Writing recently for Filmmaker about the 25th anniversary Blu-Ray DVD edition of Lynch's masterwork, Travis Crawford calls the picture "a Kenneth Anger fusion of Last Tango in Paris and a nightmare episode of "Happy Days. " It's an apt description today, because Lynch's portrayal of Anytown, U. S. A. , as a surreal funhouse of human depravity has lost no power to move and startle viewers. " That was in 1986, when his surreal, boundary-crossing, terrifying, and hilarious crime thriller/love story was still in theatres. It was all the talk that year. Blue Velvet stunned, baffled, and (except for those who walked out) absolutely delighted moviegoers. ) were heatedly divided on the picture's merits.
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