David Lynch, the director of "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" who died this week, was a fearless filmmaker who changed movies. ... with the film-noir-gone-mad genius of “Blue Velvet” (1986).

Lynch infused his dark, surrealistic style into the cult classic series "Twin Peaks" and films such as "Blue Velvet" (1986), "Wild at Heart" (1990) and "Inland Empire" (2006).

Lynch kept busy in the ’80s with “The Elephant Man” in 1980, his controversial and critically panned take on Frank Herbert’s “Dune” in 1984 and 1986’s “Blue Velvet,” starring ...

For those who aren’t familiar, Blue Velvet is something of a fever dream, a mystery centered around a severed ear and ...

MacLachlan and Lynch worked together on 'Dune' (1984), 'Blue Velvet' (1986) and 'Twin Peaks' (1990) Moviestore/Shutterstock; Kyle MacLachlan/Instagram Kyle MacLachlan is remembering his dear ...

Rossellini, the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, got her start as a performer in Lynch’s 1986 thriller Blue Velvet.After Blue Velvet ...

Also starring Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern, the neo-noir mystery film “Blue Velvet” premiered in 1986 and follows a college student who returns home to see his ill father only ...

blue velvet – 1986 Image Credit: De Laurentis Group/ Courtesy: Everett Collection. Starring J. Michael Hunter, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Kyle MacLachlan, and Jack Nance.

His film “Blue Velvet” (1986) is widely considered one of the best films of the 1980s. He earned another Oscar nomination for directing “Mulholland Drive” (2001).

Kyle MacLachlan has paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker known for “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks,” who died at the age of 78. “Forty-two years ago ...