121 mins - United States 1986 Director: David Lynch Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper One of the most influential American films of the 1980s, BLUE VELVET is set in a small town and looks at the dark underside of its community. The story begins when college student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a severed human ear. A box office hit when originally released, BLUE VELVET was lauded by critics as an original and startling movie while Frank, portrayed by Dennis Hopper, is one of the scariest screen villains of all time. “BLUE VELVET has the power to unsettle and disturb like nothing else.” London Evening Standard
FROM THE MIND OF DAVID LYNCHOn 15 January 2025, we lost David Lynch, one of the most original, singular and unique artists of American cinema and television in the last fifty years. Some of his most notable films include ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET and WILD AT HEART as well as of course the seminal TV series TWIN PEAKS. The term ‘Lynchian’ is used to describe something that has a dreamlike quality with an air of
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