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David Lynch recently revealed that he is suffering from emphysema, which has left him confined to his home and no longer able to personally manage projects. Now in an interview with Peoplethe 78-year-old filmmaker has shared that he relies on supplemental oxygen for anything more strenuous than walking across the room.

“I can barely walk across a room. It’s like walking around with a plastic bag around your head,” he explained.

Lynch said that after a lifelong smoking habit, he was diagnosed with emphysema in 2020. Yet he did not quit smoking for another two years. “I saw the writing on the wall and it said, ‘You’re going to die in a week if you don’t stop,’” Lynch noted. “I could barely move without gasping for air. Quitting was my only choice.”

Because emphysema also makes him more vulnerable to other respiratory illnesses, Lynch is also permanently homebound.

Despite the situation he is in now, Lynch has no regrets about smoking. “I don’t regret it. It was important to me,” he said People. However, he also wants fellow smokers to use his current condition as a warning sign.

“I really wanted to convey this: think about it. You can stop doing these things that will eventually kill you. I owe it to them – and to myself – to say so.”

Lynch previously made it clear that he has no plans to stop making films and that he hopes to be able to direct remotely. His last major on-screen project was Twin Peaks: The Return in 2017. Earlier this year he teamed up with Chrystabell for a joint album called Cellophane memorieswhich was accompanied by several music videos directed by Lynch.

David Lynch requires supplemental oxygen, is permanently housebound due to emphysema
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