Blue Velvet

In 1986 a strange thing happened—filmmaker David Lynch released a little movie called Blue Velvet and everyone who watched it...well, their brain exploded. What happened? What did they see? What did it mean? And why is Dennis Hopper so obsessed with it being dark all the time? No one knew then, and we're going to guess that in 2022, nobody still knows. The story follows our hero Jeffery Beaumont, a young clean-cut, straight arrow who comes home from college after his father suffers from a stroke and then he decides to become an amateur detective/pervert to solve the mystery of an ear he finds in a field. It’s not long before Jeffery finds himself embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game with a dangerous man named Frank (Dennis Hopper) and his crew. He also becomes involved in a sexual relationship with Dorthy, a singer who wants him to beat her, and at the same time starts wooing Sandy, the daughter of a police detective. Things escalate from there and this culminates with some of the most bizarre and mind-bending scenes in cinematic history… but does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent discuss the critically acclaimed film to see if we still want David Lynch to “put his disease in us” or if we would rather this be the last time we watch Dorthy sing Blue Velvet.