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Blue Velvet

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A David Lynch film discovered at age 15 that was unlike any movie the viewer had seen, featuring an unforgettable Dennis Hopper performance and using post-war American imagery.

Mentions (10)
"Well this lady at work put in the Teams chat, 'This caller is breathing in my ear like Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.' She got some laugh reactions. Another coworker responded with a GIF of Dennis Hopper in the movie. They got some laugh reactions too. I love that movie and I'm tryin to get in on tha"
Made a huge faux pas at work today · u/Paula-Abdul-Jabbar · ↑453 · 2025-05-22
""Blue Velvet" in 35MM - audience was guffawing constantly like the whole thing was hilarious. Even during the Frank Booth scene!"
"Irony poisoned" crowds at serious movie screenings... · u/BadgemanBrown · ↑304 · 2026-01-03
"Some other films they're offering that I can't find on other services: - Sweet Smell of Success - The Masque of the Red Death - To Live and Die in LA - Blue Velvet - Burning"
"Until recently, the only David Lynch movie I've ever seen was Blue Velvet. A chain theater near me (ok, yes, the Alamo Drafthouse) has been screening all of his movies, so I signed up for a monthly pass in order to watch them."
Performative laughter is ruining the movie theater experience · u/michael_cerave · ↑178 · 2025-03-29
"R.I.P. David. This is the first song I danced to with my current GF. His work has been so foundational to me. This death hurts."
Blue Velvet "In Dreams" scene. · u/No-Host-Texas · ↑63 · 2025-01-16
"The whole time they were laughing at the movie. Toward the end women were groaning that Laura Dern was in love with Kyle MacLachlan. There was one guy in particular who was really obnoxious and laughing more than everyone else and making annoying comments at the movie."
Saw Blue Velvet with a really annoying crowd · u/Weary_Service_8509 · ↑37 · 2024-07-19
"I discovered David Lynch when I was 15 with Blue Velvet. As a teenager with a creative persuasion, I found it unlike any movie I'd yet seen (not saying much at 15, I know.) To me then it was both creatively and emotionally exiciting, and even to this day Dennis Hopper's portrayal of Frank is unforge"
"- Blue Velvet"
"So I'll say that it was one of the Music Box in Chicago's monthly "Rated Q (Q for Queer)" screenings and opened with a Blue Velvet themed drag show"
Saw Blue Velvet with a really annoying crowd · u/Weary_Service_8509 · ↑37 · 2024-07-19
"I discovered David Lynch when I was 15 with Blue Velvet. As a teenager with a creative persuasion, I found it unlike any movie I'd yet seen (not saying much at 15, I know.) To me then it was both creatively and emotionally exiciting, and even to this day Dennis Hopper's portrayal of Frank is unforge"
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