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Blue Velvet
1986
A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer. Truly an auteur film, if .. Read more
| Starring | Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Genres | Drama |
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Blue Velvet
A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer. Truly an auteur film, if there is such a thing, BLUE VELVET is a bizarre, disturbing work that stands as one of the best films of the 1980s.
| Starring | Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, George Dickerson, Dean Stockwell, Hope Lange |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Studio | CASTLE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Sep 2000 Production year: 1986 |
| Format | DVD |
Blue Velvet (1986)
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This is the most complete of David Lynch's films, made before his disturbing black vision of small-town American life veered into self-parody. The dark tone is set from the opening sequence, which starts with white picket fences and cheery firemen but ends with a man suffering a stroke in his garden while insect life seethes beneath the lawn. Lynch regular Kyle MacLachlan plays the young innocent who gets sucked into the bizarre sadomasochistic relationship between nightclub singer Isabella Rossellini and monstrous local crime boss Dennis Hopper. The latter resurrected his career with a crazed portrait of evil — legend has it that Hopper said “I've got to play Frank. Because I am Frank”. Once experienced here, listening to Roy Orbison's In Dreams will never be the same again.
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Lynch's subversive film is a bizarrely stylish exercise, which involves his audience in the voyeurism of his protagonist.
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33 out of 39 people found this review helpful
A Classic
Still quite enthralling after all these years, "Blue Velvet" is a bold statement of alternative American cinema with nods to the avant garde and his future work "Twin Peaks".
The film started with the idea of a man finding a severed ear in the grass on his way home.
Dennis Hopper plays one of the best cinema bad guys ever and the deranged world that Kyle Maclachlan gets pulled into is a hellish place ruled by drugs, violence and darkness. Luckily he has Laura Dern and Isabella Rossellini to keep him company.
It has its surreal moments but is still conventionally routed, contrasting the seemingly idyllic surface appearance of small town American Life with its dark underworld.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Weak film
This film is disturbing, and is very weakly presented.
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David Lynch returns with top marks
- 23 Feb 2007
Fans of David Lynch may be excited to find that his latest cinematic offering, Inland Empire, has been awarded five stars out of five by the latest issue of Empire magazine. Starring Laura Dern, the film is described by reviewer Damon Wise as "a dazzling and exquisitely original riddle", telling the story of an actress who believes her latest project is cursed. But Lynch followers will know that his films often dispel the notion of traditional narrative in favour of fragmented and... Read more
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Blue Velvet
A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer....
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