David Lynch's Cigarette Cinema
For the iconic writer-director, who was diagnosed with emphysema before his death last week at 78, cigarettes were more than a habit—they were a form of meditation, a symbol of the art life, and an endless source of visual poetry. In Lynch's work, they were the only totem more omnipresent than coffee; we've charted his most enduring obsession one drag at a time.
For the iconic writer-director, who was diagnosed with emphysema before his death last week at 78, cigarettes were more than a habit—they were a form of meditation, a symbol of the art life, and an endless source of visual poetry. In Lynch's work, they were the only totem more omnipresent than coffee; we've charted his most enduring obsession one drag at a time.
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