Though “Lady in the Radiator” Laurel Near was an accomplished singer who had performed folk music with her sisters Holly and Timi, when she is seen singing “In Heaven (Everything Is Fine)” she is actually lip-syncing a vocal track of musician Peter Ivers, who composed the song at Lynch’s request.
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The desolate, muddy and potholed urban landscape that Henry walks through at the beginning of the film is now the site of the Beverly Center Mall.
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The mutant baby was apparently created from the embalmed fetus of a calf, although David Lynch has never confirmed this or described how he articulated it. During filming when he watched rushes, he even had the projectionist cover his eyes when takes with the baby were playing, so that no one would know how it was made. After completing the film, Lynch reportedly buried the “Embalmed Calf” in an undisclosed location. At the wrap party, they had a mock wake for it.
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