![]() Eventually, of course, we are drawn into much darker and deeper waters. Lynch opens the film with white picket fences and other evocations of suburban American dreaminess. One line of criticism praises the film as an expose of the dark, secret heart of American life. ![]() It’s almost as worrying, baffling, and brain-frying as it ever was, though obviously it now exists in the context of three decades of subsequent American cinema at least partly shaped by its impact.īlue Velvet (Just Some Stray Thoughts I Wish I’d Been Able to Develop in the Abovementioned Podcast) In my ep, we chatted about the 1983 Coen Brothers debut Blood Simple (thus making the podcast kindasorta another bit of Eruditorum Press’s now recurring but irregular ‘Minnesota’ series… even though Blood Simple takes place in Texas) and the 1986 David Lynch masterpiece/freakshow Blue Velvet.īlue Velvet is 30 years old this year, and a restored print is currently enjoying a limited theatrical re-release. Check out my episode here (and check out TMBDOS’s other episodes because they’re worth it). ![]() I’ve been both sick and very busy.įirstly, I was recently a guest on the excellent They Must Be Destroyed On Sight! movie podcast, chatting with hosts Lee Russell and Daniel Harper (who is also, as you all must surely know by now, the co-host of the Oi! Spaceman Doctor Who podcast, and an online mate of mine). Bit of a loose collection of bits and bobs this week.
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