Blue Velvet

Name: Blue Velvet
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: September 19, 1986
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan

1986

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De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Release Date: September 19, 1986 | R

Starring: Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan

Summary: Set in a small American town, Blue Velvet is a dark, sensuous mystery involving the intertwining lives of four very different individuals. The film's painful realism reminds us that we are not immune to the disturbing events which transpire in Blue Velvet's sleepy community. There is a darker side of life waiting for us all. (DeSet in a small American town, Blue Velvet is a dark, sensuous mystery involving the intertwining lives of four very different individuals. The film's painful realism reminds us that we are not immune to the disturbing events which transpire in Blue Velvet's sleepy community. There is a darker side of life waiting for us all. (De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Inc.)… Expand

Director: David Lynch

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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Jamie Graham

Isabella Rossellini’s singer Dorothy is a heart-rending open wound, Dennis Hopper’s Frank Booth one of cinema’s great nutjobs, and Lynch’s control a thing of nightmarish beauty. Read full review

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Sheila Benson

The most brilliantly disturbing film ever to have its roots in small-town American life. [19 September 1986, Calendar, p.6-1]

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Elvis Mitchell

As fascinating as it is freakish. It confirms Mr. Lynch's stature as an innovator, a superb technician, and someone best not encountered in a dak alley. [19 September 1986]

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Hopper creates a flabbergasting portrait of unrepentent, irredeemable evil. Read full review

Film.com John Hartl

An exhilarating piece of popular entertainment.

Marjorie Baumgarten

You either think it's dementedly wild at heart or a lost highway to nowhere.

Roger Ebert

So strong, so shocking and yet so audacious that people walk out shaking their heads; they don't know quite what to make of it. Read full review

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FranzHcritic

Jul 3, 2014

A true mystery, a thrilling adventure with a disturbing yet surreal David Lynch twist, a stylistic cinematography and convincing performances from Isabella Rossellini and a frightening Hopper.

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alejandro970

Nov 26, 2021

If David Lynch's idea was to atone for the sin of running the disgusting Dune, he succeeded and in such way. The plot swings swiftly like an acrobat between the horror genre and the crime genre. The performances are simply out of this world.

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Jul 15, 2006

It's hard to find the words to describe the experience of watching Blue Velvet. The film is simply a masterpiece.

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daviddelnorte23

Jan 19, 2018

Muchísimas ganas de ver mi segunda película de Lynch, y no defraudó, esta película es puro Lynch y la historia que cuenta y como lo hace, siempre es GENIAL. Viva Lynch y su mente 'perversa'.

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AJ_13

Jun 13, 2021

Pure David Lynch, Blue Velvet gathers each one of his characteristics. Even though it doesn't reach the level of greatness as in Mulholland Drive or Twin Peaks, it is mysterious, unique and provocative enough to be recognised as a really good movie.

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amheretojudge

Jun 12, 2018

a smooth and satisfying experience..

Blue Velvet The feature is smartly separated into various high pitched dramatic sequences that are mesmerizing and bedazzling; even though inedible to encounter, offering some of the best theater act like drama culminated into this convoluted vision.a smooth and satisfying experience..

Blue Velvet

The feature is smartly separated into various high pitched dramatic sequences that are mesmerizing and bedazzling; even though inedible to encounter, offering some of the best theater act like drama culminated into this convoluted vision. The writing is witty, exhilarating and gripping throughout the course of it where if plotted a graph there barely would be a dip somewhere in its second act which is feasible. The technical aspects like background score is up beating and horrifying and is perfectly edited too. David Lynch; the writer-director, once again proves his excellence and passion towards the art of the cinema through his brilliant execution skills which holds the audience on the edge of the seat, rooting for more even after the curtain drops. The performance level is satisfactorily filled in by Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern as a supporting cast. The only minor conflict in this feature is the definite point that it fails to make despite of building it up to such a peak where the audience feels vulnerable and surrendered to the world depicted in here. Blue Velvet is a smooth and satisfying experience in terms of craft that is explored in here and the thrill it offers along with it.… Expand

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DJHobby

Jul 6, 2008

Public Service Announcement: David Lynch Sucks I'm watching Blue Velvet right now and I want to know how did this movie garner any accolades. Congress should pass a law declaring that if David Lynch ever tries to make another movie he should be drawn and quartered. I decided to watch Public Service Announcement: David Lynch Sucks I'm watching Blue Velvet right now and I want to know how did this movie garner any accolades. Congress should pass a law declaring that if David Lynch ever tries to make another movie he should be drawn and quartered. I decided to watch this movie after seeing that it was one of the American Film Institutes top 100 movies of all time. AFI even said it was even one of the top 10 mystery films of all times. The big mystery is who supports this crap. I'll give you the play by play of this movie as I watch it. It has the worst sound track of any "serious" movie ever made. Some of the songs are good songs, I love Roy Orbison etc.. But they are all out of place. The acting in this movie is horrible. The dork main character chews up the scenery. And then there is Dennis Hopper. Hopper is the worst actor of all time. He ruins ever movie he has ever made. Think about it. Apocalypse Now was awesome until Hopper shows up. Hoosiers might have been a good movie if he had not been cast. This movie is definitely no exception. It has one of the worst/weirdest scene ever in any movie. Dennis Hopper (have I told you how much I hate this asshole?) starts sniffing something, (oxygen?, glue?, his underwear?) and rapes Isabella Rossellini while he yells for his mommy. Damn, I need a shower. This movie is just full of unnecessary sexual violence. Why does that damn curtain keep flapping? And what is with the 25 times the actors say or drink a Heineken? "Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!" That is a line delivered ham fisted, straight from the movie. This ranks right down there with Muhalland Drive, another David Lynch movie, that is the worst movie ever made. Is that guy dancing with a snake? More underwear sniffing, and then Hopper puts on lipstick? Man this movie is bad? Roy Orbison's estate should sue for slander. To quote an Orbison song played during this movie, "I can't help it if I cry," at how bad this movie is. Oh shit, the man in the yellow coat is a cop! I didn't see that coming. Also, what year did this take place? Most of the cars are from the late 50's, and a few from the 60's. The main dork dresses like it's 1982, but everyone else dresses like it's 1962. The dork sure does heal well. First he's stabbed in the face, (and that appears and reappears trough out) and then he is nearly beaten to death and then the next day he is fully healed. WTF? I didn't see that coming. David Lynch convinced Isabella to get naked and beat up one more time. Wouldn't you just take her to the hospital, not to your girlfriends house? What the hell?!? Now the guy with the yellow coat is standing there, and he's dead, standing? What in the world is Dennis Hopper sniffing? Sorry about the long rant but I can't say enough about how bad this movie is. Don't just take my word for it. From wikipedia: Roger Ebert, noted film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, supports my view, although he praised Isabella Rossellini's performance as being "convincing and courageous". Ebert criticized how she was depicted in the film, even accusing David Lynch of misogyny: "degraded, slapped around, humiliated and undressed in front of the camera. And when you ask an actress to endure those experiences, you should keep your side of the bargain by putting her in an important film" David Lynch you put your disease in me.… Expand

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