Cinespia is paying tribute to the late David Lynch with a screening of his seminal 1986 noir Blue Velvet, following the auteur’s dying at age 78 in January.
For its twenty fourth season, the Los Angeles outside screening collection is partnering with Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, kicking off with a Memorial Day weekend lineup of two LA-based classics at Hollywood Without end Cemetary; The Massive Lebowski (1998) on Saturday, Might 24, and a thirtieth anniversary screening of Clueless (1995) on Sunday, Might 25.
Blue Velvet will play Saturday, Might 31, additionally at Hollywood Without end, which serves as Lynch’s ultimate resting place after he died from issues with persistent obstructive pulmonary illness.
“Cinespia has at all times been a love letter to Los Angeles and to the flicks that formed us,” mentioned Cinespia founder John Wyatt in a press release. “We’re honored to start this season with two unforgettable portraits of our metropolis, and a tribute to the good David Lynch.”
Tickets are actually obtainable on-line, and Cinespia will announce extra screenings for its 2025 season quickly.
Following Lynch’s dying in January, Blue Velvet star Isabella Rossellini wrote in a tribute, “I liked him a lot. Thanks for all of your sort messages.”
Kyle MacLachlan, who additionally starred in Blue Velvet and Lynch’s hit collection Twin Peaks, paid tribute as properly. “His love for me and mine for him got here out of the cosmic destiny of two individuals who noticed the most effective issues about themselves in one another,” he wrote partially. “I’ll miss him greater than the boundaries of my language can inform and my coronary heart can bear. My world is that a lot fuller as a result of I knew him and that a lot emptier now that he’s gone. David, I stay perpetually modified, and perpetually your Kale. Thanks for all the pieces.”
