Kyle MacLachlan has paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker known for “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks,” who died at the age of 78. “Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension,

Kyle MacLachlan — an actor who frequently collaborated with David Lynch — shared a lengthy, heartfelt tribute to his friend on Instagram after the iconic filmmaker’s death at the age of 78 on Thursday.

When a director and an actor develop an ongoing creative partnership, a certain kind of magic happens, and this was certainly the case with actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern and director David Lynch.