Then he topped himself, and every other filmmaker of the time, with the film-noir-gone-mad genius of “BlueVelvet” (1986). Then came the dread-drenched soap opera of “Twin Peaks” (kicking ...
The movie was panned by critics when it opened in 1984 and seemed likely to bring a sudden end to Lynch’s meteoric rise, only for him to be redeemed by his fourth feature, BlueVelvet.