A particularly memorable short review of "the Straight Story" suggests that he did end in fact end up doing a Lynch thing, however I suggest people don't read this review unless they've seen the film first [1].

> Lynch lives in a very troubled world. His pictures are characterized by being presented through the mind of the protagonist. Here, the protagonist is a simple old man, who thinks slowly and simply. So that's what we get. He has long erotic meditations on fecundity on the path of life (14 kids!), so that is what we see.

> Lynch must be laughing into his gasmask at those who think this is a Hallmark card. Consider these Lynchisms...

[1] https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0579859/?ref_=tturv_perm_18