In this weeks class we watched the film Blue Velvet. This film was so bizarre that I couldn't turn away. This film encompasses the same stylistic drives as film noir. Jeffery Beaumont, home from college to visit his sick father, is caught up in a compelling mystery that drives him to investigate on his own. While walking home from the hospital, Jeffery finds a strange object hidden in the grass after further examination we find that it is a human ear. Distraught, Jeffery rushes the ear to the police and asks them to investigate. The detective asks Jeffery to remove himself from the investigation because it is private information. Unable to keep away, Jeffery solicits the help of the detective's daughter Sandy. Sandy tells Jeffery that she overheard her father talking about a specific apartment as a site of interest. It is from here that the real nail biting starts to happen. This movie is great at keeping its audience in a state of suspense. The film spirals from crazy to freakishly bizarre as the movie progresses. This movie seemed to be more on the Hollywood side, but had many of the bizarre characteristics that would make this film seem more Indie than Hollywood. One thing that made the movie a bit hard to watch was the acting, it was either overdone or bland. Nothing special there.
Things that I have noticed througout the film.
- I'm not going to lie, Frank Booth played by Dennis Hopper, really scared the crap out of me.
2. Laura Dern has by far the ugliest fake cry I have ever had the misfortune of seeing.
3. The song " Blue Velvet" has been stuck in my head since the day we watched the film.
I like the Lana Del Rey version better.
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