David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of surrealistic films including “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” and the co-creator of the cult drama series “Twin Peaks,” has passed away.
David Keith Lynch was born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, to Donald Walton Lynch, a U.S. Department of Agriculture research scientist, and Edwina “Sunny” Lynch, an English tutor. Raised in a middle-class family, Lynch’s childhood was marked by frequent relocations due to his father’s job, living in various small-town settings across Idaho, Washington, and Virginia.
I watched the 1984 Universal Pictures science fiction classic “Dune” on Netflix DVD. I hadn’t seen it since I went to Phipps Plaza, in Atlanta Georgia, in 1984. I wanted to watch it again before seeing the 2021 remake. It is the story of rival noble families that battle for control of the planet Arrakis, the only known source of the drug melange, also known as Spice. This Spice causes precognition, future vision, and is vital to space travel, making it the most vital commodity in the universe.
