The famously weird filmmaker set his 1986 movie in Lumberton, with many modifications, and filmed in Wilmington during its ...

Lynch spent time in Wilmington in the mid 1980s, when the director made one of his best-known and most notorious films.

Released on September 19, 1986, the film starred Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, and Hope Lange in prominent roles. The plot of Blue Velvet follows a young man ...

Then he topped himself, and every other filmmaker of the time, with the film-noir-gone-mad genius of “Blue Velvet” (1986). Then came the dread-drenched soap opera of “Twin Peaks” (kicking ...

At the time of its release, Blue Velvet was regarded as a provocative and controversial film, mainly due to its explicit depictions of violence and s*xual assault. One of the key scenes that ...

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of surrealistic films including "Eraserhead," "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive," ...

David Lynch, the singular American filmmaker best known for classics like 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' and 'Twin Peaks,' has died at age 78.

Soon, headlines across the state screamed in outrage over David Lynch and “Blue Velvet,” the movie he filmed mostly in Wilmington but partially in its Robeson County namesake, which is dressed ...

David Lynch's passing doesn't go unnoticed in the film realm. The legendary filmmaker behind classics like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead left an imprint that will carry on for the rest of time.