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film: Blue Velvet

DJAcetone

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I can't get enough of this fucking film. Just saw it for the first time yesterday.



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drug related trivia (from wiki)

Throughout the film, Frank Booth uses a mask to breathe a gas from a tank. The identity of this gas is a subject of controversy. Lynch's script specified helium, to raise Frank's voice and have it resemble that of an infant. However, during filming, Hopper, an experienced drug user, claimed to have insight into Frank's choice of drug and that helium was inappropriate:

"...I'm thankful to Dennis," Lynch said, "because up until the last minute it was gonna be helium — to make the difference between 'Daddy' and the baby that much more. But I didn't want it to be funny. So helium went out the window and became just a gas. Then, in the first rehearsal, Dennis said, 'David, I know what's in these different canisters.' And I said, 'Thank God, Dennis, that you know that!' And he named all the gases."

In a documentary on the DVD version of the film, Hopper claims that the drug was amyl nitrite an angina medication that was first used recreationally as an inhalant in the disco club scene. However, amyl nitrite is a yellow-gold liquid which is inhaled as it evaporates, not a gas that comes in a canister. Frank's drug is more likely nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. It is used legitimately for dental anesthesia and making whipped cream in aerosol containers. It is also used as a recreational drug, because in small doses,it produces a brief but intense high. In larger doses, nitrous oxide can cause auditory and visual hallucinations.
 
If I have any complaints, it's maybe a bit of "style over substance" characterizing all David Lynch films. Not a major complaint though. Definitely one of his best.

P.S. on the gas... eh, it's only a movie. If Hopper planned the character to act like (he envisioned) someone taking amyl nitrite would, that's good enough for me.
 
Actually, I never really thought of him as breathing a drug at all; all that matters is that the act of using the mask is tied into his psychosis.
 
"I'll send you a love letter, fucker, straight from my heart!"

This was my first exposure to Lynch and I loved every minute of it. I really need to purchase this film as I consider it essential viewing for any film lover, especially if you like David Lynch at all.
 
^^^

That's my favorite line :)

I haven't seen "Lost Highway" yet, but I didn't really care for "Mulholland Drive"

"eraserhead" was awesome though
 
Damn... rolled longer than I planned on a (legal) stimulant and I'm in the mood for a sick, twisted movie to keep me awake until tonight so I can crash normally... I think it's gonna be either this or Angel Heart.

--> Angel Heart it is, oh well...
 
^^^^and you will not be disappointed ;)

Harry Angel: "Louis Cyphere"... "Lucifer". Even your NAME is a dime store joke.
Louis Cyphere: "Mephistopheles" is SUCH a mouthful in Manhattan.
 
Fucking wonderful movie.

Dennis Hopper is incredible, but Dean Stockwell plays the creepiest character to me.
 
happyneedles said:
Fucking wonderful movie.

Dennis Hopper is incredible, but Dean Stockwell plays the creepiest character to me.

quoted for truth.

i actually really love mclachlan's boyish and innocent character. the whole movie is so gorgeously sarcastic and pessimistic. i love it to death, and it's best enjoyed with copious amounts of whisky (preferably johnnie walker).
 
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