Review of Blue Velvet (1986) by Bowen E — 25 Aug 2010
With Blue Velvet, director David Lynch is in peak form. There is delicate delivery to the aesthetics of this film - visceral and emotive, and represents one his most accomplished pictures. The abstractions and glyphs make sense somehow - like the puzzle pieces to a dream.
Kyle MacLachlan plays Jeffrey, a boy living in the generic small-town community of Lumberton, U.S.A., who inadvertently stumbles on the rot and corruption concealed beneath the town's veneer of perfection.
MacLachlan performs well here. The sensual Isabella Rossellini provides the film's vivid sexuality, both abrasive and alluring, as nightclub singer Dorothy whilst Laura Dern is the ethereal knockout Sandy, the policeman's daughter and Jeffrey's love interest.
But it is Dennis Hopper who excels as the sadistic Frank, the villain that Dorothy is hopelessly embroiled with. An erotically charged thriller of fascinating scope and power, rivaling some of the most subversive films of the era.
This review of Blue Velvet (1986) was written by Bowen E on 25 Aug 2010.
Blue Velvet has generally received very positive reviews.
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