The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.

With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.

David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind such cult classics as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive has died. He was 78. Lynch’s death was announced in a Facebook post by his family on Thursday afternoon.