Blue Velvet
DAVID LYNCH: ABSURD ENCOUNTERS, PART 5
"I'm seeing something that was always hidden. I'm in the middle of a mystery and it's all secret."
DUNE, David Lynch's first (and only) foray into big budget studio filmmaking was an unmitigated disaster, both critically and commercially, and in the wake of its failure, his career as a film director was in question.
But thanks to his own inability to stop creating, and incredible support from his DUNE producer Dino De Laurentiis, Lynch was not only able to continue working in film, but his next film would be the the most personal, idiosyncratic film that he'd created since his debut ERASERHEAD.
And although he didn't know it at the time, it was also the film that not only reinvigorated his career, but defined him as an artist, one with an uncompromising artistic vision.
That film is BLUE VELVET. And on this episdoe, we'll discuss how the film was created, from its inception as a "fragment" of an idea to it being filmed on the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina, and its legacy as one of the greatest films of the 1980s and one of the most important films of Lynch's career.
Please Note: This is Part 1 of a 2 part discussion on BLUE VELVET. The 2nd part of this conversation — including the Extended Episode with our "Somebody Needs A Nap" and "Further Viewing" segments — will be released next week.
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SYNOPSIS:
Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
Up Next: David Lynch: Episode 6: TWIN PEAKS (Pilot).
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CAST & CREW
Directed by: David Lynch
Screenplay by: David Lynch
Produced by: Fred Caruso
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan | Isabella Rossellini | Dennis Hopper | Laura Dern | Hope Lang | George Dickerson | Dean Stockwell | Priscilla Pointer | Frances Bay | Brad Dourif | Jack Nance | Fred Pickler
Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
Edited by: Duwayne Dunham
Music by: Angelo Badalamenti
Release Date: September 19, 1986
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, Justin Bishop & Todd A. Davis.
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