Blue Velvet (1986)
Dir. David Lynch
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.
