The famously weird filmmaker set his 1986 movie in Lumberton, with many modifications, and filmed in Wilmington during its film infancy.
Blue Velvet' cinematographer Frederick Elmes remembers David Lynch, 'Wild at Heart,' and the late filmmaker's legacy.
Lynch spent time in Wilmington in the mid 1980s, when the director made one of his best-known and most notorious films.
David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominee behind ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘The Elephant Man’ who also created TV's ‘Twin Peaks,’ has died at 78.
Lynch, who was born in Montana in 1946, was a writer, director and painter who studied at the American Film Institute. He first broke into the movie scene in 1977 when he turned his thesis project into his first feature film "Eraserhead," a black-and-white surrealist indie film that quickly gained notoriety as a midnight movie.
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet is more than just a movie—it’s an unforgettable journey into the depths of human nature and the hidden darkness beneath suburban perfection. Released in 1986, this iconic masterpiece redefined the boundaries of storytelling and cemented Lynch as one of the most innovative and daring filmmakers of his generation.
David Lynch left behind a long legacy of cinematic innovation, but not everyone realizes how deeply intertwined car culture was to his filmmaking.
Director David Lynch's twisty mystery movie from 2001 has become a streaming hit following the filmmaker's death at 78 earlier this month.
Though the officially presentation will happen in February, the 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Blue Velvet' writer-director was able to accept the prize in late 2024, before his death on Jan. 16.
The late Twin Peaks director David Lynch is to be honoured with the 2025 Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement. Lynch, who also directed Blue Velvet (1986), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Eraserhead (1977),
Screenwriter and director David Lynch, who died this month, has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.
Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” requires some initial audience disorientation. Mistake? If so, why do we miss David Lynch so much?