Blue velvet

Blue Velvet (original title: Blue Velvet) is a 1986 American film directed and written by David Lynch that mixes elements of psychological horror with film noir, starring Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange and Dean Stockwell and was created with a budget of six million dollars, raising 8,551,228 dollars worldwide. The title was taken from Bobby Vinton's song of the same name.

Synopsis

In the peaceful-looking American town of Lumberton, Jeffrey (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a human ear in the grass, picks it up, and brings it to Detective Williams (George Dickerson). Later he meets Sandy (Laura Dern), the detective's daughter, who reveals details to Jeffrey about the investigation his father is conducting in the case of the ear found by him. These revelations lead Jeffrey with the help of Sandy to sneak into the apartment of a woman named Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), where he is discovered by the woman, who nevertheless hides him in the closet when Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) arrives at the apartment.. There Jeffrey gets involved in another mystery related to the strange sadomasochistic relationship between Dorothy and Frank.

Cast

Production

The script for Blue Velvet went through many major studios in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which rejected it due to its strong sexual and violent content. A critic of Dune, the director tried to develop a personal story more or less characteristic of the surrealist style shown in his debut feature Eraserhead. The independent studio De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, owned at the time by Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, agreed to finance and produce the film.

Blue Velvet initially received a divided critical response, with many claiming that its objectionable content served little artistic purpose. However, it earned David Lynch his second Best Director Oscar nomination and reached to achieve cult film status. As an example of a director bucking the norm, he was credited with relaunching Hopper's career and providing Rossellini with a dramatic outlet beyond his previous work as a fashion model and spokesperson for cosmetic products.

In subsequent years, the film generated significant scholarly attention regarding its thematic symbolism, and is now regarded as one of Lynch's major works and one of the best films of the 1980s. Publications such as Sight & Sound, Time, Entertainment Weekly and BBC Magazine ranked it among the best American films of all time. Since 2008, is part of AFI's 10 Top 10 in the category of mystery films.

The film shows the existing dualism in the world. On the one hand, the superficial of life full of apparent good sensations; and on the other, the pure reality, the dark side that hides behind everything that at first glance seems beautiful. Lynch was nominated for an Oscar for best director for this film, played by Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, with whom Lynch shared a sentimental relationship, Laura Dern and Dennis Hopper, who gives life to Frank Booth, one of the most twisted and disturbing characters in the recent history of American cinema.^{[citation needed]} The film is considered an example of surrealism.

The name Blue Velvet (Blue Velvet) comes from Bobby Vinton's song Blue Velvet, famous in 1963, which reached the number one of the Billboard popularity list, and also by versions recorded by Tony Bennett and others. The film describes several strange situations in which a slightly disturbing atmosphere can be felt, as it happens in the different David Lynch films.^{[citation required]}

Soundtrack

Mostly, during the film a cover of Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton is played, and in one scene, the song In Dreams by Roy Orbison is played.

Its original soundtrack, written by Angelo Badalamenti, is composed by:

Awards

Oscar

Golden Globe