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Blue Velvet is a bizarre, thrilling, and frightening neo-noir that takes the idyllic AnyWhere U.S.A. fairy-tale and spins it into a nightmare. A true masterpiece of American filmmaking, this film will mesmerize audiences, but repulse others, due to its heavy doses of disturbing content. At the start of the film when joe- college Jefferey's father suddenly falls ill and is hospitalized, much of his world is thrown into question. Soon later he finds a severed ear on the ground and its here that he begins to truly confront a reality far different from the one he's always known. With a zooming camera shot that dives into said severed ear canal, Lynch sends Jefferey and the angelic Sandy down the proverbial rabbit hole, where they promptly uncover danger, perversion, and violence that exists beneath the sunny, rose-pedal facade of their home-town. Rossolini gives a brilliantly textured performance as our femme fattale and Hopper is at his best plunging headlong into his role as the wickedly demented Frank Booth. Many of Lynch's trademarks run rampant througout this film, and his use of symbolism is as rich as ever. Blue Velvet does follow a far more traditional narrative structure than we've seen from Lynch in the past, so this one is pretty accessible, while still offering plenty of satisfaction through multiple viewings and interpretive readings of the film. This is definately among Lynch's strongest films and finely showcases his visionary talent. If you still haven't seen it, see it.
