I've always contended that David's Lynch writes most of his scripts after he has awakened from bad dreams. This is the story of a nice young guy who has pretty much all he could want. One day, he makes the mistake of his life, getting involved with an older woman (Isabella Rosellini) and all the fallout from that almost destroys him. Soon he is in the hands of some of the most eccentric and dangerous people we could ever meet. Mainly, Dennis Hopper, a psychotic, who has a claim on the woman. Soon the boy's life is not his own and he can't seem to escape. The world he is in is the total opposite of the one he had but a few weeks before. So much has already been written about this film. I will only say that Hopper is one of the most threatening presences I have ever witnessed. As I watched this film the first time, I had all I could do to stay in the theater. There's an overriding sickness here where we want to grab this kid and move him to another continent to get him away; but we feel we still have to watch.
Review of Blue Velvet
