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Re: Is anybody willing to explain Blue Velvet to me?

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In Reply to: Re: Is anybody willing to explain Blue Velvet to me? posted by gware on November 12, 2002 at 21:47:50:

<< "The veneer of civilisation is terribly thin..."
Yes, that's probably a good enough theme. Some disjointed thoughts: I couldn't figure out what the detective (Dern's "father") was about, and how I got the impression he was involved with the "crime". I couldn't figure out if the crime was gratefully participated in by all sides, and if so then it's not really a crime. I couldn't figure out the meaning of the boy having lesbian (my impression again) parents. Or the bloody robins. I'll obviously have to watch it a few more times. Hopper was great, totally creepy. Dern's character was the only one that seemed straight and "normal". Siskel liked the movie, Ebert didn't, I did watch the short excerpt of their review on the disc, kinda surprised they put it there since Ebert was so negative.

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Dead ends and Red Herrings....(Robins?) - gware 20:55:51 11/13/02 (1)
are typical of Lynchs films; it keeps the audience on their toes and keeps things interesting; don't expect logical conclusions or happy endings with this director. Mulholland Drive is even more fantastic a fantasy with even more unanswered questions and loose(r) ends
Not that I'm complaining...
Eric
Tokyo
- Robins - cfraser 20:46:28 11/14/02 (0)
  Checked one of my (few) bird books. Robins are typically "loners" among their own type and like to hide and generally be unobservable/unintrusive. They apparently like to frequent swamps and bogs. That seems to metaphorically fit...

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