One of the many reasons this movie works is Kyle MacLachlan. He manages to bring this innocent quality that is present throughout the film. It really helps keep the audience tethered without completely losing them.
The sequence at Ben's place is one of the most perfect pieces of film I have ever seen. So much going on. Ben seems to have some sort of psychological hold on Frank, that the Roy Orbison song miming is a ritual they do, and Frank is an unhinged romantic character who derives impetus to enact brutality from beauty. So funny and unsettling.
As far as I know that was the first time a truly psychotic and sadistic criminal like Frank had ever put on film in this way. Lynch is a unique voice for sure.
Please do tell! I went to an art college and I remember a lot of characters that remind me of Lynch in retrospect. David seems to be the genuine article artist. Totally possessed by his visions and must always be creating.
Haha, Lynch has commented that his times when he had a roommate in Philly were some of the worst times of his life and he did not get along with his roommate at all, lol. Wondering if it's the same person
Never noticed the Silencio connection. Nice observation. I was in my early twenties when Blue Velvet was released, and I cannot fully express how perfect it was that this film came out in the middle of the Reagan era, a time when there seemed to be an aggressive effort in American pop culture to rebuild a façade of innocence and purity that was associated with the 1950s. Lynch sort of told Hollywood, we can't go back and we shouldn't. I can't imagine how placid and boring American movies would have been without Lynch, Mikey Rourke, and a few other people. Great review.
Hey, I really appreciate your call out to Mickey Rourke. Same year as "Blue Velvet", Rourke and deNiro appeared in "Angel Heart", another great film that involves a confrontation with the shadow side (both movies are ultra-Jungian). I would love to see Maggie feast on "Angel Heart" sometime.
Angel Heart is still one of my favorite movies from that era. It's campy, and kind of ridiculous, but it is beautifully filmed, has a magnificently creepy score, and probably Rourke's most fascinating performance.
I love the novel, and I have my own copy. "Angel Heart" is a great example of a strong film adaptation of a novel. The movie combines the sublime and the ridiculous, the sacred and the profane - I've actually written a long analysis of the symbology of "Angel Heart", from a Jungian perspective. And, yeah, Mickey Rourke is totally magnetic, both scary and silly - fascinating.
i went to see this with the caretaker of the local art college, the guy that sweeps and cleans, while we were watching it a lot of arty types were discussing loudly the 'metaphors' and 'juxtaposition' of certain scenes. bernie the caretaker said "i bet he put those scenes in as pure bullshit just to satisfy the art crowd" i loved the film. ten years later Lynch is being interviewed in a sunday supplement magazine on Blue Velvet. and when asked about the dream sequences, he said "i put those into the film for the art crowd to talk endlessly about, the sequences don't mean anything" you could've knocked me over with a feather.
While his films are not without meaning, I think people read too much into his films often. He himself has said he doesn't always know the meaning, or at least articulate it. Sometimes it's nothing more than visually striking sequences and eerie atmospheres. And sometimes it's just his neuroses and way of viewing the world put onto the canvas. Every scene is not laced with subtext. While Blue Velvet is rife with metaphor, this is not what attracted me to it. I just viewed it mostly viscerally, and could relate with the world he built. That's correct, I could relate to the hostile weirdness. That extends to all of Lynch's films. He's very clearly articulated my bound up neuroses, has his finger on the pulse of my terrors, and encapsulates my odd view of the world.
First, let's make one thing clear, Ben is so fuckin' SUAVE (as any crooner should be). Frank Booth IS the Shadow. This is a movie that can be dissected for the rest of one's life, or simply enjoyed as twisted Freudian fun. Love Lynch's humor and his beautiful dark romanticism. Also loved how right before the father's stroke the camera focuses on the lawn hose getting twisted and the water pressure building, preparing to explode - a beautiful visual image of americana that parallels what's about to happen. A very important aspect of Lynch's films is his amazing sound designs, which echo and elaborate further what he's doing visually. This movie is so hypnotic, which is one of the things that really impressed me, and it truly has an atmosphere and flow that's akin to visual music. Everything in "Blue Velvet" is tapping the subconscious, which is the source of its power and mystery, as opposed to so much of mainstream movies which are extremely self conscious in their narratives and execution.
This was my first Lynch film as well and like you it affected me on such a deep level when I first stumbled upon it. David Lynch felt like the director I had always been looking for but never realized it. It was really a mindblowing experience for me that completely changed the way I looked at movies. I'm forever grateful for it leading me to probably my favorite film of all time Mulholland Drive (which I would agree is his magnum opus) as well as Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and the rest of his fantastic body of work. Great review by the way, would love to see you talk about Lost Highway at some point as well!
"Blue velvet" is a masterpiece of the great David Lynch.Another thing of the movie that I love is its soundtrack.The main couple appears too in the new "Twin peaks".
One of the great scenes for me in Blue Velvet was when Jeffrey is sitting in the car outside a church with Sandy (Laura Dern), "Why are there people like Frank?" This representation of (relative) innocence is accompanied by church music that ultimately resolves to a perfect D natural chord anchoring us in a shared sense of decency and presumed normality. I knew I was seeing brilliant cinema. I've watched this film three times and if I had sufficient psychological wellbeing I'd probably watch it again sometime. Brilliant review!
Just now saw this film for the first time. This is my fourth Lynchian film, and second favorite, topped only by Mulhoand Drive. Blue Velvet has such emotional, and psychological power, with disturbing surrealism. Very good movie. I only wish the idea of Ben’s obsession would have been explored even further, and gone all the way like Vertigo.
Great review as always. Thank you for introducing me to the world of David Lynch. You should review Inland Empire some day. I'd realy like to hear your opinion on that one.
Great review! The beauty of a Lynch film is you do not have to grasp all the meaning to enjoy it. You could see Blue Velvet as a detective story and miss much of the symbolism and still think it's a great film. I find that I need to return to his movies and re-watch to gain new perspectives and understanding of all the messages - of which, there are many.
Nice, nice, very nice, and very smart. I like what I see, and I like what I hear. Elegant, smooth and articulate. Perceptive, deep and insightful. What more could one hope for.
In my opinion, the best film from Lynch. Gene Siskel once made a metaphor that Blue Velvet is a piano. Even if some dislike it, people who watch this movie will not forget it.
Love your reviews, do you accept suggestions? I haven't found Network and After hours in your list. Love those two, also from Buñuel: El (this strange passion), and how about some Godard? Or the 400 coups?
Great review! I've always wanted to check this movie out. So far as far as david Lynch I have Mulholland DR but looking for time to watch it as well. Its been sitting on my laptop nearly 2 years...
The movie for me is about men's journey to adulthood. The world is violent, but intriguing. He has the choice between innocent love and complicated lust. There is a love rival, and we get to see how people deal with this : Frank lashes out, Sandy forgives. Those in authority are duplicitous. Our family isn't always there for us, and when concern is shown, sometimes it is with platitudes ( Jeffrey's reaction that he "doesn't want to talk about it" is familiar to anyone with a teenage boy). At the end, Jeffrey has passed through the phase that Frank never escaped to become the father and we wonder what harrowing journeys of temptation, lust and danger have all family men watering their lawn been through. The choice appears stark : become a domesticated Jeffrey, or remain as Frank ...
This is really good analysis. I saw the movie when I was in college, and I found it to be the most disturbing movie I have ever scene but also felt it was also a brilliant movie without being able to express why
"...a fuckin' Folgers commercial". I remember, upon release, the naked Rosselini scene on the lawn was quite controversial. Ebert wrote about it. I love the film.
I just watched this last night after many years since my last viewing. It really holds up well. Btw, does anyone know what was on Jeffrey's bedroom wall in a couple scenes? It looks like part of a rubber mask or something, resembling a mouth or teeth. I suppose it just represents another cosmic horror reference but it's interesting the way he reaches toward it as he awakes from the dream of Frank punching him. I guess it's probably a sculptural object created by Lynch himself. My understanding is that Lynch participates heavily in the set design and construction, sometimes making the furniture and objects found within the living spaces in his movies, in Eraserhead especially, obviously, but in this movie also.
Did not have the chance to see the movie yet, waiting to discover it on Big Screen because, well mr Lynch's Movies deserve it. Think you look fantastic in this particular video, maybe a Blue Velvet Effect ?
So last night I got backed out of my mind and watched Blue Velvet By David Lynch and really watched it I imagined the writing and what the behind-the-scenes must have been like and I have some thoughts. The Music cinematography acting and atmosphere is great I love the way Lynch uses color. But I wanted to ask the question what's the point of the movie. Are Frank and Dorthy a manifestation of Jefferys Id and Ego? Is Frank who Jeffery really is inside his soul s daughter himself and even Dorthy in danger. It seemed to me Jeffery is a kind of a creep and whatever good he does is done in spite of him. What do you think is the real reason Jeffery got involved in the mystery. In a deleted scene we see Jeffrey spy on a girl almost getting raped he has a girlfriend of his own but he goes after a highschool girl who has a boyfriend. In another deleted scene his mother says he has to drop school. In the theatrical cut we see him crying we may think he's crying over his father but if that scene had remained i think we would not like him and see him as a selfish perverted jerk Are Frank and Dorthy a manifestation of Jefferys Id and Ego? Is Frank who Jeffery really is inside his soul How much of the story is real and how much is a wish-fulfillment fantasy on Jefferys part. It seems like a fantasy because what woman would forgive him for doing the do with Dorthy and diving headfirst into a dark world. In the ending where it seems that Jefferys goose is cooked, it's such a Hollywood ending in that it's a borderline Deus Ex Machina like so much could have gone wrong for him. How much does this film say about the director what is the director trying to say about humanity and the nature of good and evil. The film feels like the kind of Hitchcock film if he had snorted cocaine. It also feels like Lynch borrowed from Brian De Palma. It makes me think of Body Double. In that, it has a Scooby Doo Mystery with a strong theme of voyeurism what do you think
Great review. I guess my disconnect with this film is that I didn't connect with the voyeurism themes you described. I was kinda of like wth is going on the whole time
Cruel Winter Blues is a great korean film that I was surprised has no information or content on youtube or any kind of reviews. It's also not listed in the top Korean films. I think it's because it is not glamorous but its such a gritty down to earth well directed movie of a more realistic take on gangster/outcast life in shot mostly in the rural areas where in Korea its not very looked well upon to be from there.
I wonder if the majority of the film is Jefferies father's dream initiated by his stroke. The dream starts even the stroke happens (indicated by the camera going into the ground), and ends near the film end, when the camera pans out of Jefferies ear. Jeffrey could stand in for his father's alter ego in the dream.
Of all the films I have seen, "Blue Velvet" remains among my top ten. There is a purity or singularity of vision Lynch possesses (despite that vision seeming utterly haywire) in making "Velvet" that renders the film spellbinding, even more so, for me, than his "Mulholland Drive," another film that stays near the top of my long list, despite the large number of films I have watched since "Mulholland" debuted. "Mulholland" always seems a bit murky in tone and direction toward its conclusion, and during some screenings, it feels around 20 minutes too long. One of "Velvet's" strengths is that it came in one frame short of being a two-hour film, which was the limit imposed by producer Dino De Laurentiis, and under which Lynch worked while directing and editing it. This forced Lynch to tighten it at every cut, leaving only the meat and discarding all the unnecessary connective tissue. He left us with a delicious filet to savor time and again.
I liked this one but it feels like a rough draft of Twin Peaks. Which is sorta the same issue I had with Lost Highway. Whereas that film felt like a rough draft of Mulholland Drive. This is one of his more straightforward films but that might be what I dislike about it. The best parts are the surreal imagery that appear in key moments
I don't know her name, but deepfocuslens is pretty fucking great at reviewing movies. I've watched several new films because of her reviews alone and really enjoyed them - especially anything from A24. Regarding Blue Velvet and David Lynch in general, she could have mentioned his consistent theme of misogyny throughout his films. That scene with Isabella Rossellini naked in the front yard was pretty intense.
I admit that I didn´t watched the movie yet (mainly because I don´t like Kyle McLachlan, I remember him too much from "The Flintstones" and "Showgirls", especially that ridiculous swimming pool-sex scene). But I saw some scenes of it and read reviews. You said in your review that the movie has humour, but I don´t understand how a movie can be humorous when there is a rape scene in it, with a rapist who says "baby wants to fuck"? I mean, in Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" there is another rape scene, and THAT scene is meant to be funny, and even that scene was disgusting for me.
I had never seen a David Lynch film before this. I started with Blue Velvet since that seems to be everyone's recommendation for where to start with David Lynch. I did not care for the film at all. I see what he is trying to go for but it just did not do it for me.
Every Lynch movie I try, I wind up hating. Maybe i don't get what he's going for. I recently watched Blue Velvet for the first time on amazon prime and I hated it.
This movie is so fucked. In the best way. Probably Lynch's masterpiece.. (I wanna say twin peaks or mulholland but twin peaks is more of a collaboration, I always felt he got too much credit for it.. and mulholland is incredible but I feel blue velvet Is the definitive example of the hardy boys/Norman Rockwell meets Dali meets Francis bacon straight from that lynch blender)
The townspeople are sleepwalking through their 1950s lifestyle, as portrayed in American television. Jeffrey is an 80s male, youthful archetype. He is college-influenced upward mobile, and believing that he is entitled/privileged to break the rule of law, because he is more knowledgeable than these 1950s sleepwalkers dwelling in his television-influenced environs. Frank and friends are nightmares who have slid into Jeffrey’s dream. Sandy is a 1950s representation of youthful femininity, trying to get by in the much harsher 1980s rules infiltrating their dreamy small town. The amazingly beautiful Hope Lange represents middle-aged femininity/motherliness left over from that earlier, simpler epoch. All women in the dream side of Lynch’s surreal narrative, are passive, bordering on submissive. All of the males confronting Jeffrey are severely damaged, and mostly highly dysfunctional. The underlying, unspoken element of the male dysfunction is the damage which excessive drinking and drug-consumption has wrought. Both of those self-indulgent behaviors cause severe oxidative stress, Thiamine deficits, cellular breakdowns, and ultimately brain damage. Though they are promised paradise by popping open beer, it leads to many problems, as it is toxic. Same with drugs. In both instances those people are desperately trying to escape from the memories of their traumas. Frank represented that archetype. He also represented the victim of abuse becoming an abuser archetype.
I’m about an hour into this movie and it was a chore to get this far… the acting and dialogue are mediocre at best and the main plot so far is just stupid… the second half of this movie better be amazing cause so far I don’t see how anyone can praise this movie as a masterpiece
A little surprised no Twin Peaks Return review. Let me give you mine: It's more a sequel to the unpopular Fire Walk With Me than the original series. So for me, a big disappointment. Of the 18 hours, maybe you could find 5 hours of good stuff, 13 hours of blown opportunity.
8:03 Like I said on the Siskel and Ebert review, some woman I knew said this was her favorite movie. I can't imagine why. But this commentary, like a lot of film commentaries, misses the purpose of film, and that is to act as fantasy release and to remind people to think about if they've seen similar criminal acts. Everything else if your own personal interpretation, and to this end, complete garbage. I've never the film, really don't want to, but what I've written applies to all movies.
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“It is definitely an ear”, the Detective. One of the most undeterred and monotoned police detectives in movie history.
"That's a human ear alright"
@@merlijnjasperse Well done.
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One of the many reasons this movie works is Kyle MacLachlan. He manages to bring this innocent quality that is present throughout the film. It really helps keep the audience tethered without completely losing them.
The sequence at Ben's place is one of the most perfect pieces of film I have ever seen. So much going on. Ben seems to have some sort of psychological hold on Frank, that the Roy Orbison song miming is a ritual they do, and Frank is an unhinged romantic character who derives impetus to enact brutality from beauty. So funny and unsettling.
As far as I know that was the first time a truly psychotic and sadistic criminal like Frank had ever put on film in this way. Lynch is a unique voice for sure.
"I talk about David Lynch alot" This is when I subscribed to your channel.
My dad was roommates for a bit with Lynch while studying at PAFA in Philly, haha. He has some crazy stories about those times !
damn thats so cool!
Please do tell! I went to an art college and I remember a lot of characters that remind me of Lynch in retrospect. David seems to be the genuine article artist. Totally possessed by his visions and must always be creating.
That's incredible!
Surprised Lynch would be crazy. Strikes me as the quiet artist type that would be in his room most of the time
Haha, Lynch has commented that his times when he had a roommate in Philly were some of the worst times of his life and he did not get along with his roommate at all, lol. Wondering if it's the same person
Never noticed the Silencio connection. Nice observation. I was in my early twenties when Blue Velvet was released, and I cannot fully express how perfect it was that this film came out in the middle of the Reagan era, a time when there seemed to be an aggressive effort in American pop culture to rebuild a façade of innocence and purity that was associated with the 1950s. Lynch sort of told Hollywood, we can't go back and we shouldn't. I can't imagine how placid and boring American movies would have been without Lynch, Mikey Rourke, and a few other people. Great review.
Hey, I really appreciate your call out to Mickey Rourke. Same year as "Blue Velvet", Rourke and deNiro appeared in "Angel Heart", another great film that involves a confrontation with the shadow side (both movies are ultra-Jungian). I would love to see Maggie feast on "Angel Heart" sometime.
Angel Heart is still one of my favorite movies from that era. It's campy, and kind of ridiculous, but it is beautifully filmed, has a magnificently creepy score, and probably Rourke's most fascinating performance.
The book from which this film was adapted, Falling Angel, is out of print, but can still be ordered. I highly recommend it also.
I love the novel, and I have my own copy. "Angel Heart" is a great example of a strong film adaptation of a novel. The movie combines the sublime and the ridiculous, the sacred and the profane - I've actually written a long analysis of the symbology of "Angel Heart", from a Jungian perspective. And, yeah, Mickey Rourke is totally magnetic, both scary and silly - fascinating.
i went to see this with the caretaker of the local art college, the guy that sweeps and cleans, while we were watching it a lot of arty types were discussing loudly the 'metaphors' and 'juxtaposition' of certain scenes. bernie the caretaker said "i bet he put those scenes in as pure bullshit just to satisfy the art crowd" i loved the film. ten years later Lynch is being interviewed in a sunday supplement magazine on Blue Velvet. and when asked about the dream sequences, he said "i put those into the film for the art crowd to talk endlessly about, the sequences don't mean anything" you could've knocked me over with a feather.
While his films are not without meaning, I think people read too much into his films often. He himself has said he doesn't always know the meaning, or at least articulate it. Sometimes it's nothing more than visually striking sequences and eerie atmospheres. And sometimes it's just his neuroses and way of viewing the world put onto the canvas. Every scene is not laced with subtext. While Blue Velvet is rife with metaphor, this is not what attracted me to it. I just viewed it mostly viscerally, and could relate with the world he built. That's correct, I could relate to the hostile weirdness. That extends to all of Lynch's films. He's very clearly articulated my bound up neuroses, has his finger on the pulse of my terrors, and encapsulates my odd view of the world.
Well put. Thank you.@@billpaxton7525
First, let's make one thing clear, Ben is so fuckin' SUAVE (as any crooner should be). Frank Booth IS the Shadow. This is a movie that can be dissected for the rest of one's life, or simply enjoyed as twisted Freudian fun. Love Lynch's humor and his beautiful dark romanticism. Also loved how right before the father's stroke the camera focuses on the lawn hose getting twisted and the water pressure building, preparing to explode - a beautiful visual image of americana that parallels what's about to happen. A very important aspect of Lynch's films is his amazing sound designs, which echo and elaborate further what he's doing visually. This movie is so hypnotic, which is one of the things that really impressed me, and it truly has an atmosphere and flow that's akin to visual music. Everything in "Blue Velvet" is tapping the subconscious, which is the source of its power and mystery, as opposed to so much of mainstream movies which are extremely self conscious in their narratives and execution.
This was my first Lynch film as well and like you it affected me on such a deep level when I first stumbled upon it. David Lynch felt like the director I had always been looking for but never realized it. It was really a mindblowing experience for me that completely changed the way I looked at movies. I'm forever grateful for it leading me to probably my favorite film of all time Mulholland Drive (which I would agree is his magnum opus) as well as Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and the rest of his fantastic body of work. Great review by the way, would love to see you talk about Lost Highway at some point as well!
I Love David Lynch's work , especially Twin Peaks and Mullholland Dr. The rest I'm trying to watch now.
Like you, a Lynch film is my favorite. And that would be the one being currently talked about, Blue Velvet. Mulholland Drive was indeed really good.
"Blue velvet" is a masterpiece of the great David Lynch.Another thing of the movie that I love is its soundtrack.The main couple appears too in the new "Twin peaks".
One of the great scenes for me in Blue Velvet was when Jeffrey is sitting in the car outside a church with Sandy (Laura Dern), "Why are there people like Frank?" This representation of (relative) innocence is accompanied by church music that ultimately resolves to a perfect D natural chord anchoring us in a shared sense of decency and presumed normality. I knew I was seeing brilliant cinema. I've watched this film three times and if I had sufficient psychological wellbeing I'd probably watch it again sometime. Brilliant review!
Yes, I love it when Sandy tells her dream.
Just now saw this film for the first time. This is my fourth Lynchian film, and second favorite, topped only by Mulhoand Drive. Blue Velvet has such emotional, and psychological power, with disturbing surrealism. Very good movie. I only wish the idea of Ben’s obsession would have been explored even further, and gone all the way like Vertigo.
Thank you for your brilliance. You open doors of understanding and encourage me to see these films again.
Okay----this was my gateway drug to your channel..,.thank you for offering such thoughtful reviews with so much depth.
A very deep, thought provoking and in depth analysis. Great job!
Great review as always. Thank you for introducing me to the world of David Lynch. You should review Inland Empire some day. I'd realy like to hear your opinion on that one.
Thanks for another review that's comprehensive, concise and richly analytical.
Great review! The beauty of a Lynch film is you do not have to grasp all the meaning to enjoy it. You could see Blue Velvet as a detective story and miss much of the symbolism and still think it's a great film. I find that I need to return to his movies and re-watch to gain new perspectives and understanding of all the messages - of which, there are many.
And Jeffrey-Dorothy sex scene. The animalistic roars and the fullscreen fire. "I have your disease in me now"
Nice, nice, very nice, and very smart. I like what I see, and I like what I hear. Elegant, smooth and articulate. Perceptive, deep and insightful. What more could one hope for.
In my opinion, the best film from Lynch. Gene Siskel once made a metaphor that Blue Velvet is a piano. Even if some dislike it, people who watch this movie will not forget it.
Love your reviews, do you accept suggestions? I haven't found Network and After hours in your list. Love those two, also from Buñuel: El (this strange passion), and how about some Godard? Or the 400 coups?
Great review! I've always wanted to check this movie out. So far as far as david Lynch I have Mulholland DR but looking for time to watch it as well. Its been sitting on my laptop nearly 2 years...
Are you going to review the new Twin Peaks season?
The movie for me is about men's journey to adulthood. The world is violent, but intriguing. He has the choice between innocent love and complicated lust. There is a love rival, and we get to see how people deal with this : Frank lashes out, Sandy forgives. Those in authority are duplicitous. Our family isn't always there for us, and when concern is shown, sometimes it is with platitudes ( Jeffrey's reaction that he "doesn't want to talk about it" is familiar to anyone with a teenage boy). At the end, Jeffrey has passed through the phase that Frank never escaped to become the father and we wonder what harrowing journeys of temptation, lust and danger have all family men watering their lawn been through. The choice appears stark : become a domesticated Jeffrey, or remain as Frank ...
Very thoughtful view of this wondrous film. Never looked at it in quite such a way.
@@jeanpaulmichell7243 Thank you. Just be careful if you find an ear in the grass .... :-)
3:11 "like its a fuckin' folgers commercial" dang.. comedy gold right there. got to change my underwear now. thanks for that.
this is the best film review channel on youtube
I never drank Heineken again after this movie.
I actually watched muholland dr. for first time last week and blue velvet last night. Both were amazing. Good review video I am subscribed.
This is great. Consider reviewing The Color Of Pomegranates or Tarkovsky’s “Mirror.” Great films that you may enjoy. Love your content!
Watched it again the other night, love this review it’s spot on
This is really good analysis. I saw the movie when I was in college, and I found it to be the most disturbing movie I have ever scene but also felt it was also a brilliant movie without being able to express why
"...a fuckin' Folgers commercial". I remember, upon release, the naked Rosselini scene on the lawn was quite controversial. Ebert wrote about it. I love the film.
I just watched this last night after many years since my last viewing. It really holds up well. Btw, does anyone know what was on Jeffrey's bedroom wall in a couple scenes? It looks like part of a rubber mask or something, resembling a mouth or teeth. I suppose it just represents another cosmic horror reference but it's interesting the way he reaches toward it as he awakes from the dream of Frank punching him. I guess it's probably a sculptural object created by Lynch himself. My understanding is that Lynch participates heavily in the set design and construction, sometimes making the furniture and objects found within the living spaces in his movies, in Eraserhead especially, obviously, but in this movie also.
I've always wondered what that thing on the wall means... it frustrates me, just like this brilliant movie. Maybe this was deliberate.
@@josephdarkhelmet9494 Lynch also has a strange sense of humor so you never know when he's just messing with the audience.
Love this film one of my all time favs .In dreams lip sink seen is class .A film that stays with you for life, jus class all round 😊
Bracelets? FUCK THAT SHIT! MAGGIE'S BLACK GLOVES
I couldn't shake myself from this movie....haunting.
The music weaves the dark.
Saw the movie last night in a small cinema, that was a terrifying and stunning experience
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Excellent review! Reminds a set of Blue Velvet fans that there is much more to this film than Frank Booths hilarious dialog and persona 😊
What’s your top five directors?
One of my favorite films. An instant classic. Frank Booth- the greatest onscreen villain.
Did not have the chance to see the movie yet, waiting to discover it on Big Screen because, well mr Lynch's Movies deserve it.
Think you look fantastic in this particular video, maybe a Blue Velvet Effect ?
dennis hopper is so great in this movie also in Hoosiers which came out in the same year during a time after rehab
Thoughts on Twin Peaks?
Hey! You should check out the classic movie "The Warriors" the soundtrack by The Eagles that plays at the end is sick! I love that movie
The Warriors is a classic. Joe Walsh did the score for the movie as well if I recall correctly.
Any favorite bad guilty pleasure B-movies, Maggie?
So last night I got backed out of my mind and watched Blue Velvet By David Lynch and really watched it I imagined the writing and what the behind-the-scenes must have been like and I have some thoughts. The Music cinematography acting and atmosphere is great I love the way Lynch uses color. But I wanted to ask the question what's the point of the movie.
Are Frank and Dorthy a manifestation of Jefferys Id and Ego? Is Frank who Jeffery really is inside his soul s daughter himself and even Dorthy in danger. It seemed to me Jeffery is a kind of a creep and whatever good he does is done in spite of him. What do you think is the real reason Jeffery got involved in the mystery. In a deleted scene we see Jeffrey spy on a girl almost getting raped he has a girlfriend of his own but he goes after a highschool girl who has a boyfriend. In another deleted scene his mother says he has to drop school. In the theatrical cut we see him crying we may think he's crying over his father but if that scene had remained i think we would not like him and see him as a selfish perverted jerk
Are Frank and Dorthy a manifestation of Jefferys Id and Ego? Is Frank who Jeffery really is inside his soul
How much of the story is real and how much is a wish-fulfillment fantasy on Jefferys part. It seems like a fantasy because what woman would forgive him for doing the do with Dorthy and diving headfirst into a dark world. In the ending where it seems that Jefferys goose is cooked, it's such a Hollywood ending in that it's a borderline Deus Ex Machina like so much could have gone wrong for him. How much does this film say about the director what is the director trying to say about humanity and the nature of good and evil. The film feels like the kind of Hitchcock film if he had snorted cocaine. It also feels like Lynch borrowed from Brian De Palma. It makes me think of Body Double. In that, it has a Scooby Doo Mystery with a strong theme of voyeurism what do you think
Have you reviewed Videodrome or Naked Lunch?
You have to review the Before trilogy
Doris Day meets Charles Manson.
Frank Booth, “I’ll f-k anything that moves.”
Great review. I guess my disconnect with this film is that I didn't connect with the voyeurism themes you described. I was kinda of like wth is going on the whole time
Cruel Winter Blues is a great korean film that I was surprised has no information or content on youtube or any kind of reviews. It's also not listed in the top Korean films. I think it's because it is not glamorous but its such a gritty down to earth well directed movie of a more realistic take on gangster/outcast life in shot mostly in the rural areas where in Korea its not very looked well upon to be from there.
I think Blue Velvet is a masterpiece and by far Lynch’s greatest movie and indeed better than mulholland drive
Your statement towards the end, that the film is a commentary on art and entertainment. What are you getting that out of?
Your really film smart! Great video :))
I wonder if the majority of the film is Jefferies father's dream initiated by his stroke. The dream starts even the stroke happens (indicated by the camera going into the ground), and ends near the film end, when the camera pans out of Jefferies ear. Jeffrey could stand in for his father's alter ego in the dream.
That's good review , we adore Blue velvet and Sir Lynch
A Cinematic masterpiece! New sub here
can you do Inland Empire?
Hear hear. I'd like to see that as well. Must admit IE was way above my head, though.
Apart from Blue Velvet being one of the most important movies ever made, Dennis Hopper's villain is one of the most terrifying invented.
Kyle MacLachlan’s role reminds me of a Keanu Reeves style of blankness
Of all the films I have seen, "Blue Velvet" remains among my top ten. There is a purity or singularity of vision Lynch possesses (despite that vision seeming utterly haywire) in making "Velvet" that renders the film spellbinding, even more so, for me, than his "Mulholland Drive," another film that stays near the top of my long list, despite the large number of films I have watched since "Mulholland" debuted. "Mulholland" always seems a bit murky in tone and direction toward its conclusion, and during some screenings, it feels around 20 minutes too long. One of "Velvet's" strengths is that it came in one frame short of being a two-hour film, which was the limit imposed by producer Dino De Laurentiis, and under which Lynch worked while directing and editing it. This forced Lynch to tighten it at every cut, leaving only the meat and discarding all the unnecessary connective tissue. He left us with a delicious filet to savor time and again.
I liked this one but it feels like a rough draft of Twin Peaks. Which is sorta the same issue I had with Lost Highway. Whereas that film felt like a rough draft of Mulholland Drive.
This is one of his more straightforward films but that might be what I dislike about it. The best parts are the surreal imagery that appear in key moments
My mind won't stop obsessively wondering what might be the reason behind the flipped video. Hmmm...
insecurity
What do you mean?
please review all Twin Peaks
I don't know her name, but deepfocuslens is pretty fucking great at reviewing movies. I've watched several new films because of her reviews alone and really enjoyed them - especially anything from A24. Regarding Blue Velvet and David Lynch in general, she could have mentioned his consistent theme of misogyny throughout his films. That scene with Isabella Rossellini naked in the front yard was pretty intense.
I guess I‘ll have to watch this again ... and focus more on listening than watching. ☺️
I never really get Lynch the first time. Probably not the second either. But there
What are your thoughts on eraserhead
Eraserhead might be the strangest commentary on the terrors of parenthood ever put on film.
Love it.
Review _Wind River_ if it's in your area
and the Jack Russel.
Enjoyed it a lot. Check out the movie flashback if you haven't yet. It has some similarities.
HEINEKEN? FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST BLUE RIBBON!
Don't be a good neighbor to her!
I got a vibe about the whole thing being a dream
"I talk about David Lynch a lot on this channel because I am kind of obsessed with him." I think that I just discovered my dream girl.
DEEPFOCESLENS, have you REVIEWED FIRE IN THE SKY (1993) FILM, YOU SHOULD, IT IS BOTH GOOD AND SCARY.
wasnt a fan of blue velvet, may have to give it a rewatch. mulholland drive is one of my fav movies of all time, though
I wish she would give me a love letter straight through my heart so I can stop simping over her
Ugh. You are amaze.
Still my favourite Lynch film.
Issabella !!! 👌👏👌👏
I admit that I didn´t watched the movie yet (mainly because I don´t like Kyle McLachlan, I remember him too much from "The Flintstones" and "Showgirls", especially that ridiculous swimming pool-sex scene). But I saw some scenes of it and read reviews. You said in your review that the movie has humour, but I don´t understand how a movie can be humorous when there is a rape scene in it, with a rapist who says "baby wants to fuck"? I mean, in Mel Brooks "Young Frankenstein" there is another rape scene, and THAT scene is meant to be funny, and even that scene was disgusting for me.
No one says rape is funny. You gotta look for the funny in other places.
Don’t forget - it’s not merely a sardonic view of the 1950s - Lynch also loves them.
It was probably a lot better back then, all things considered
Yesss
When people say Blue Velvet describes the dark underbelly of America are they talking about Frank or Jeffrey?
I had never seen a David Lynch film before this. I started with Blue Velvet since that seems to be everyone's recommendation for where to start with David Lynch. I did not care for the film at all. I see what he is trying to go for but it just did not do it for me.
review inland empire
I dare u!!😈
Every Lynch movie I try, I wind up hating. Maybe i don't get what he's going for. I recently watched Blue Velvet for the first time on amazon prime and I hated it.
They’re more spiritual than logical. More personal.
This movie is so fucked. In the best way. Probably Lynch's masterpiece.. (I wanna say twin peaks or mulholland but twin peaks is more of a collaboration, I always felt he got too much credit for it.. and mulholland is incredible but I feel blue velvet Is the definitive example of the hardy boys/Norman Rockwell meets Dali meets Francis bacon straight from that lynch blender)
matthew britt how do feel of the film FIRE in the sky (1993)?
Fire walk with me and blue velvet are my favorites
u r good
watch David Lynch: The Art Life
The townspeople are sleepwalking through their 1950s lifestyle, as portrayed in American television.
Jeffrey is an 80s male, youthful archetype. He is college-influenced upward mobile, and believing that he is entitled/privileged to break the rule of law, because he is more knowledgeable than these 1950s sleepwalkers dwelling in his television-influenced environs.
Frank and friends are nightmares who have slid into Jeffrey’s dream.
Sandy is a 1950s representation of youthful femininity, trying to get by in the much harsher 1980s rules infiltrating their dreamy small town.
The amazingly beautiful Hope Lange represents middle-aged femininity/motherliness left over from that earlier, simpler epoch.
All women in the dream side of Lynch’s surreal narrative, are passive, bordering on submissive.
All of the males confronting Jeffrey are severely damaged, and mostly highly dysfunctional.
The underlying, unspoken element of the male dysfunction is the damage which excessive drinking and drug-consumption has wrought. Both of those self-indulgent behaviors cause severe oxidative stress, Thiamine deficits, cellular breakdowns, and ultimately brain damage. Though they are promised paradise by popping open beer, it leads to many problems, as it is toxic. Same with drugs. In both instances those people are desperately trying to escape from the memories of their traumas. Frank represented that archetype. He also represented the victim of abuse becoming an abuser archetype.
Hope I'll meet a pretty woman like her one day that likes David Lynch and art as much as I do.
I’m about an hour into this movie and it was a chore to get this far… the acting and dialogue are mediocre at best and the main plot so far is just stupid… the second half of this movie better be amazing cause so far I don’t see how anyone can praise this movie as a masterpiece
A little surprised no Twin Peaks Return review.
Let me give you mine: It's more a sequel to the unpopular Fire Walk With Me than the original series.
So for me, a big disappointment. Of the 18 hours, maybe you could find 5 hours of good stuff, 13 hours of blown opportunity.
How about 18 hours of masterpiece, 0 hours of... not masterpiece.
8:03 Like I said on the Siskel and Ebert review, some woman I knew said this was her favorite movie. I can't imagine why. But this commentary, like a lot of film commentaries, misses the purpose of film, and that is to act as fantasy release and to remind people to think about if they've seen similar criminal acts. Everything else if your own personal interpretation, and to this end, complete garbage. I've never the film, really don't want to, but what I've written applies to all movies.
You seem like a pretty cool chick.
One of my favorite films. I don't like actors.
Funny your pretty btw
You sound like the female version of me.
You sound like goofy weiner