Lynch’s weather reports attracted a dedicated following in themselves, becoming such a part of the fabric of Los Angeles — his adopted home for many years, and a lifelong fascination of his he often transmuted on film — that his forecasts were later broadcast on NPR affiliate KCRW.

An L.A. native, John Lopez has written for Strange Angel, Seven Seconds, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Terminal List. He was also an associate producer on The Two Faces of January and spent years assisting Tom Sternberg, producer of Lost Highway.

With the city still reeling from the destruction and loss from the wildfires, local Lynch devotees paid homage to the writer-director with coffee and milkshakes at his favorite Burbank diner.

The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.

There are many reasons to mourn the gloriously weird filmmaker, but I will never forget his COVID-era L.A. weather reports.

The filmmaker invited us to open our minds to the impossible, with movies such as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" that defined an American surrealism.

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who brought surrealist storytelling to the mainstream via 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' has died. He was 78.

Fremaux programmed "Mulholland Drive" at Cannes in 2001, beginning a relationship with the filmmaker that continued until Lynch's passing this past week.

Lynch has directed 10 feature-length films with prolific actors like Anthony Hopkins, Laura Dern, Nicholas Cage, and Kyle MacLachlan, as well as the beloved television show he co-created with Mark Frost, 'Twin Peaks.' Lynch's first full-length film is available to stream on Max and to purchase or rent on Prime Video and YouTube.

David Lynch has died at 78. The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks.”

Much like dreams, merely hearing Lynch's work described does not compare to experiencing his movies and TV series firsthand. Unconventional to the end, the director's filmography (plus Twin Peaks, indispensable to his oeuvre) almost always elicits strong responses, with each project re-assembling a number of core ideas, themes, and images.

The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists.