Blue Velvet is not your average rental which you can just pickup watch & forget about it a few days down the line. Few movies can stay as vivid in memory as Blue Velvet, it really does stick with you for life. I for one have seen this movie as many times possible & each time deriving a cinematically orgasmic enriching experience from each viewing. And each time there was something new to see in it , some new viewpoint to look at the movie.
 
Its impossible to classify this movie in one genre. It works as a drama, mystery, psychological thriller , it can mean a lot of things to lot of people depending on the person one can interpret it in many ways as well which is true hallmark of any good art film. The atmosphere it creates be it via the music or the visuals which every frame looks like a picture. The reds look the reddest , the blue hues , the shadows all give a very unqiue noir feel to this unlike any noir film you have seen. The movie is all about symbolisms .. about metaphors , It is a bizzare , sick, frightening, visually & audibly superlative surrealistic masterpiece by one of the greatest directors of the world.
 
The performances are superlative MacLachlan, Dern, Rosellini, ..Hopper well is simply mindblowing, frank booth is easily the scariest character potryaed on the screen.
The picture of rosellini singing ‘blue velvet’ in the nightclub will stay with you for quite some time. And so will be the seemingly grotesque scenes of violence , sexual & otherwise.
 
If you havent seen blue velvet you have quite missed a cinematic experience like no other. It’s definitely a buy it now DVD.

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Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
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