FilmBabble: The Sight and Sound Top 100

=85. Blue Velvet

Episode Summary

Happy New Year! David Lynch. The Man, The Myth, The Dream.....? This week, Charlie and Antonio submerge into the surreal 1986 classic BLUE VELVET. A severed ear leads an unpredictable college student into the seedy underworld lying beneath middle-class American society. Truly, a mystery film like no other. Strap in, folks!

Episode Notes

Happy New Year!

David Lynch. The Man, The Myth, The Dream.....? This week, Charlie and Antonio submerge into the surreal 1986 classic BLUE VELVET. A severed ear leads an unpredictable college student into the seedy underworld lying beneath middle-class American society. Truly, a mystery film like no other. Strap in, folks!

 

Intro/outro music: "These Chains" by Mid-Air Thief

 

BLUE VELVET (1986), USA, written and directed by David Lynch, cinematography by Frederick Elmes, featuring Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, and Jack Nance