There’s an echo here of Frank Booth’s line in Blue Velvet: “Now it’s dark.” Perhaps this is Lynch’s legacy: creating spaces for darkness to dwell only so that, miraculously, the light can ...

Pauline Kael, the film critic, called Lynch “the first populist surrealist — a Frank Capra of dream logic.” “‘Blue Velvet,’ ...

His credits included “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive ... and “The Elephant Man,” plus the 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic “Dune.” He was also credited ...