Review of Blue Velvet (1986) by Laura C — 07 Jan 2013

Bue Velvet showcases career bests from Lynch, Hopper and Maclaughlin, all of which together created one of my favorite films of all time, one of craziest, darkest and most surreal films ever. The story stretches beyond any plot and instead descents down a path of madness into the depths of Lynch's twisted world of dream-like characters and encounters, such as Dean Stockwell's legendary cameo as the suave beer-sippin, Lip-singing, drug-slanging night club owner Ben, one of the greatest Lynch characters to hit the screen, up with the likes of Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks or Henry of Eraserhead, or perhaps Hopkins in the Elephant Man, another amazing picture of the 80's.

This film is an absolute classic, creates strong moods with the use of airy sequences and light score, the perfect all american environment, and the omnipresent evil that lurks below in the form of dennis hopper and his cronies, all dismissible side performances from Jack Nance, Brad Dourif among others.

This movie is just awesome. Weird. But awesome.