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  Something important happened just two weeks ago. Something that changed cinema just that little bit more for the worst. Director David Lynch died at the age of 78. From the very beginning, Lynch’s output was something special and more than just a little unique – and God knows that’s something that we just can’t afford to lose in today’s cinema, clogged up as it is with unwanted and unasked-for remakes and endless superhero dreck. I first became aware of Lynch in 1990 with the arrival of the first season of Twin Peaks, his groundbreaking television series which was a ratings winner in many countries. Indeed it was a source of much topic of conversation between myself and my friends in that first year of college. So this was the first time I noticed Lynch as a director. Although, that’s not quite true. No. If I’m truthful, the very first time I was aware of Lynch’s work was some time in the mid-80s, when Lynch’s, The Elephant Man, was shown on late night television. It was the dire...