An interview with the Biggest David Lynch Fan I Know

keeping my eye on the donut with Alisa Marie.

I was in the midst of assembling a LEGO film camera with my family when I got the news of David Lynch’s passing. The first thing I did was go online to confirm it’s real, the second was texting my friend Alisa Marie. Alisa is a long time devotee and student of David Lynch’s works. She got me into Twin Peaks, we watched every single episode and Fire Walk With Me together (I still haven’t seen The Return, that’s up next). She’s from the Pacific North West. She studied film and watches more movies than anyone I know. She walked down the aisle to the Twin Peaks theme song.

Despite the heaviness of coming to terms with David Lynch’s absence, social media coming together (for the literal first time) to celebrate him both as a filmmaker and clearly a very lovely human has been so nice. I’d like to live in that world for a bit longer, so I invited Alisa over to answer 10 questions about David Lynch.

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