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I've always been a little trepedatious entering into the world of David Lynch. Everybody talks at length about the dreamlike quality his films and I guess I found that a little intimidating?
I wasn't anticipating loving Blue Velvet like I did. The only analogue I can draw is Eyes Wide Shut, another film in which an innocent man enters a world of darkness and perversion that draws constant parallels to the normality the protagonist hails from.
The final metaphor, the…
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Enjoyed it but the ending didn't really land for me. Felt like the greatest moment of conflict happened 20 minutes before the end and then they resolved and coupled up at such a rapid pace that I didn't buy it for these characters.
Probably would have gone so hard if I was like 16
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Favourite thing I noticed on this watch was a moment just before the final confrontations. A shot of Ellen stood by the window as night falls, just as she does several times when reaching out to Orlok. The camera draws from the window to behind Ellen. Thomas approaches, hugs her tenderly and plants a gentle kiss upon her neck. A beautiful interplay between Ellen's two halves.
Upon my first watch I really struggled with Ellen's death. I couldn't understand why…
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During the sex scene the projector started tearing and then cut to black and we all sat in the cinema for like 2 minutes thinking it was part of the film.
When they came to fix it they started from the woman's cum face and then rewound it again, back to the cum face.
