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Blue Velvet - Deep Dive

🕑 Added 2024-02-09 19:39:23 +0000 UTC

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Daniel R Maldonado

The Bresson x Waters nailed it ..or came close because you really can’t put Lynch in a category of comparison

Gershon Kreimer

I saw it when it came out in the 80's, and it took me two tries to "get it". I hated it the first time; I loved it on the second time, and since.

David Nevarrez

Also, regarding Heineken and PBR, the former was considered classy, enjoyed by the intelligentsia, art students, and such, the latter was popular with punks, skinheads, and other rough customers, so very low-brow (because it's very cheap, price and taste wise).

David Nevarrez

I first saw BLUE VELVET when it came out, the first movie I saw with my ex-wife, and a couple we'd become friends with. Seeing it after ERASERHEAD, ELEPHANT MAN, and DUNE, which were all kind of experimental in their own way. I felt Lynch had found his footing with this one, and have loved all his subsequent films (do love his first 2 as well). I saw it as a good sign that my ex liked it as well. He does have his own space on my film shelves. Thanks for the deep dive.

hyperballadbrad

Great to see you both. Claudia Winkelman's contract with Head & Shoulders is in jeopardy with you two on the scene! I watched this film for the first time last night, so I can have a think about it... and then listen to your views. The film left me very unsettled. As with all Lynch's world there is something unreal about it... the worlds he create always seem on the edge of fracturing.... I felt that through this whole film. Right from the start, seeing the devouring beetles under the surface after Jeffrey's father's accident, shattering the illusion of the perfect, colourful, picturesque suburban world, the tone is set. And it seems to unravel from there.... but never into total darkness. It's a tightrope of light and dark. Viewing the two women by the end... Sandy, crying on the phone saying she forgives Jeffrey (does she really or just feels like she has to in order to contain the need to see hope and light in her world?)..... and other, Dorothy, so clearly traumatised and will have to live with that darkness that touched her (or has the darkness been brought out of her, a darkness she/we all desire and exists in us all?) forever. It's a door that Dorothy can never close. It's like a constant struggle.... I found the whole experience really jarring because of how true it feels. _______________________________ I don't think the sexuality 'thing' with Frank and Ben is limited to them two in that scene. The scene when they take Jeffrey for a drive has a really unsettling undercurrent of the threat of sexual violence against Jeffrey, especially when he has already witness similar violence against Dorothy (with added perverse twists). I don't think that theme, whether intentional or not, allows for any depth of analysis. It seems to be a tool just to confuse us... and put us on edge with the uncertainty of it all.... and incite fear. _______________________________ The outtakes! HA - fun touch

Benjamin Ross Johnson

Beautiful, insightful stuff. Thank you!

J George

I'm really glad for the fact that Lynch, a kitsch and B-movie-loving, very sweet and almost goofy dude, was the one to make such masterpieces such as this movie and Twin Peaks because if you handed these projects over to some hyper-artsy director who thinks kitsch and genre movies are beneath them, it wouldn't have the same beautiful charm that it has.

J George

Haven't watched it yet, but I'd love to see you guys recreate the picture of Kyle MacLachlan and Isabela Rosselini on the thumbnail.

Michael Garcia

Lewis kind of looks like Edward Norton in the film The Illusionist

Sophia Lambton

This was so beautifully analytical! And extremely helpful because I have such problems with Lynch. I am saving my questions for the next Q&A. I have the same Folio Shakespeare collection! But mine is missing the Romances because a friend borrowed it and never gave it back. Your parallel of Lynch's films to a mix of John Waters and Robert Bresson was so on point. I also found it really helpful to hear other people compare Lynch's movies to B movies and made-for-tv films. I've never seen Blue Velvet and this was a gorgeous introduction. This is not a question, but I would like to know how you get the two cameras to film you automatically. I assume they are sound-activated. I love your outtakes! Congratulations on your new venture. You guys are gonna be the No. 1 film review show on YouTube. :) Have you noticed you have around five times the number of subscribers as Kermode & Mayo?

James Herbert

I'm pretty sure they've said before on Acid is Bad for Business that they'd love to hear about what people are working on/have made or done so maybe give them a direct message on here with a link or something?

Michael Sacco

Off topic, and perhaps it doesn’t match your creative intentions, but have you ever considered a way to privately receive your Patreon’s work and give criticisms+feedback?