Lynch spent time in Wilmington in the mid 1980s, when the director made one of his best-known and most notorious films.

As the film community mourns the loss of visionary filmmaker David Lynch, Detroit's Redford Theatre is giving fans a place to mourn, and celebrate, his life and career. The Redford is showing Lynch's 1986 classic "Blue Velvet" on the big screen at 8 p.m. Friday, theater reps announced Thursday. Tickets, $7, are available on the theater's website.

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”