Dune was the late director's biggest creative heartbreak. But by filming an unfilmable sci-fi novel, he paved the way for Timothée Chalamet to ride the worm.

In his later life, Lynch charged into the digital frontier in his typically singular fashion. He used grainy digital video cameras to shoot the bizarre California epic Inland Empire mostly on his own dime;

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,

The late director’s unique vision and the love that his persona inspires make it easy to forget how winding his path to greatness was.

When “Twin Peaks” premiered in 1990, it expanded the cinematic potential of a TV episode and inspired a generation of showrunners.