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He turned down David Lynch’s offer of a role in “Blue Velvet.”

His mastery of the art form of cinema — the dark suburban fantasies of “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” the Hollywood nightmares of “Mulholland Drive,” “Lost Highway” and “Inland Empire” — meant that even if he rarely courted awards praise, Lynch would occasionally find himself a critical darling at Oscar season.

The model, actress and daughter of Golden Age star Ingrid Bergman wore a blue velvet dress as a nod to the film, and Lynch wore a significantly more modern tuxedo with the oddest, most minimalist bolo tie I’ve ever seen.

The bolo makes Lynch look a bit like “Blue Velvet’s” demented antagonist, Frank Booth, a rockabilly nightmare played by Dennis Hopper.

This was not “Blue Velvet” Lynch, who was dating Hollywood royalty and standing at the cutting edge of cool.