Blue Velvet in 4K Home Cinema Test: The Violence We Want to See

David Lynch makes the audience an accomplice. The new 4K edition on UHD not only sharpens the image but also the unease.
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: ‘Blue Velvet’ and the facade of the American dream

The recent passing of director David Lynch has caused many to look back on his films, myself included. Watching “Blue Velvet” (1986), one of Lynch’s most acclaimed films, the first thing I noticed was ...
Los Angeles Magazine

The Essential Movie Library #70: Blue Velvet (1986)

Even as originally released two decades before the movie, Bobby Vinton’s title song is a love ballad that you would hear in a nightmare (or “in dreams,” as another song in Blue Velvet would have it), ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch’s Composer on ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Twin Peaks’ and More, Dies at 85

He also wrote songs recorded by Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Bassey and Mel Tillis and themes for 'Inside the Actors Studio' and the Barcelona Summer Olympics. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor When ...
Moviefone

Velvet Bayou

A short film essay on Blue Velvet (1986) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). The fact that Blue Velvet was almost shot in black and white is explored in comparison with the original scenes, as the ...
AOL

Kyle MacLachlan Says ‘I Owe My Entire Career’ and Life to ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ Director David Lynch; Naomi Watts Says ‘My Heart Is Broken’

Kyle MacLachlan has paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker known for “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks,” who died at the age of 78. “Forty-two years ago, for reasons ...