Blue Velvet

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film mystery film neo-noir film

Blue Velvet is a 1986 neo-noir mystery film directed by David Lynch, renowned for its disturbing exploration of suburban darkness and surreal, psychologically intense atmosphere.

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Label	Occurrences
Blue Velvet canonical	19
Blue Velvet (1986 film)	1
Blue Velvet (cinematography)	1
Blue Velvet (film)	1
Blue Velvet (score)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ
awardReceived	Independent Spirit Award for Best Director ⓘ National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director ⓘ
castMember	Brad Dourif ⓘ Dean Stockwell ⓘ Dennis Hopper ⓘ George Dickerson ⓘ Hope Lange ⓘ Isabella Rossellini ⓘ Jack Nance ⓘ Kyle MacLachlan ⓘ Laura Dern ⓘ Priscilla Pointer ⓘ
cinematographer	Frederick Elmes ⓘ
composer	Angelo Badalamenti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	David Lynch ⓘ
distributor	Dino De Laurentiis Corporation ⓘ surface form: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
editor	Duwayne Dunham ⓘ
filmingTechnique	stylized cinematography ⓘ
follows	Jeffrey Beaumont discovering a severed human ear in a field ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ mystery ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ
hasAtmosphere	psychologically intense ⓘ surreal ⓘ
hasReception	critical acclaim for direction and atmosphere ⓘ cult classic ⓘ
hasTheme	corruption ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ suburban darkness ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dorothy Vallens ⓘ Frank Booth ⓘ Jeffrey Beaumont ⓘ Sandy Williams ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
narrativeLocation	American suburb ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
notableWorkOf	David Lynch ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	American independent cinema canon ⓘ
producer	Fred Caruso ⓘ Richard Roth ⓘ
productionCompany	Dino De Laurentiis Corporation ⓘ surface form: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
publicationDate	1986 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 120 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	David Lynch ⓘ
setting	Lumberton, North Carolina ⓘ
titleSong	Blue Velvet self-link ⓘ
titleSongPerformer	Bobby Vinton ⓘ

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