Jeffrey Beaumont discovers something strange in a field near his parents' home; his desire to understand its origins leads him into a murky, suburban dream gone awry. What unfolds drags the viewer to a place most of us pretend doesn't exist. Often unsettling, always powerful, the film is an unfurled canvas depicting a surrealist landscape that is both analogous to reality and surreptitiously real. When Blue Velvet makes you feel afraid, remember this: scratch the surface of anything shiny and you’ll likely find something less appealing underneath. The shine isn't merely an illusion, it’s one facet of the larger whole.
5 strange worlds, Sandy out of 5
One of my favorite movies of all time. It's dark and twisted but exquisitely beautiful, and there's something about it that really resonates with me.
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It's wonderfully dark. Frank makes me uneasy, not just in 'that scene' but throughout. Wiggins.
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