The man who intrigued, inspired and amazed me with his cinematic masterpieces - David Lynch, is the king of film absurdity. Absurdity - a rather not too talked about term in film language is a cult theater specter, bravely taken up by playwrights like Beckett, Genet, Ionesco and several others. As absurd our life is, as absurd our feelings are, as absurd our existence and creation is, the art which is trying to express these feelings will be. A painter turned director, Lynch discovered a space in the film medium in which he could be intuitively absurd and dramatically consistent at the same time. He discovered the sub-conscious cinema. May be it was Bunuel who discovered it, may be Leos Carax puts it more perfectly, but it was Lynch who had the ability to haunt you with his film for your entire life. Six men getting sick, The Alphabet, The Amputee - these are not the themes of short film anyone would choose who wants to be a director. Neither were his paintings ordinary. '