| Blue Velvet [Region 2] |  | Director: David Lynch
Actors: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange
Category: DVD
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Rating:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 235806
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014293158954
ASIN: B00004D0B8
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 1986
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David Lynch peeks behind the picket fences of small-town America to reveal a corrupt shadow world of malevolence, sadism, and madness. From the opening shots Lynch turns the Technicolor picture postcard images of middle class homes and tree-lined lanes into a dreamy vision on the edge of nightmare. After his father collapses in a preternaturally eerie sequence, college boy Kyle MacLachlan returns home and stumbles across a severed human ear in a vacant lot. With the help of sweetly innocent high school girl (Laura Dern), he turns junior detective and uncovers a frightening yet darkly compelling world of voyeurism and sex. Drawn deeper into the brutal world of drug dealer and blackmailer Frank, played with raving mania by an obscenity-shouting Dennis Hopper in a career-reviving performance, he loses his innocence and his moral bearings when confronted with pure, unexplainable evil. Isabella Rossellini is terrifyingly desperate as Hopper's sexual slave who becomes MacLachlan's illicit lover, and Dean Stockwell purrs through his role as Hopper's oh-so-suave buddy. Lynch strips his surreally mundane sets to a ghostly austerity, which composer Angelo Badalamenti encourages with the smooth, spooky strains of a lush score. Blue Velvet is a disturbing film that delves into the darkest reaches of psycho-sexual brutality and simply isn't for everyone. But for a viewer who wants to see the cinematic world rocked off its foundations, David Lynch delivers a nightmarish masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker
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 Great Movie February 20, 2010
R. L. Miles (Chicago)
A must have for any movie collection. Beware: Don't watch this movie when smoking weed:[
It Draws You In... February 18, 2010
Destined to Conquer
David Lynch's 1986 crime-based mystery, "Blue Velvet", is a film that manages to still hold up in this day and age by being cast against the norm and using elements of surrealism as well as film noir.
The story told throughout focuses on a discovery made by college student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) after visiting his father in the hospital, and when he finds a severed ear on his way home, things are not the same. With the help from a detective's daughter, Sandy Williams (Laura Dern), they manage to try to solve this mystery as much as they can, going as far as breaking and entering in singer Dorothy Vallens' (Isabella Rossellini) apartment complex. I won't go into further detail about the plot, and even if I did manage to spoil it, I still recommend you watch this film.
The acting is completely top notch here: everybody from the underrated MacLachlan to a completely demented sadomasochistic Dennis Hopper is guaranteed to bring on an unforgettable performance (especially Hopper). The use of symbolism will bring questions to the mind, even after viewing the film. The talents of David Lynch aren't easy for everyone to understand, but this is possibly one of his more accessible films, and a highly recommended starting point for newcomers to Lynch's style.
Blue Velvet is definitely one of the best films to come out during the 1980's, if not all time. It is a highly demented yet quite beautiful experience that will amaze those that are in for something different.
Lynchian Twisted Noir January 27, 2010
Kelly (San Marino)
This is Lynch at his most classic and refined at the same time. Though signs of Lynch's obsession to be weird are ever present, the story is layered and deeply symbolic. This VHS recording means even more to me as it broke the night I lost my virginity, but that's another story.
 Slow, extremely boring, should have never been made December 15, 2009
JPinCA (CA)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
Slow, extremely boring, most normal people would fall asleep if it was not for Dennis Hopper's loud ranting from a poorly written script. My wife shared my opinion and we both laughed at the many of the scenes and can't believe this film was ever taken seriously. The film had a few well known actors who had to be at the beginning of their career and they have to be very embarrassed looking back at a film they took part in...lol.. what joke and total waste of time. This show was a bad thought put to film.
A film that will change your senses.... November 17, 2009
Timothy Lee Lagcher (Newport News, VA USA)
Many people praise films becuase of the impact it has had on their emotions. Many also praise films because of the true meaning that underlies the imagery. Blue Velvet has made a busy man like myself sit and take the time to write a review. This film will open your eyes, change your perspective, and re-evaluate the things you take for granted everyday. I bought this David Lynch tour-de-force on a whim - I had been a fan of Eraserhead for a very long time and this masterpiece completely devoured me from the opening score. The imagery will literally rip your eyes open as the darkly melodic themes float around your visual shock.
First off, kudos to Dennis Hopper on portraying one of the most mind-blowing villians that I have had the pleasure of viewing- Frank Booth. From his shock-inspiring first appearance to his final demise he portrays what truely evil people fight with the most-themselves. His self-doubt is evident throughout the film and his choice of cover is a ruthlessness not seen since my first viewing of Max Cady in Cape Fear. From the way his face contorts when inhaling though his mask to his unstable, rage-driven personality, it is a performance like no other i have ever seen.
Speaking of great performances in this film, I cannot help but include my favorite seven minutes of the entire movie, led by none other than the great Dean Stockwell. His portrayal of "Suave Ben", Frank's pansexual partner in crime, will haunt your mind for days. I could not believe how disturbing his character was. The man that i had watched in so many Quantum Leap episodes literally blew me away with such a bizarre and terrific semi-cameo appearance. Watch how him and Frank interact in that short sequence- it is blatantly obvious that Frank looks up to Ben and we are only left with our ideas as to what kind of person Frank would admire. Chilling, indeed.
In closing, Blue Velvet will give you an entirely different feeling the next time you listen to Bobby Vinton's song of the same name.
PS- As I had mentioned Eraserhead before, watch for Jack Nance's fiendish little role as Paul, one of Frank's thugs.
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