The world was rocked today as the spirit of recently-passed filmmaker David Lynch popped down from heaven to possess Jeremy Paterno, a 50 year old Rest Is Politics fan and cycling enthusiast from Hammersmith, while he was on holiday with his family in Paris.

While there was no physical proof of the event, Lynch’s directorial stylings are unmistakeable; Jeremy was delivering groundbreaking film-making techniques, breaking cinematic convention and shocking an audience with a reminder of the constructedness of art with a thumb suddenly appearing in shot at random. Mr Paterno delivered similar shocking experimentation by introducing a murmuring narrator who seemed to have absolutely no idea what they were talking about, jarring shouts to a presence off-screen about suncream, and occasional periods where the sound of wind drowned out any dialogue at all.

Lynch’s tendency to experiment with shot composition was also on full display, with Jeremy opting to toy with expectation by shooting long shots of the sky just above the Eiffel Tower, panning down to satisfy the audience only when bringing the camera towards his face to turn it off.

The spirit of the beloved auteur also inspired the family father to play with the physical realities of filming, buying a Go-Pro in the Heathrow waiting room, using it once, and deciding it was too difficult, although not neglecting to accidentally leave it running until the battery ran out. Mr Lynch even influenced Jeremy to channel the challenging erotic element he often brought to his films with a brief, oddly shot sex scene (on the accidentally left-on Go Pro), toying with expectation once again by making the whole thing seem awkward and disappointing, and like no-one was meant to have seen it.

While David has probably returned to the tobacco filled halls of his palace in heaven, we can only hope he will continue to return to inspire experimental film-makers, including TikTok livestreamers, heterosexual boyfriends filming their partners’ outfit of the day videos, and grandparents attempting to send birthday wishes.

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