Our columnist remembers his time with the late filmmaker, who famously loathed dissecting his work — but hung on to a Boy Scout ethos one couldn't help but love.

Pioneering filmmaker, writer, artist and musician David Lynch, who upended storytelling norms with Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead and introduced thousands to the benefits of Transcendental Meditation through his David Lynch Foundation, had died at the age of 78, according to an announcement on his Facebook page.

This poignant drama, based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (renamed John in the film), stars John Hurt as a disfigured man navigating life in Victorian England with the help of a compassionate doctor (Anthony Hopkins). It was nominated for eight Academy Awards.