David Lynch made many tremendous works of art over his staggering career. His 2001 film Mulholland Drive is often cited as one of the greatest films of the 21st century. His television series, 1990’s Twin Peaks and 2017’s Twin Peaks: The Return has received similarly titanic praise.

Blue Velvet ’s freaky Frank Booth huffing, well, whatever that stuff is, Lost Highway ’s spine-chilling Mystery Man, or Wild at Heart ’s Sailor kung fu-kicking in a snakeskin jacket—Lynch wasn’t trying to be controversial.

In his later life, Lynch charged into the digital frontier in his typically singular fashion. He used grainy digital video cameras to shoot the bizarre California epic Inland Empire mostly on his own dime;