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1671:Blue Velvet
1482:(1990–1991)
1413:Wicked Game
1282:The Amputee
1243:Short films
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1079:Discography
1072:Filmography
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864:David Lynch
704:Peter Ivers
700:David Lynch
605:David Lynch
343:Fats Waller
316:avant-garde
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1489:On the Air
1479:Twin Peaks
1470:Television
1382:Idem Paris
1342:Bug Crawls
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1065:Early life
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1188:(1992) (
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1204:(1997)
1178:(1990)
1168:(1986)
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1148:(1980)
1138:(1977)
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207:Rating
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110:Length
1612:Books
1119:works
762:Dazed
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