

The pair began their collaboration in 1986 with the neo-noir Blue Velvet, a film that takes us under the hood of small town Americana in order to expose the rot festering below. But it is Laura Dern, star of Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Inland Empire, who has done the most to help Lynch in his career-long effort to probe, warp and disturb the dreams of America. Sheryl Lee ( Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me), Patricia Arquette ( Lost Highway) and Naomi Watts ( Mulholland Drive) have all had their turns. Like Alfred Hitchcock before him, David Lynch has shown more than a passing interest in placing the American Blonde on screen. Inspired by Glasgow Film Festival's upcoming screening of David Lynch's Wild at Heart at St Luke's – complete with an Elvis tribute – we look back at the director's trio of collaborations with the beating heart of that film, Laura Dern.
