~ Blue Velvet, ITV1, 10:30PM ~

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Just a heads up for anyone who hasn't seen this Cult classic yet, I am still debating whether I watch it again or not TBH, I always said that once was more than enough, very disturbing film...but amazingly well acted and very dark.

*That* scene with Dean Stockwell & Dennis Hopper is as legendary as anything so the film is worth watching just for Dean's surreal miming of Roy Orbison's "In dreams" Yay Dean Stockwell, yay! Amazing actor. :)

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  • SteveOwenSteveOwen Posts: 30,430
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    I've seen a lot of Lynch's work but somehow not this! I'm going to record it, thanks for the reminder. :)
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    It's on Sky quite often, though not this month :D
    I think it's usually on the Indie channel if you want to catch it without ad breaks :)
  • wotnotwotnot Posts: 9,565
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    Watched this years ago and although I usually love Dennis Hopper, this movie made me feel quite uncomfortable. No so much the amount of sexual content but more the type of sexual content. :(
  • stateofgameplaystateofgameplay Posts: 3,578
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    wotnot wrote: »
    Watched this years ago and although I usually love Dennis Hopper, this movie made me feel quite uncomfortable. No so much the amount of sexual content but more the type of sexual content. :(

    Isn't that the point of it tho?
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    I remember when it was released at the cinema and "feminist" groups threw paint at the cinema screens.
    It's a fantastic film - a very important contribution to surrealist cinema, but enjoyable on a normal level as well.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 10,816
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    Even though I have it on DVD I'll shall be zoned in maan.

    Love that film - Thanks for the heads up :cool:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,760
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    I didn't really get the film and not sure why it's called a masterpiece.

    Perhaps it's not really my kind of film.
  • Jamie181Jamie181 Posts: 5,479
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    I wasn't sure whether the ending was supposed to be optimistic, or a piss-take.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 10,816
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    Welcome the world of David Lynch.

    IF you didn't get Blue Velvet I wouldn't bother with Mulholland Drive or Lost Highway let alone Eraserhead :D
  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 22,016
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    Welcome the world of David Lynch.

    IF you didn't get Blue Velvet I wouldn't bother with Mulholland Drive or Lost Highway let alone Eraserhead :D

    Did someone mention my name haha.

    Yup, and if you shouldn't bother with those, you definitely shouldn't go anywhere near Inland Empire.

    As for Blue Velvet, it's one of my favourite Lynch films, not just for Dennis Hopper's wonderfully over-the-top and quite disturbing performance (easily out-doing Jack Nicholson in The Shining) but for the unsettling notion of there being something rotten beneath the surface of a seemingly idyllic suburban setting.
  • jamespondojamespondo Posts: 6,040
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    I've only ever seen Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks,but I really love Lynch's work and style.I have really got to get around to seeing MDrive and Eraserhead.
    We need more guy's like this in a movie industry obsessed with making over produced CGI movies,dumb sequels and pointless remakes,usually directed by bland,yes men.

    What's not to like about a movie which features Dennis Hopper playing an off of his head,crazy psychopath that says f**k in ever sentence (Possibly a semi-autobiographical account of himself in the late 60's :D)
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    The Twin Peaks tv show is Lynch's masterpiece but i reckon Blue Velvet is his best movie.
  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 22,016
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    jamespondo wrote: »
    What's not to like about a movie which features Dennis Hopper playing an off of his head,crazy psychopath that says f**k in ever sentence (Possibly a semi-autobiographical account of himself in the late 60's :D)

    You're not too far off the truth. Hopper was drawing from personal experience when he was acting high after inhaling the gas, remembering how he used to feel when off his head back in the druggy days :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,138
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    Though I love David Lynch's films, I never cared much for Blue Velvet. I should like it but I just don't.:confused:
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    jamespondo wrote: »
    I've only ever seen Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks,but I really love Lynch's work and style.I have really got to get around to seeing MDrive and Eraserhead.
    We need more guy's like this in a movie industry obsessed with making over produced CGI movies,dumb sequels and pointless remakes,usually directed by bland,yes men.

    What's not to like about a movie which features Dennis Hopper playing an off of his head,crazy psychopath that says f**k in ever sentence (Possibly a semi-autobiographical account of himself in the late 60's :D)

    In an interview I saw David Lynch said that Dennis Hopper always put in more f*cks than were scripted, but Hopper reckoned he only said the number of f*cks that were in the script. He was also joking that David Lynch didn't like using the word - he said "he can't say it, but he sure can write it!"
  • RodriguezMan267RodriguezMan267 Posts: 28,156
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    It was an odd film. I think I expected abit more to be honest...
  • JeliteJelite Posts: 2,755
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    I like this film but prefer the mindf*ck of Mullholland Drive.
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