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David Lynch says he is not retiring after revealing he is too ill to direct films in person

The Twin Peaks creator says he has emphysema caused by smoking and cannot leave the house because of the risk of Covid

In an interview with Sight and Sound magazine, Lynch said: “I’ve gotten emphysema from smoking for so long, and so I’m homebound whether I like it or not. Lynch’s most recent full-length production was the 18-episode TV series Twin Peaks: The Return, which premiered on Showtime in 2017, and his last feature film was Inland Empire, released in 2006. Lynch’s unrealised projects include a feature film script Antelope Don’t Run No More, apparently completed in 2010, and a rumoured 13-part Netflix series called Wisteria/Unrecorded Night, supposedly in development in 2020.

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