One of the funniest things in this episode, that I don’t believe I’ve ever seen someone mention, is that Audrey and Andrew have a very polite, sweet interaction and she then lets him pass — neither one realizing that she is in fact protesting HIS development! It’s a nice bit of subtle irony that I d...

Prolific puppeteer, children’s TV host, voiceover artist and actor Chuck McCann (a.k.a. Wally Walters / Mr. Peanuts) passed away a few days ago: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-mccann-dead-comic-actor-kids-tv-host-was-83-1024097 Related, I came across this account of a USC panel on On t...

Rewatched The Missing Pieces as I'm in the midst of my full rewatch of everything. I hadn't ever really thought about it and honestly forgot about it up until I saw it again, but when MFAP tells Cooper "There is nowhere to go...BUT HOME!" what does he mean? What did people take it to mean...

Random question, but has there ever been an explanation for why two different actresses play Merrick’s mother in the opening and closing scenes? It seems like the closing “talking head” shot could have been shot literally anywhere at any time. Why weren’t they able to have one actress do both scenes?

I think Ashbrooks’s straight-man earnestness grounds the scene. I don’t think it would be as effective with Hawk (who is more comfortable with the weird/supernatural) or Andy (whose presence might risk plunging the scene into camp). Not a knock on Goaz, who did some great subtle dramatic work this s...

Great points, claaa7. I do think that scene, like Part 8, represents the L/F collaboration at its most simpatico, a perfect synergy between Mark’s more political sensibility and DKL’s philosophical interest in exploring/combating human suffering and pain.

Sick Girl is way up there for me too. Not necessarily so much for that moment itself (although it’s a hilarious button on the scene), but for the sense of suburban anxiety and dread the whole horn-honking sequnce evokes. The foley and the lighting were outstanding. And it was just so damn cool, afte...

Heh, that’s a neat point about Jacoby and Norma. That gives me a new appreciation for the rather cliché/rushed Walter storyline.

For some reason I also like Steven and Gersten in the woods, even though I hated it initially. It has no context, the lines have been removed, but I liked Jones' wigged-out performance. This is also one of my favorite scenes, as I’ve said before. It really draws you into their sense of paranoia and...

marchug wrote:So I am finally upgrading all my Lynch DVD's to Blu-ray. Is this version of Blue Velvet the best one out there? This is the one I should get?
Thanks!

Yep!

Ah ok so the argument is that Cooper released something damaging from the Black Lodge - on a cosmic level? I would tend to agree with that more than any of these definitive ideas about Mr C raping Audrey etc. I think it’s pretty obvious that Mr. C raped Audrey on a “literal” story level, although, ...

I strongly, vehemently disagree. One reason is TP related, but the main reason is of a different nature. Let’s start with the easy one, TP. The fact that the kid died is due to reckless behavior exactly as Cooper venturing into the Lodge to save a girl. Both characters clearly display no interest t...

Let’s put it this way. If Cooper had never ventured into the Black Lodge to save Annie, the innocent kid would still be alive. I think that the function of the dramatic scene of the kid’s death is to show that unfortunately good intentions will not ease pain as a whole. Actually, saving Annie proba...

Oh yeh, “Audrey’s Dance is way up there for me too. Goosebumps.

You picked the two scenes that made me cry! Excellent work haha. It’s tough, but I’d probably have to say the “Mansion Room”/Naido scene from the beginning of Part 3, with honorable mention to the Woodsmen working on the dead Mr. C in Part 8. I like eerie surreal nightmarish DKL best, and those were...