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Legendary filmmaker and artist David Lynch died Thursday at the age of 78. "He is no longer with us and there is a huge hole in the world," the director's family wrote online. "But, as he said, 'Focus on the donut, not the hole. It was a beautiful day, with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way."

The iconic director behind classics such as Eraserhead, blue velvet, mulholland driveand twin peaks - One of the best TV shows of all time - Lynch also directed music videos for bands like Nine Inch Nails, wrote his own music, and published several books during his lifetime, including a memoir biography dream space.

"What you read here is essentially one man in conversation with his own biography," as the book's introduction explains. Released in 2018, dream space The book, part biography and part memoir, was co-written by Kristine McKenna and Lynch. The book contains excerpts from more than 100 interviews with everyone from family members to collaborators throughout the visionary's life.

Where to buy David Lynch's memoir online: Read the book

dream space Available in paperback, hardcover and Amazon Kindle. Lynch and McKenna also recount dream space As an audiobook, fans of the director can listen on Audible. Plans start at $0.99/three months.

According to the book’s introduction, dream space "Providing a comprehensive look into the life and mind of one of our most enigmatic and original living artists," it delves into Lynch's films and key moments in his life, such as hearing rock music during his childhood.

"I remember discovering rock music as a kid, too," Lynch writes in the book dream space. "Rock 'n' roll makes you dream, gives you a feeling, and when I first heard it, it was so powerful. Music has changed since the birth of rock 'n' roll, but the difference is not as big as it was when rock 'n' roll came on the scene because The music before was so different, it was like it came out of nowhere, but we didn't hear it, and we didn't really hear jazz, except for Brubeck in 1959. The quartet released “Blue Rondo à la Turk," I just went crazy. Mr. Smith owned the album and I listened to it at the Smiths' house and fell in love with it."

Elsewhere in the chapter, Lynch recalls growing up watching movies in the 1950s. dream space. "I remember seeing Gone with the wind In an outdoor theater at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on a summer night, on the big screen outside - that was wonderful. I don’t remember telling my brother about the movie or the first time I saw it The Wizard of Ozbut whenever it happens, it bothers me. But I'm not alone. It bothers a lot of people. "

In addition to the book, fans of Lynch's work can purchase DVDs and Blu-rays of several of the director's films and TV shows online, including complete versions twin peaks collect.

Where to buy David Lynch's memoir online: Read the book

Watching

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one rolling stonesThe best TV show ever, Lynch's twin peaks Now available on DVD and Blu-ray. “David Lynch and Mark Frost’s original blend of gothic murder mystery, soap opera melodrama and supernatural horror is something most viewers will have seen in the old days when everyone only had three or four TV channels The strangest thing." rolling stones Wrote this show.

pick up a copy dream space Available now in paperback or hardcover on Amazon.