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Blue Velvet is a 1986 American mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. The movie exhibits elements of both film noir and surrealism. The film features Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. The title is taken from the 1963 Bobby Vinton song of the same name. Although initially detested by some mainstream critics, the film is now widely acclaimed, and earned Lynch his second Academy Award nomination for Best Director. As an example of a director casting against the norm, Blue Velvet is also noted for re-launching Hopper's career and for providing Rossellini with a dramatic outlet beyond the work as a fashion model and a cosmetics spokeswoman for which she had until then been known.
After the commercial and critical failure of Lynch's Dune (1984), he made attempts at developing a more "personal story", somewhat characteristic of his surreal style he displayed in his debut Eraserhead (1977). The screenplay of Blue Velvet had been passed around multiple times in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with many major studios declining it because of its strong sexual and violent content. The independent studio De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, which was owned at the time by Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis, agreed to finance and produce the film. Since its initial theatrical release, Blue Velvet has achieved cult status, significant academic attention and is widely regarded as one of Lynch's finest works, alongside Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive (2001). It is also seen by many critics as representing a modern-day version of film-noir, "neo-noir", present in many thrillers from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. Blue Velvet was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time by Entertainment Weekly in 1999 and chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest mystery films ever made.
Actors: Melissa Leo (actress), Josh Lucas (actor), Giovanni Ribisi (actor), Jason Ritter (actor), Ian Roberts (actor), Cassian Elwes (producer), Dale Dickey (actress), Audra McDonald (actress), Malin Akerman (actress), Michael C. Hall (actor), Frankie Valli (actor), Justine Seymour (costume designer), Mark Rickard (producer), Logan Marshall-Green (actor), Adam Davenport (director),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Lieh Lo (actor), Chung Lin (actor), Mark Adler (composer), Wei Lo (actor), Kwan-Min Cheng (actor), Wayne Wang (producer), Wayne Wang (director), Wayne Wang (writer), Chien Yu (actress), Victor Wong (actor), Cora Miao (actress), Koon-Chung Chan (producer), Dennis Dun (actor), Allen Fong (actor), Spencer Nakasako (director),
Plot: A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
Keywords: avant-garde, briefcase, coprophagia, dark-comedy, first-person, foot-chase, handcuffs, hong-kong, independent-film, narrationShe wore Blue Velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars
She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
Love was ours
Ours a love I held tightly
Feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly
But when she left gone was the glow of
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my heart there'll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years