David Lynch being a madman for a relentless 8 minutes and 30 seconds | cosmavoid 

Just like a David Lynch film - starts out fucking weird, shows incredible kindness, & ends like a beautiful dream.

The creator of this video is the actual madlad, he clickbaited us into thinking this was a generic meme but turned out to be a quite beautiful tribute to David Lynch.

I love how smoothly this video transitioned from a funny moments video into a genuine tribute to Lynch

David Lynch represents the best of the Baby Boomer generation: A rebel attitude, a generally optimistic outlook on life and, most of all, a solid staunch work ethic. No wonder so many of generations X-Z love him and admire him so much!

He has such an authentic personality. Kinda reminds me of Mr. Rogers, but like...the fever dream version.

To think there are men out there who are balding meanwhile David is, has, and will always be on the top of the hair game

The way David Lynch so genuinely hypes up all the actors he’s come to know and love over his career is heartwarming

I used to watch his weather report. He did it for years and often showed off his paintings. It was on its own website, a really tiny, bad quality video and he started this before youtube was even much of a thing. As the weather report did not often match the actual weather in LA I believe he was actually voicing a metaphor for his own mood that day. So brilliant. Apparently he still does it?? I’m off to check it out!

I'll never forget getting to meet David Lynch, briefly during a signing for Inland Empire, and I just gushed something like, "I think you're just wonderful!" or something equally trite and he smiled up at me and said, "Well, you're not so bad, yourself!"

*Dude has a badass haircut, rocks it better than 99% of 20year olds.*

It's not my top claim to fame, but I'll always be honored being directed by David Lynch as a heavy metal extra moshing in the "Wild at Heart" bar scene.

Lynch is absolutely a man in love with existence. He takes time to appreciate the small stuff, the silly stuff, the meaningless stuff.

I love this video bc it’s not just him being weird, it’s him being a friend and loving ppl

Seeing David Lynch crack up at his own Einstein gag was magical.

Someone writing a script: how do I pace this scene Lynch writing: the scene takes as long as it fuckin takes now where’s my coffee

What I love most is hearing these actors speak about him and how they genuinely love him. It's not the empty press sensitive fluff they typically speak about their co workers when doing the media circuit for a promo. They really loved their time working on his pictures.

I love Lynch for his empathy. Directors like Kubrick get lauded for their masterpieces but we all know he was an insufferable asshole behind the scenes. It’s so nice to see a master of his craft with love for his peers

"wood: wood is such a blessing to humanity..." I mean, the man aint wrong

Honestly, the last two minutes of this video gave me hope for the future of cinema and makes me want to binge watch every David Lynch project that exists.

I love the little scene where he and Laura Dern are just saying "I love you" to each other for like, 15 seconds straight. So sweet.

"Here's the thing with that champ. That's short for champion" - Me trying to make conversation

Appreciate this man while he’s here

There’s something oddly pure about hearing David Lynch curse.

It’s crazy what happens when a director actually understands art rather than making just some professional, well made product for a studio. The way that there is a palpable cohesion in a lot of the imagery, aesthetics, and themes of Lynch’s work is so enriching. The music, lighting, color palettes, placeless locations, unique and quirky characters, and esoteric themes all unite to create this specific aesthetic that’s all Lynch’s own.

if you read David’s books and watch his interviews it feels like he’s created his own world that he lives in and he lets us just peak in through his films

"Drives me nuts." "I love to eat cheese." Underrated segue.

6:33 something about the way Lynch talks about ideas is so beautiful

A lot of people think of David Lynch as being weird or cryptic but to me he’s probably the most sincere and rational person on the planet. He’s just sharing his ideas with us through his art. Ideas and dreams are often illogical and don’t seem to make any sense. I think it’s amazing how he’s able to take an abstract thought and give it physical form.

"who cares how long "a" scene is?" Proceeds to make 18 hours of TP3 God bless Mr. Lynch

His analogy of "fishing for ideas" is simply perfect.

Lynch is not insane or crazy. This is just how surrealists behave.

"He... looked at me." What a beautiful way to express the humanity of a person. And I will carry David's emotional speech about ideas forever.

He's not a madman at all. He's just eccentric, talented, and being his authentic self, which is so important. Many of us grow up being told to ''act normal'' which results in losing our authentic selves. Don't compromise it, if you're odd, then be odd :)

In Twin Peaks I thought he was just yelling because his character is deaf, but that's literally just how he talks and I'm only realising it with the two together.

the for your consideration thing was so heartwarming, like he didn't have the budget for it so he just did what he can. thats like something a dad would do for you in a sitcom or something 😢

Cinema would've lacked something magical without Lynch, a living legend indeed

Most actors David has been working with have become his friends and have endless admiration and gratefulness to him. What a wonderful human being he is.

I love how this started as a bunch of "random lol" clips, but its actually a wholesome and heartwarming love letter to Lynch and everything he stands for. Amazing work.

David Lynch is beyond whatever the human spectrum is capable of.

"What the f**k is David Lynch doing," I think is the perfect description of that man.

This just proves that humanity doesn’t need drugs or alcohol, all we need is to watch or listen to David Lynch for ten minutes

He's right: Laura Dern did deserve an Oscar for Inland Empire.

This started out as a "David Lynch without context" super cut and ends up morphing into what could be considered a micro essay about creativity. Bravo!

He makes such weird and esoteric films, and is so utterly un-pretentious. It's wonderful.

Many directors are passionate about what they do, but no director forms these kinds of relationships and a family like David does. Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, Kyle MacLachlan, they all appear in many of his works and they all have such positive things to say. He not only cares about making his artistic vision come to life but you can tell her cares about what happens behind the scenes and becomes a father figure or a best friend to many actors. Sure, there are other people like this, but David seems the most compassionate and caring.

“I went out with a placard and a cow for Laura Dern.” When people say Not All Men they mean David Lynch

What he says about ideas are so true. Dark, quiet places with your eyes closed. The ideas just create themselves, you just need to have little bit of a dialogue with them. They will blossom.

Dude is a class-act, and has a kaleidoscopic, yet acute, perspective of the world around him.

knowing you’ll never be david lynch because david lynch is already david lynch :(

The title says Madman, but what I just witnessed is a transcendent genius.

Ive become obsessed with him, so many great artists from different mediums get so involved in their own ideas they lose track of their goal in the first place. Lynch creates such terrifying, surreal, and expository movies, but still manages to come off as so genuine and positive in such a charming way. It makes me love his work that much more. There's something to be said for the perpetual pessimism of the jaded artist, but Lynch shows us the dark in the world so we can appreciate the beauty, and it reflects in his personality.

1:55 I love how Lynch laughs at his own thing like even he himself doesn't know what he's talking about

Ha. Great. Lynch seems like a great guy to invite to a dinner party, but whom you'd probably warn your others guests "he's eccentric."

I love how Lynch is like, the nicest big director in Hollywood.

He is explaining the creative process in one of the most elegant ways I have come across

Nothing can be a weirder experience than watching Lynch, Herzog, Sion sono and Nic cage having a conversation.

A madman? Perhaps...but definitely the kind of madman the world needs. Love David Lynch and his work...

I'd like to see Lynch and Herzog get together and discuss farm animals.

How can one person have so much genius and so little ego. What a great artist and human being. Also I love how every time he acts it’s super tongue in cheek and he constantly makes himself look ridiculous :D

I'm the only one who writes music for my band, it can be very overwhelming. I lost both my parents the year I started on it. Sometimes my head is so clouded I run into a wall creatively. I often come back to this video as a source of inspirational & enlightenment. Thanks for putting this together and making me cry happy tears.

"I had another Monica Bellucci dream" me tbh.

For me, David Lynch has a perfect personality.

"What the fuck is David Lynch doing?" gets me every time lmfao

David is such a mood that I inspire to

I see a guy who has found his passion, life's meaning, self-actualization, and flow, who - I'd bet - would score high in associative ability (a component to creativity).

I will always maintain that "Inland Empire" depicts the finest example of a director trusting his actor and an actor trusting her director that has ever been put on film!

This is without a doubt one of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had watching a RU-vid video

1:44 What a fucking legend.

"I had another Monica bellucci dream" me every night.

I don't know about you, but I was crying by the end of this video. He seems such a nice person. Love all of his works and love his commitment to his creations. One of the best of all time!

I love this man so much, I want to cry. I wish he could live forever.

Made me tear up at the end there. Great work. Realized how much less colorful the world will be without this man here.

as a person who has a poster of david lynch with the cow hanging above my bed, this video is a blessing. watching this while blasted on weed brownies has been the highlight of my summer.

...i wish i was at Bob's Big Boy Drinking a Chocolate Milkshake right Now

This is one hell of a tribute.

In the span of an eight and a half minute video and some minimal google searching I’ve gone from “Who the heck is David Lynch?” to “this man is now one of my role models”

0:58 is probably the best comedic cut I’ve seen in awhile

"Kale, you come to right about here. And you come in, Tidbit." Idk why but I started laughing so hard

I love this. So well compiled, edited and - dare I say - directed, how the images connect to the words and how everything crescendos in the end. First hilariously funny, then suddenly beautiful and moving.

It takes brilliance to frame David Lynch’s brilliance so well. Well done!

Can't just be me who thinks he got more handsome with age

"What's that buzzing?" "It's the lights" That's kind of important for Twin Peaks imo...

He is such a pure, beautiful soul. I hope he is doing well.

He’s a beautiful human and I hope he’s around for a while longer. I don’t think any human will harbor quite the natural beauty he does after he’s gone. Not just a national treasure but a treasure to the world. Just a pure genuine man. If he spoke for baby boomers, if they were more like him, I feel like the world would love them quite a lot more. I don’t think it’s a generational problem though. I think David is just one of those rare misunderstood angels in life that the world gets once in a great while. He’s truly an inspiration on how to look at life. When given nothing, you can still find that perfect sunny weather and the perfect temperature if you give it enough time and look deep enough. I’m mentally ill from a bad childhood directly caused by boomers and thanks to him, I know the bad doesn’t speak for them all. Love you Mr. Lynch, please keep doing what you do best: being yourself.

"I had another Monica Belucci dream" Man of taste as always

It's always so nice seeing David smile, especially when you how much he's gone through during the earlier years of his art life

lol his nicknames for the actors were so cute

Love how he treats every idea as though it truly is lightning in a bottle.

Who wouldn't want to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes with David Lynch?

This started out as a funny video and then somehow turned into an inspirational video with highly effective editing. Bravo!

I just got absolutely clickbaited into the most lovely tribute to Lynch's brilliance. Bravo! Have a great day everyone!

What a fantastic personality. A true power of artistic direction. Just that final quote and compilation has so much energy and soul to it. You can see why all the teams who have worked with him have such an attachment, and actively refused to work unless he was leading them. He essentially cultivated a family with each and every member. He joked about comparing himself to Einstein, but I genuinely believe he's one of, if not THE greatest artistic mind of this industry at the moment.

“I wasn’t disappointed... I was devastated” 😭 😂

My first exposure to David was a rant he had about watching a movie on a "telephone". He ended it with "Get real!".

Guys, the comments are as wholesome as the clips in the video. So full of love and admiration.

David Lynch behaves like any normal person would if they found themselves in Hollywood. It's such an unnatural enviorment, to be "normal" (as if there is nothing weird going on) is an act. Any real person would be walking around screaming WHAT THE FUCK, just like my man, Dave. P.s. This is beautiful.

a mad man with such a good heart and a impressive funny personality, I was laughing in the begining of this video, but in the end I was drained in tears... lynch changed my life.. he truly saved me, and gave the strength that nobody ever did, I wish he could know how much he inspired and help me and so with many people. today, I am alive and soon I will be a filmmaker 🖤 thank u to the person who did this incredible tribute to him! this is my fav place on youtube. a golden sunshine and love for everyone

The day I watched Eraserhead, I changed a bit. Don't know how though.

that last 2 minutes when he starts going on about ideas never fails to make me well up a bit. he puts it so beautifully and the music compliments it so well

There have only been very few truly unique talents like David Lynch. Like any good art in any medium, you see different things every time you look at it. His films and Twin Peaks series are like that. Unfolding, unpacking and discovering the mystery ...or just at the edge of discovering the mystery, which itself is a beautiful process. Lynch is a national treasure. America is so lucky he shared his talents with us at this point in history.