Blue Velvet
by David Lynch
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Actor: Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura DernDirector: David Lynch
Cinematographer: Frederick Elmes
Writer: David Lynch
Editor: Duwayne Dunham
Producer: Fred C. Caruso
Producer: Richard A. Roth
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Blue Velvet
DVD Review: WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got finished watching this, and I really feel like writing this now.
I'm pretty sure that there is movies that are probably even more disturbing and even more perverted (no, American Beauty doesn't count), in depth, etc. that makes this look quant (that's me making a guess since that's the way things are. but man, this movie does not disappoint. It does so many things right, I'm not quite sure where to start. This is a world full of sexual, erotic, mystery, sadism and more. The topics, while may not be presented in an over the top or shocking way, are exactly one reason why this film is so good.
What does that mean? Well, that means the movies themes are more deep, or at least easy to understand and can be applied in a realistic way. This movie is saying something, and is not just a movie meant to shock the viewers. The actual message is excellent, and it's the biggest reason to watch this movie.
Oh, and it also is very well directed and acted. If you would take away the sexual themes, it's basically a mystery. But even this mystery is downright fun to watch, and I would have never guessed why there was an ear into the field (well, until the movie upright told me). David Lynch further makes the movie no ordinary mystery movie, with many of his trademark director touches in-tact. The use of lighting, some short surreal bits, close-ups, well, I have to watch a bit more David Lynch to tell you how it relates to others. And the small town is gorgeous, there are a lot of great sets and the town shot at the beginning is beautiful and almost surreal.
On a lighter note, when I noticed where Mr. Bungle got some of their lines that appear on their first album (beer), and where the sample of the bass line from the Amon Tobin song "People like Frank" came in one scene, I flipped. It feels so cool to hear the original sound of the bass line that would become that song! I was literally jumping off the walls! Hooray for me!
Sorry. But I don't think I remember a movie that has made me feel like the way I did after. Not even Dead Alive. I have to make sure I watch more of his movies, or movies that have the same kind of themes (i'm sure there are movies that are even more heavy than this). Hey, this movie sparked my interest further into more potentially heavy just like Jeffrey's curiosity led him into the seedy!
DVD Review: Black And Blue...
Summary: 5 Stars
Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle Maclachlan from The Hidden and "Twin Peaks") lives an idyllic life in the pristine town of Lumberton. That is until his father collapses while watering the lawn, and the spell is broken. Jeffrey finds a severed human ear while walking home from the hospital, takes it to the police, and begins his descent into the dark, corrupt bowels of a Lumberton he never could have imagined. Jeffrey, with the help of the lovely Laura Dern (Wild At Heart, Inland Empire) does his own detective work, finding out things that shock, terrify, yet draw him ever deeper into the hideous, twisted, and perfectly evil world of Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), his hostage / slave Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), and Frank's gang of loathesome thugs (including Brad Dourif and Jack Nance). Jeffrey finds himself emersed in the belly of the beast once Frank gets a hold of him. Can innocence survive an encounter with pure, wicked psychopathy? BLUE VELVET, like other Lynch classics, peels (tears) away the pretty, outer shell, in order to lay bare the rotting jelly within. Highly recommended... DVD Review: This 'Masterpiece' is the Perfect Example of Bandwagon Overrating
Summary: 1 Stars
I make it a point to see hundreds of films from virtually every genre, and I judge them good or bad primarily on the basis of how convincing the acting is, how believable the plot line, and whether or not the film generally avoids kitsch and cliche. Like most people, I usually agree with the critics (except when they seem to under- or overrate a film based on colleagues' opinions), and it was Blue Velvet's widely positive reviews that moved me to see it.
I have never been left so convinced of critics' tendency to jump on the overrating bandwagon. Overall, the film is atrocious, with it's absolutely last-rate acting being its worst feature. I'll never forget a few of the more glaring examples of hokum, including a scene when McLachlan's character turns to his sweetheart and begs, "Why, Sandy? Why are there people like (Dennis Hopper's villainous character) Frank in this world? Why oh why?!" Or the numerous instances when Laura Dern's character insists -- through halting sobs -- to go along on Jeffrey's oh-so-dangerous detective missions ("No, Sandy! It's TOO dangerous! I care about you TOO much!").
Awful. Just awful.
The last scene is brief, but it really captures the essence of this film: the happily united and reconciled protagonists huddled together, grinning knowingly and sighing contentedly in unison, staring blissfully out of the kitchen window at a bird perched on the rail...
Bad enough in itself, but then you can't help but notice the wires sticking out of the mechanized bird!
And that about sums it up.
DVD Review: I liked it a lot.
Summary: 4 Stars
Another cool one from David Lynch.
For me, sometimes it's difficult to get into a movie directed by David Lynch. But with the films that I do get into, they are great. This one I got into.
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern and Hope Lange all give very good acting performances.
DVD Review: Lynch's Most Famous Movie? I Think So!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has always been a unique crime movie, like no story I have seen before or since. In numerous ways, yes, it's a sick film...but utterly fascinating, even after a handful of viewings. It's a certainly a trademark of director David Lynch with its bizarre story and twists and strange characters. You can bet I'll re-purchase this again when it comes out on Blu-Ray (hopefully).
This movie has one of the most evil characters ever put on screen: "Frank Booth," played by Dennis Hopper. The latter is known for playing psychotic killers and this role tops them all. Hopper was never sicker. Almost as bizarre as him is the female victim in here, "Dorothy Vallens," played a mysterious Isabella Rossellini.
Kyle MacLaclan is good as the nosy late-teen who just has to find out what is going on in Dorothy's apartment while girlfriend Laura Dern gets caught up in his curiosity.
In a movie that features strange characters, the strangest scene of them - and there are a number - is in Booth's apartment with Dean Stockwell and his friends. Stockwell's lip-synching to an old Roy Orbison song is really freaky. Make no mistake, though: as bizarre as this film can get, it's mostly a very suspenseful crime story that can get uncomfortable (but mesmerizing) to watch at times. The language in this film was surprisingly tame.....until Hopper enters the scene. He's about the only character who uses profanity but he makes up for the others by using the f-word in about every sentence. He is so over-the-top, though, that after the initial shock seeing this movie once or twice, I now almost laugh out loud at him and way he acts.
Visually and audibly, this is another interesting Lynch movie with superb colors, creepy camera angles and a diverse soundtrack. You hear everything from lush classical music to old rock 'n roll songs, and a bunch of bizarre noises (sound effects).
Now, just bring on the Blu-Ray edition, please.
Description of Blue Velvet
David Lynch peeks behind the picket fences of small-town America to reveal a corrupt shadow world of malevolence, sadism, and madness. From the opening shots Lynch turns the Technicolor picture postcard images of middle class homes and tree-lined lanes into a dreamy vision on the edge of nightmare. After his father collapses in a preternaturally eerie sequence, college boy Kyle MacLachlan returns home and stumbles across a severed human ear in a vacant lot. With the help of sweetly innocent high school girl (Laura Dern), he turns junior detective and uncovers a frightening yet darkly compelling world of voyeurism and sex. Drawn deeper into the brutal world of drug dealer and blackmailer Frank, played with raving mania by an obscenity-shouting Dennis Hopper in a career-reviving performance, he loses his innocence and his moral bearings when confronted with pure, unexplainable evil. Isabella Rossellini is terrifyingly desperate as Hopper's sexual slave who becomes MacLachlan's illicit lover, and Dean Stockwell purrs through his role as Hopper's oh-so-suave buddy. Lynch strips his surreally mundane sets to a ghostly austerity, which composer Angelo Badalamenti encourages with the smooth, spooky strains of a lush score. Blue Velvet is a disturbing film that delves into the darkest reaches of psycho-sexual brutality and simply isn't for everyone. But for a viewer who wants to see the cinematic world rocked off its foundations, David Lynch delivers a nightmarish masterpiece. --Sean AxmakerDrama DVDs
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