US film director David Lynch has created cult classics such as “Blue Velvet”, “Wild at Heart” and “Twin Peaks”. At the age of 78, he announces an incurable illness – but he wants to continue working.
US director David Lynch does not want to say goodbye to the film business despite a serious lung disease. As a long-time smoker, he has developed pulmonary emphysema, the 78-year-old announced on Monday (local time) on the X platform. He enjoyed smoking very much, but now he is paying the price for it. He stopped smoking two years ago. Apart from the emphysema diagnosis, he is in “excellent shape”. He is happy and will “never” retire, Lynch continued. With pulmonary emphysema, air accumulates in the lungs and is not used up during gas exchange during breathing. This reduces the volume of the lungs that can be used for breathing.
The disease severely limits David Lynch
The director had previously spoken about the illness in an interview with the British magazine “Sight & Sound” and said that he was now largely confined to his house and had to be very careful. Directing on set was currently hardly conceivable for him, he could only contribute from a distance.
The director of cult classics such as “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet,” and “Wild at Heart” brought new episodes of the mystery cult series “Twin Peaks” to the screen in 2017. Lynch has also made short films and written screenplays in recent years. He appeared as an actor in “The Fablemans” (2022) for director Steven Spielberg. In the autobiographical drama, he had a small role as film director John Ford.
Source: Stern
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