How to stream the works of the late David Lynch, who died at 78
How to stream the works of the late David Lynch, who died at 78
The Oscar and Emmy-nominated auteur has been on the cutting edge of film and television for decades.
Hollywood has lost one of the most influential filmmakers of the past half-century. Surrealist visionary David Lynch died on Thursday, Jan. 16 at the age of 78 leaving behind a legacy and library of storytelling experimentation that has inspired generations of filmmakers and audiences. Starting with his first film, “Eraserhead” in 1977, Lynch pushed the boundaries of what popular film and TV looked like.
Throughout his career, the auteur was nominated for four Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys. His projects are often characterized by having a nearly dream-like quality and an enveloping sound design. Lynch’s bizarre, off-beat mystery series “Twin Peaks” premiered in 1990 before wrapping up initially the following year. A film continuation “Fire Walk With Me,” premiered in 1992, and Lynch returned to the titular Pacific Northwest town in 2017 for a third official season.
Whether it is his take on the stage classic “The Elephant Man,” his iconic adaptation of “Dune,” or his modern classic “Mulholland Drive,” the works of David Lynch were always revolutionary, imaginative, and compelling.
In honor of the legend, we have rounded up how you can stream all of his works. Godspeed, Mr. Lynch.
How to stream the films of David Lynch
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Eraserhead
September 28, 1977Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
This film was David Lynch’s debut. Stanley Kubrick reportedly screened “Eraserhead” for the cast and crew of “The Shining” to “put them in the mood” before filming. Swiss artist H. R. Giger cited the movie as “one of the greatest films [he had] ever seen.”
In 2004, “Eraserhead” was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress.
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The Elephant Man
October 9, 1980A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his “owner” as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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Dune
December 14, 1984In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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Blue Velvet
September 19, 1986Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
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Wild at Heart
August 17, 1990After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula’s mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who’s also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
June 3, 1992In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.
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Lost Highway
January 15, 1997A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
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The Straight Story
October 15, 1999A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver’s license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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Mulholland Drive
June 6, 2001Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
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Inland Empire
December 6, 2006An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
How to stream the TV series of David Lynch
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Twin Peaks
April 8, 1990The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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On the Air
June 20, 1992The year is 1957. The cast and crew of the Lester Guy Show are extremely apprehensive about their upcoming live television broadcast on the Zoblotnick Broadcasting Co. network. Lester Guy despises fellow cast member Betty Hudson for unknowingly becoming more popular than him and schemes to destroy her career. Only two of the seven episodes were written by David Lynch.
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Hotel Room
January 8, 1993The lives of several people spanning from 1936 to 1993 are chronicled during their overnight stay at a New York City hotel room.
