David Lynch: five best moments 

David Lynch in a printing studio in Paris, 2011. Photograph: Linda Nylind

Earlier this week, Harriet Gibsone reported on a group of musicians who will pay homage to David Lynch by playing a number of pieces from his films in a live event at the Barbican in London. In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited will feature performances from the likes of Villages, Savages and Stealing Sheep.

To celebrate our own appreciation of the master director and auteur, here are five great moments from his films. Any you\'d add? Let us know in thread below.

John Merrick is chased through Liverpool station by a group of curious boys and rowdy adults and is eventually unmasked and gawped at. Merrick\'s strangled, exhausted cry of "I am a human being!" is testament to the fact that – away from all the oddness – Lynch is also adept at the more direct approach to viewer emotion.

Nicolas Cage sings Elvis – Wild At Heart (1990)

After his release from prison, Sailor (Nic Cage) and girlfriend Lula (Laura Dern) hit a club to watch a metal band – Sailor ends up serenading Lula on stage with Elvis\' Love Me. It\'s a wonderful scene which manages to combine humour and romance; and Cage\'s voice is a revelation.

Typical creepiness from Lynch in this scene from Lost Highway, one of his more disorienting efforts. The Mystery Man is one of the main players in this tale of murder, adultery and shifting identity. This scene at Andy\'s party is the first time Fred (Bill Pullman) comes face-to-face with the Mystery Man, after having seen visions of him before. He\'s the archetypal Lynchian character; creepy and obfuscating as hell. Watching him be in two places at one time sends a shiver down the spine.

No matter how awkward you think dinner with your significant other\'s family was for the first time, nothing could ever top this clip from Lynch\'s debut, in which Spencer is invited to his girlfriend Mary X\'s parents\' house for dinner. Presented with a miniature chicken, Spencer is asked to carve it. "Like a regular chicken?" he asks, before the legs start moving and blood starts spurting out, causing his girlfriend\'s mother to have a fit and run from the room screaming. Nice evening all round.

It\'s hard not to choose the alley behind Winkie\'s when picking out one of the best scenes from Mulholland Drive, but in the end, the Club Silencio scene takes it – because of Rebekah del Rio\'s performance of Llorando, which moves Betty (Naomi Watts) and Rita (Laura Harring) to tears. In 2011, Lynch established a real-life Club Silencio in Paris.

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