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Blue Velvet (1986) https://letterboxd.com/smudgeefc1985/film/blue-velvet/
Many years ago when I was a teenage film geek, I watched Mulholland Drive and thought it was a pile of pretentious 'weird for the sake of being weird' ****e. Many more years of film watching and finally seeing and loving Twin Peaks made me think maybe Lynch was worth another go. No. Just no.
This film is one of the biggest teases I think I've ever seen. There is so much here that's so good, the four lead performances of McLachlan, Dern, Rossellini and the pretty terrifying Hopper are all completely on point. There is obvious subtle as a sledgehammer juxtaposing imagery for the idyllic small town with the down and dirty underbelly. The music is perfect. But on the whole? An uncomfortable jarring mix between the outrageously dull, and scenes that are graphic and shocking, for seemingly no reason other than shock value for the hell of it.
Absolutely not my thing, despite loving Twin Peaks, and at the risk of upsetting his fanboys, Lynch is absolutely not for me at all.
Blue Velvet (1986) https://letterboxd.com/smudgeefc1985/film/blue-velvet/
Many years ago when I was a teenage film geek, I watched Mulholland Drive and thought it was a pile of pretentious 'weird for the sake of being weird' ****e. Many more years of film watching and finally seeing and loving Twin Peaks made me think maybe Lynch was worth another go. No. Just no.
This film is one of the biggest teases I think I've ever seen. There is so much here that's so good, the four lead performances of McLachlan, Dern, Rossellini and the pretty terrifying Hopper are all completely on point. There is obvious subtle as a sledgehammer juxtaposing imagery for the idyllic small town with the down and dirty underbelly. The music is perfect. But on the whole? An uncomfortable jarring mix between the outrageously dull, and scenes that are graphic and shocking, for seemingly no reason other than shock value for the hell of it.
Absolutely not my thing, despite loving Twin Peaks, and at the risk of upsetting his fanboys, Lynch is absolutely not for me at all.