The Movie: Blue Velvet (1986)
What Is It?: After
his purely experimental and purely commercial early work, David Lynch welds the
two poles into the pop-avant garde style that would make him a household-name
surrealist. Nancy Drew mysteries with an unhealthy dose of S&M lunacy and
Dennis Hopper menace makes for one potent brew.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1946, David Lynch is born.
