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.

“Blue Velvet,” the movie that I still think is Lynch’s greatest ... because that’s how he felt safe enough to let his mind roam free; who dressed like a downtown dandy with his buttoned ...

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the ...