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

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 ...

Despite that, "Dune" producer Dino De Laurentiis, who had recently built Wilmington's first film studio, agreed to bankroll "Blue Velvet" under the auspices of his De Laurentiis Entertainment ...

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 ...

Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet ...

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, the groundbreaking director of films including "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet," has died at the age of 78, his ...

It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way ... He created his first short film, Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times), on a budget of $200 and released it 1967 ...

Lynch's films often explored “the mystery and madness hidden in the normal," as film critic Pauline Kael put it. The severed ...