Blue Velvet
FILM 11.10PM, FILM4
David Lynch’s bizarre film noir centres on Kyle Maclachlan, whose discovery of a human ear in a field leads him to a sensual torch singer (Isabella Rossellini) and a walk on the wild side. David Lynch’s direction and the evocative soundtrack, including Bobby Vinton and Roy Orbison, create a charged atmosphere and the cast are on brilliant form, with Dean Stockwell and Dennis Hopper hovering dangerously on the edges of the small-town America story. Maclachlan is mesmerising as the callow hero, while Rossellini and Hopper play their perverted characters with abandon. A powerful cult classic. ★★★★★ IR