David Lynch returns with more of his warped ideas, this time revolving around a bizarre triangle between three people. A shy man who found an ear in the woods, and triggers a murder investigation; a tortured cabaret singer and a psychopathic killer fueled by his own manic sexual obsessions. The three of their lives collide and intertwine creating a very tense and well done thriller.
A local student finds an ear and triggers a murder investigation, and later finds the investigation connected to a woman whose apartment he investigates. He witnesses, whilst hiding in the closet, an awful rape by the psychopath (played brilliantly with verve and character by Dennis Hopper) and he vows to help the tortured woman.
All the murder and mayhem tie unsettlingly back to the fabric Blue Velvet, which Dennis has quite a fetish for.
Blue Velvet is an expose on small town America: exposing the underbelly of a seemingly harmless town. One scene gives you that notion perfectly: a man driving by on a fire engine, waving to the camera with a huge smile on his face. Obviously a nice man, but underneath, like the rest of the people in the town, there's a dark side. That's essentially what the film's about: our dark side.
Through disturbing imagery and a cunningly devised plot, also backed by strong performances by all the characters, namely Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper, "Blue Velvet" proves to be an interesting film experience. It's one of David Lynch's better movies.
Nine out of ten.
A local student finds an ear and triggers a murder investigation, and later finds the investigation connected to a woman whose apartment he investigates. He witnesses, whilst hiding in the closet, an awful rape by the psychopath (played brilliantly with verve and character by Dennis Hopper) and he vows to help the tortured woman.
All the murder and mayhem tie unsettlingly back to the fabric Blue Velvet, which Dennis has quite a fetish for.
Blue Velvet is an expose on small town America: exposing the underbelly of a seemingly harmless town. One scene gives you that notion perfectly: a man driving by on a fire engine, waving to the camera with a huge smile on his face. Obviously a nice man, but underneath, like the rest of the people in the town, there's a dark side. That's essentially what the film's about: our dark side.
Through disturbing imagery and a cunningly devised plot, also backed by strong performances by all the characters, namely Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper, "Blue Velvet" proves to be an interesting film experience. It's one of David Lynch's better movies.
Nine out of ten.