The ‘Blue Velvet’ motif: David Lynch’s perfect metaphor for the seedy underbelly of small towns
David Lynch was a master in many ways. One of his most overlooked achievements is the effective motif for the seedy ...
David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' ...
Column: A movie’s story exposition is a tricky thing. Consider how we learn what’s what in ‘Presence.’
Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” requires some initial audience disorientation. Mistake? If so, why do we miss David Lynch so ...
David Lynch Was a Singular Filmmaker Whose Dreams Will Always Walk With Us
David Lynch, the director of "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" who died this week, was a fearless filmmaker who changed ...
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How David Lynch's surprise affinity with fast food chain Bob's Big Boy inspired his greatest cinematic works
Lynch revealed a customer sparked the creation of Blue Velvet's violent drug dealer antagonist Frank Booth, who was played by Dennis Hopper in the 1986 movie. He told THR: 'One day though in Bob's ...
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David Lynch Experimented With American Culture: Without Him, American Culture Would Be a Lot Less Weird
No artist felt more American than this mysterious surrealist.
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David Lynch Was a Singular Filmmaker Whose Dreams Will Always Walk With Us
Then he topped himself, and every other filmmaker of the time, with the film-noir-gone-mad genius of “Blue Velvet” (1986 ... 1986 were by the image of Frank Booth, the psycho who gets ...
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David Lynch’s Guts
His visceral films, which reflect the best and worst of American life, affected viewers in realms both conscious and ...
David Lynch Dies: ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Elephant Man’ & ‘Eraserhead’ Visionary Was 78
One of Hollywood’s worst weeks in just got worse. David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, ...