David Lynch’s Electric Dreams and Atomic Nightmares

The loss of David Lynch — the great American filmmaker, painter, musician, and transcendental meditation evangelist — is  profound. More than any other American artist, Lynch peered at the opaque conditions of contemporary life and saw the sheer horror and dislocation of the modern experience. His films juxtaposed the picaresque exterior of American suburban life with the relentless undercurrent of casual violence and cruelty that lurk just below the surface.