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 ...

Standout lots in the auctioned collection included Lynch’s director’s chair, which sold for $70,000, a 35-millimiter print of ...

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 ...

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 ...