Blue Velvet
Film
Excerpt: 'A New Literary History of America'...of spectatorship and complicity, a key and sustaining motif in films through Hitchcock's Rear Window and Psycho and David Lynch's Blue Velvet. A host of showmen-entrepeneurs were eager to adapt Edison's innovation to a projection device,... In this article: Thomas Alva Edison, Eadweard Muybridge, Edison Company, Stanford University, California, and D. W. Griffith |
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L.A. Times - Daily Dish | 6 days ago
Restaurant preview: The Mercantile
And this time, he's nabbed a name chef to do the food -- Kris Morningstar, who comes fully credentialed from stints at A.O.C. and Blue Velvet, not counting a short tenure at Casa downtown as opening chef. Morningstar will be handling both...
In this article: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, and California
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Cele-bitchy | November 20, 2009
Miley Cyrus dresses up as a hooker for her birthday
...Ray Cyrus (The Mullet) gave his top five movies to Rotten Tomatoes, and guess what made the list? Oh, yes. Twilight! He also included Blue Velvet, The Horse Whisperer, and Bonnie & Clyde. But Miley can't like anything her daddy likes.
In this article: Miley Cyrus, Constantine Maroulis, Pretty Woman, Bonnie & Clyde, Julia Roberts, Rock of Ages, Teen Choice Awards, and Rotten Tomatoes
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 17, 2009
'Green Porno' with Isabella Rossellini
...with the elder Rossellini about cinema. With "Green Porno," she finally became a director. "The public might sum up my life to 'Blue Velvet' and Lancome, but between that and 'Green Porno' is a span of 30 years," she said. "I don't think...
In this article: Isabella Rossellini, Green Porno, Webby Award, New York University, Lancome, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, and Sundance Channel
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Miami Herald - 5-minute Herald | November 12, 2009
Isabella Rossellini discusses new book at Miami Book Fair International
...series drew millions of viewers at sundancechannel.com, and landed Rossellini on David Letterman, who ``made fun of me, because I did Blue Velvet, and this is how I evolved.'' Michelle Sas of Sunny Isles Beach came to the appearance because...
In this article: Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini, Hialeah High School, Barbara Pierce, IPod, Miami, Florida, Richard Powers, and Apocalypse Now
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Miami Herald - Miami-Dade | November 10, 2009
Fame finds a place among Miami book lovers
...shorts often recall the work of David Lynch, with whom Rossellini lived for five years after doing for him what few actresses would in Blue Velvet, including a scene in which she is plopped onto a front lawn, naked, crying and...
In this article: Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini, David Lynch, Miami, Florida, DVD, Miami Dade College, Lancome, and The Miami Herald
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The Stranger - Slog | November 04, 2009
Today in the Apocalypse
...their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes. I predict that this movie will make the Garfield movie look like Blue Velvet in comparison. In other news, Owen Wilson really needs a lot of money for some reason.
In this article: Marmaduke, Owen Wilson, Great Dane, Dog, Marley & Me, Orange County, and Kansas
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Philly.com | October 31, 2009
Sideshow: Dennis Hopper to get treatment for cancer
...virtually blacklisted in Hollywood in the '70s, before making a big comeback as a Pabst Blue Ribbon-drinking lout in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986). He currently stars in Starz' Crash. A-Rod, the sexy centaur! Just how much of an...
In this article: Cancer, Dennis Hopper, Chaz Bono, Us Weekly, University of Southern California, World Series, and Alex Rodriguez
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Reuters | October 30, 2009
Actor Dennis Hopper battling prostate cancer
...very speedy recovery," ACMI director Tony Sweeney told local media. Hopper, whose long list of movie credits includes "Easy Rider," "Blue Velvet," and "Apocalypse Now," is currently appearing in a television adaptation of the 2004...
In this article: Dennis Hopper, Cancer, Melbourne, Oscar, Dehydration, University of Southern California, Easy Rider, and Apocalypse Now
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Chicago Tribune | October 30, 2009
Dennis Hopper diagnosed with prostate cancer
...politics in the US - good riddance. Celebrities should not take public political positions. Just ask all the villagers. Yeah, Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, all one character. Whatever. Not to mention Oscar nominations for a couple of...
In this article: Dennis Hopper, Cancer, Oscar, Easy Rider, All rights reserved, Dehydration, University of Southern California, and James Dean
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BBC News | October 30, 2009
Actor Hopper has prostate cancer
...speedy recovery." The Oscar-nominated actor, who is also an accomplished writer, director and artist, is also known for films including Blue Velvet and Apocalypse Now. He is currently appearing in a TV adaptation of the 2004 Oscar-winning...
In this article: Dennis Hopper, Cancer, New Hollywood, Oscar, Dehydration, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Crash
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Blue Velvet is a mystery film, written and directed by David Lynch, that exhibits elements of both film noir and surrealism. The film features Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. The title Blue Velvet is taken from the 1963 Bobby Vinton song of the same name. The film was highly acclaimed by critics, although initially detested by some mainstream critics; the film 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 Dennis Hopper's career, initiating the adult career of Laura Dern, and providing Isabella Rossellini a dramatic outlet that defined her role as a fashion model and cosmetics spokeswoman.
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, most of which was considered taboo in Hollywood motion pictures prior to its release. 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.
- Name:
- Blue Velvet
- Release Date:
- September 12, 1986
- Directed By:
- David Lynch
- Produced by:
- Fred C. Caruso
- Written By:
- David Lynch
- Editor:
- Duwayne Dunham
- Cinematography:
- Frederick Elmes
- Music By:
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Distributed By:
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
- Length:
- 120 minutes
- Language:
- English
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