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With Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell Directed by David Lynch After his two dark debut black & white classics (Eraserhead & Elephant Man), and the big budget other-end-of-the-spectrum Dune, Lynch found his perfect niche with Blue Velvet. This is the territory where he excels - seemingly normal suburban America with high ideals and moral conscience, but underneath the primary colours of floral gardens, white picket fences and smiling neighbours lays dark, seedy secrets. Lynch regular MacLachlan (Dune, Twin Peaks) is a young man whose normal life is turned inside out when he finds a severed ear in a field. This leads him to undertaking some amateur sleuth work, simultaneously growing fond of the daughter of the cop he reported it to. His investigations lead him to an intriguing club singer who is under the thumb of a domineering hood (outstandingly played by Hopper). He falls for her and wants to save her from this horrid guy, but he's in way over his head. This masterful film is a modern classic with a mood and style second to none.  6 / A - PB 1 2 3 4 5 6 A - B - C |
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