Soon, headlines across the state screamed in outrage over David Lynch and “Blue Velvet,” the movie he filmed mostly ... don’t have to be pretty to qualify as art. I think Lynch made that ...

The movie was banned ... the lines between art and exploitation, and the film’s unsettling portrayal of human depravity, created a perfect storm for censorship. Blue Velvet is a mystery that ...

David Lynch answered the call with Blue Velvet. Lynch was an unlikely saviour. He'd made his breakthrough in 1977 with Eraserhead, a deeply disturbing, surreal nightmare of a movie. It was a cult ...