Blue Velvet

David Lynch's Blue Velvet is perfect from beginning to end. It has great use of music, strong performances by its actors and contains shots that feel slightly surreal. The story is quite simple, but one that gets every viewer thrilled with excitement and filled with suspense. Stories about ordinary people getting involved in a murder mystery they shouldn't get involved in and secretly entering the appartment of a stranger, will most of the time have everyone on the edge of their seats. A great example is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, an absolute classic and one of the best films which concern this theme. Much less confusing then, let's say, Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet starts by letting its main character come across some strange objects and being witness of some strange events. After his father ends up in hospital, Jeffrey Beaumont returns to the suburban town he grew up in and once he meets Sandy, wonderfully played by Laura Dern, he loses his sense of what's right and what's wrong, being all of a sudden capable to do things he knows he really shouldn't. Isabella Rossellini is perfectly cast as the mysterious singer Dorothy Vallens, given this magical performance of the recurring song Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton. She's a real femme fatale, getting Jeffrey in big trouble once the two of them start having some strange sexual encounters with Doroty pleeing Jeffrey to hit her. Sandy, of whom Laura Dern makes this beautiful and somewhat shy teenage girl, falls heavy for Jeffrey's charms, not aware of his encounters with the smooth voiced singer. David Lynch makes of Blue Velvet a true feast for every fan of cinema. It's different, it's art, it's typical Lynch stuff and one of his many masterpieces.

What is it about?

A young and very curious guy by the name of Jeffrey Beaumont one lovely day finds a finger in a field of grass. Taking the finger to the police station, making sure they do some investigating, he soons come to meet the daughter of the detective, Sandy Williams. Not caring about the fact she has a boyfriend, the two of them start to spend time together spying on a singer who might be involved in the mysterious finger case. When Jeffrey comes with a plan to get into the singer's house by pretending to be a bug exterminator, he soon finds himself in trouble. Instead of giving up and spending their time differently, Jeffrey realizes he's already in it too deep and has to go on trying to help this singer, Dorothy Vallens, who's husband and son seem to be captured by some tough guys of which a guy named Frank Booth supposedly is the leader. Not knowing whether he is able to eventually help Dorothy get out of the mess she has found herself in, he is willing to help her the best he can, not thinking about abandofin
her very soon.

Final Verdict: *****

Blue Velvet is a real delight and captivating from beginnint to end. It has all the usual Lynch flavours all combined into one and is full of suspense and bombastic scenes that seem totally into place. Lynch his films are just loads of fun to watch. He has his own style and dares to be different making his work filled with wonderful things that come to prickle the senses of your little brain. Blue Velvet is more fun than Mulholland Dr. Some might find it a bit kitsch maybe, but to me it's great artistic cinema. It's a true classic and one that years from now still will be special and like nothing else out there. It truly stands on its own. At the end Lynch throws some questions at you that you're unable to really answer, but that's what makes his work so great. You don't need the answers to enjoy them fully. It's mindbobbling stuff you wish every film would be able to give you.