himHer family and the criteria channel want to help in their own way.

For standards, this means creating David Lynch: The Life The documentary is free to stream in the US with or without a subscription until January 31. Published in 2016, the life Covering the late filmmaker’s life up to that point, from his childhood and time as an art school painter to when he began work on his first film in 1977, Eraserhead. If you’ve got a Criterion sub, that documentary doesn’t have to be the end: the service also has several Lynch films in its catalog, such as Eraserhead, Inland Empire, And lost highway, In addition to related documentaries, on-set footage and “hours of interviews with the man himself and his key collaborators.” You can check out the Criterion’s Lynch playlist here.

Additionally, David Lynch has children—Jennifer, Austin, Riley, and Luna— Invited fans Join them for a 10 minute global group meditation tomorrow January 20th at 12 PM PT. It will mark his 79th birthday, and the four children hope it will serve as a “celebration of his life”. David was a pioneer of creativity, love and peace. […] Let us come together to honor his legacy by spreading peace and love around the world, wherever we are. Please take this time to meditate, reflect and send positivity out into the universe.”

If you live in LA, there’s another way to remember David Lynch: visit Bob’s eldest sonThe diner where he reportedly had lunch at 2:30pm every day for seven years. It was there that he took a picture with director John Waters, having a “chemistry lunch” for the future the peak Stars Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan, and she’ll be there, scrawled several ideas on dinner napkins. Since the news of his death, the only Burbank location has been visited by many visitors, and its five-foot Big Boy statue is now a the altar Filled with messages and photos from those associated with his work.

David Lynch, our beloved father, was a pioneer of creativity, love and peace. On Monday, January 20th—what would have been his 79th birthday—we invite you all to join us for 10 minutes at 12:00pm PST.

Let us come together, wherever we are… pic.twitter.com/Oj3L3FLZSF

— David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) January 18, 2025

So if you still need a way to remember or engage with the art and life of David Lynch, there are some ways you can do it whether you’re at home or in California.

[via the Hollywood Reporter]

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