S7E3 - Blue Velvet (the Lynchverse #3)

Twin Peaks Cinema

Episode Notes

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You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html

Companions to this episode on the Lost in the Movies podcast - Blue Velvet (as a standalone film) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/04/blue-velvet-lost-in-movies-19.html & Blue Velvet Revisited (experimental documentary on the production) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/03/blue-velvet-revisited-lost-in-movies.html

Sections in this episode:

Comparisons (7:06) / Contrasts (18:00) / Fluid Psychodramatic Connections (24:24) / Characters (40:58) / Settings (52:54) / Motifs & Minor Characters w/ Connections to Deleted Scenes (1:01:05) / BONUS: Comparison to "Jean framing Cooper" storyline (1:07:45) / BONUS: Criterion Supplements including more on Deleted Scenes (1:16:31)

OTHER LINKS

The previous "Lynchverse" episode covered Eraserhead https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/02/eraserhead-as-twin-peaks-cinema-22.html

David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls (my video) https://vimeo.com/430539967

Patreon PODCAST: My Twin Peaks Reflections section on the "Cocaine in Twin Peaks" storyline https://www.patreon.com/posts/31637615

MY OTHER WORK ON BLUE VELVET

Listen to a Patreon audio archive of all my previous work/mentions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49822857 as well as public readings/clips https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964348 & https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964889 & https://www.patreon.com/posts/49964990

My first review http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2008/08/blue-velvet_17.html

Essay comparing Blue Velvet to Jacques Rivette's The Duchess of Langeais http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/12/blue-velvet-duchess-of-langeais.html

In a complete survey of Lynch's filmography up to 2014 w/ review https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/the-eye-of-duck-david-lynch.html & in an essay https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/its-strange-world-david-lynch.html

Take This Baby and Deliver It to Death (non-narrated video essay focused on how Lynch's early films - including Blue Velvet - depict violence and assign the roles of abuser, victim, and rescuer) https://vimeo.com/95477301

Other pieces discussing David Lynch's body of work: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html (including Blue Velvet mentions not listed above)

MY OTHER WORK ON TWIN PEAKS https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks.html

For MY RECENT PODCASTS & TWIN PEAKS CHARACTER SERIES WRITTEN ENTRIES, visit this episode's home page on my site https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/03/blue-velvet-as-twin-peaks-cinema-23.html (not enough space for the individual links in these show notes)

Browse my other podcasts: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Lost in Twin Peaks https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html

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