1. Blue Velvet | Rotten Tomatoes
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College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with detective's daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the mystery. They believe beautiful lounge singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) may be connected with the case, and Beaumont finds himself becoming drawn into her dark, twisted world, where he encounters sexually depraved psychopath Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).
2. David Lynch's Blue Velvet reviewed – archive, 1987 - The Guardian
Apr 9, 2020 · The film is smart-looking, incredibly knowing and exists both on a level of absolute reality and out-and-out nightmare.
9 April 1987 A film that exists both on a level of absolute reality and out-and-out nightmare. Love it or hate it, see it you must, says film critic Derek Malcolm
3. Blue Velvet | Reelviews Movie Reviews
It is a work of fascinating scope and power that rivals any of the most subversive films to reach the screens during the '80s.
Blue Velvet is David Lynch in peak form, and represents (to date) his most accomplished motion picture. It is a work of fascinating scope and power that rivals any of the most subversive films to reach the screens during the '80s. For Lynch, the ...
4. My Review of 'Blue Velvet” (1986) - I Found it at the Movies
Apr 20, 2016 · Rape is rape, even when enmeshed in Lynch eerie artiness. I like your reading of the film as about voyeurism — and I'd add that we fool ...
This was one of those films I was a bit squeamish about seeing. I’d seen Twin Peaks and I knew David Lynch could get weird, but did I really want to watch Dennis Hopper tormenting Isabella Ro…
5. Movie Review: Blue Velvet - Medium
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I have always had mixed feelings about David Lynch’s work. I think he is technically quite gifted as a director and visual artist. However…
6. Blue Velvet (1986) — David Lynch dips into neo noir - Mutant Reviewers
Jul 5, 2023 · Blue Velvet (1986) is a prime example of the neo noir movement. Its timeframe is a bit ambiguous, undoubtedly done deliberately to create a dreamlike ...
“Don’t look at me!” ZombieDog’s rating: Dark, brutal, and unforgiving. ZombieDog’s review: I have been teaching for almost 20 years now, and whenever I have my student…
7. My problem with "Blue Velvet" | Interviews - Roger Ebert
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If you want to understand David Lynch, maybe the place to start is with his paintings. He paints in a style he describes as "bad primitive art," and says that
8. Blue Velvet Movie Review and Analysis - The Metaplex
Apr 9, 2014 · Instead of being divided by dream and reality, like Vertigo, the film has different shades of the surreal. Blue Velvet is made of two dreamlike ...
In true Lynch fashion, the opening moments alone cast a spell of oddness