The late director’s unique vision and the love that his persona inspires make it easy to forget how winding his path to greatness was.

Much like dreams, merely hearing Lynch's work described does not compare to experiencing his movies and TV series firsthand. Unconventional to the end, the director's filmography (plus Twin Peaks, indispensable to his oeuvre) almost always elicits strong responses, with each project re-assembling a number of core ideas, themes, and images.

Searching the Tribune’s photo archive for a picture from “Eraserhead,” the 1977 David Lynch film that concluded one phase of my moviegoing life in the late ’70s and cracked open a second, bigger one,

With the passing of beloved director David Lynch, many of the actors he worked with – along with countless staunch admirers – have shared emotional tributes and testaments to his legacy.

Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to David Lynch - whose death was announced yesterday - with a post on Instagram. Rossellini shared an image of the pair embracing. The caption read: "I loved him so much.