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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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!"

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Appreciate this man while he’s here

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

"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.

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 😢

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

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

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.

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.

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

David is such a mood that I inspire to

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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

"I had another Monica Bellucci dream" me tbh.

This is one hell of a tribute.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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."

For me, David Lynch has a perfect personality.

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.

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

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).

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

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

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

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 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!

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

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

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

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

lol his nicknames for the actors were so cute

1:44 What a fucking legend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

i love how he actually broke at 1:55

I love how a lot of the actors he works with has that Lynch impression, it's just adorable.

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.

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

it’s 2am and i’m lying in bed with the biggest damn smile on my face

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

It's going to be a sad day when David passes away

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

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

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.

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