Coolidge Wishes You Wakeful Dreams

Coolidge Corner Theatre is screening David Lynch's Blue Velvet this weekend at midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Long before 1986, moviegoers and TV-heads have been fascinated with the truism that, inside every small town, there's a freak parade struggling to get out. Take the wild success of Peyton Place, for example.

But Lynch took that concept to a whole new level with severed body parts, perverse relationships, and theatrical consumption of nitrous oxide. If you haven't seen this classic, you should go, go, go. Here's the trailer to whet your appetite:

If you're worried about staying up that late, perhaps you can find some David Lynch coffee to help you stay up. Yes, Dunkin Donuts has a rival in David Lynch, who makes a little money on the side selling the beans. Nothing could be more appropriate.

The end-all, be-all Lynchian still of Dennis "Still Crazy After All These Years" Hopper and Isabella Rossellini, which floats around the Web and tends to accompany any mention of Blue Velvet. Trailer from iFilm.