Lynch’s work is unique and influential enough to have spawned the adjective “Lynchian”, which, like the man himself, is at once both easy to recognise and hard to define. It involved a unique storytelling approach, surrealistic visuals, atmospheric techniques and complex characters.

David Lynch, Hollywood's most prominent surrealist filmmaker, died this week, leaving a void in our world that probably won't be filled any time soon. Lynch was simply too singular of a personaltiy — making extremely bizarre stuff that most people can't parse at all is not usually a path to stardom,