The movie was panned by critics when it opened in 1984 and seemed likely to bring a sudden end to Lynch’s meteoric rise, only for him to be redeemed by his fourth feature, Blue Velvet.

David Lynch answered the call with Blue Velvet. Lynch was an unlikely saviour. He'd made his breakthrough in 1977 with Eraserhead, a deeply disturbing, surreal nightmare of a movie. It was a cult ...

Films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland ... (The man loved cigarettes and milkshakes.) His movies, as well as his beloved television series “Twin Peaks,” are full of mysteries that ...