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Blue Velvet is a profoundly conservative film in its morality

the message is that if you want peace and order in your comm...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
180
Chrome shrine
  12/27/20
this is not a subtle theme at all. lynch makes it very clea...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
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Chrome shrine
  12/27/20
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well-lubricated effete menage pistol
  12/27/20
scholarship
180 old irish cottage
  12/27/20
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charismatic area boistinker
  10/02/22
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wonderful doctorate reading party
  10/02/22
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gibberish (?)
  09/09/26
what's Lost Highway about?
Jared Baumeister
  09/09/26
180
Provocative personal credit line
  12/27/20
what was the message of the whole 'mommy'/ nitrous oxide thi...
chest-beating sepia abode
  12/27/20
my interpretation is that all of these things refer to perve...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
youre doing great ITT
Provocative personal credit line
  12/27/20
good analysis. i agree with you re: BV. ultimately, however...
chest-beating sepia abode
  12/27/20
blue velvet's worldview seems fairly direct. its moral mess...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
Credited exegesis
lake dilemma ratface
  12/27/20
Should I watch this tonight while drinking David lynch signa...
red locale kitty
  12/27/20
yes, particularly if you haven't seen it in a while.
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days
Fear-inspiring mediation home
  12/27/20
Yeah I buy 2-4 loosies at a time from these minorities ar...
red locale kitty
  12/27/20
hell yeah
Provocative personal credit line
  12/27/20
Great question
Orchid zombie-like university
  12/01/24
I love the scene at the end when they see the birds on the w...
well-lubricated effete menage pistol
  12/27/20
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Provocative personal credit line
  12/27/20
birds in the film come up a few times, such as when the girl...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
also, when the Man in Yellow shows up at the Williams reside...
well-lubricated effete menage pistol
  12/27/20
the official authorities in the film are compromised from th...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
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well-lubricated effete menage pistol
  12/27/20
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Nubile affirmative action
  12/27/20
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soul-stirring hall fortuitous meteor
  12/27/20
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Chrome shrine
  12/27/20
in previous human history like 95% of men instinctively unde...
soul-stirring hall fortuitous meteor
  12/27/20
...
laughsome bossy wrinkle
  12/27/20
op, 180 thread bro. you should do one on another DL film
Chrome shrine
  12/27/20
i'd have to re-watch it first. lynch's films are very detai...
Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster
  12/27/20
Feels like a historic thread
red locale kitty
  12/27/20
...
Chrome shrine
  12/28/20
lynch is a pretentious faggot
Exciting slate newt candlestick maker
  12/28/20
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Chrome shrine
  12/28/20
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Chrome shrine
  12/28/20
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Ricky
  09/09/26
it's kike garbage
country doctor
  09/09/26
Laws were created to achieve the same goal
Jared Baumeister
  09/09/26
same w The Hitcher
alexis mac allister
  09/09/26


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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:12 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

the message is that if you want peace and order in your community, you have to identify subversive elements like frank booth and literally kill them. these elements exist in a realm of evil which is beyond reason, and will always serve to corrode the safety and well-being of your people. the only possible response is to stop being a scared little boy (the main character) and to learn to confront and KILL evil. just shoot it dead.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:13 PM
Author: Chrome shrine

180

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:15 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

this is not a subtle theme at all. lynch makes it very clear over and over again what he means. eg, the kid's initial ruse to get into the lady's apartment was to pose as an exterminator. someone who eliminates pests and vermin. but he didn't do the job, and he was punished for his fraudulent act. his redemption didn't arrive until he corrected the fraud and killed the pests in real life. at that point, he became an honorable guardian of his town, and got the girl as a reward.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:34 PM
Author: Chrome shrine



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:50 PM
Author: well-lubricated effete menage pistol



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Date: December 27th, 2020 11:49 PM
Author: 180 old irish cottage

scholarship

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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: charismatic area boistinker



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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: wonderful doctorate reading party



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Date: September 9th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: gibberish (?)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:11 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

what's Lost Highway about?

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:20 PM
Author: Provocative personal credit line

180

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:35 PM
Author: chest-beating sepia abode

what was the message of the whole 'mommy'/ nitrous oxide thing

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:40 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

my interpretation is that all of these things refer to perversions of the natural order. frank booth is enacting an incest scenario with a woman whose actual family he has kidnapped and alienated from her. booth has no fixed or transcendent identity; he switches between 'daddy' and 'baby' in a disordered frenzy which he fuels using drugs and alcohol. he literally replaces the natural air of his environment with a different formula in order to carry out violations of nature.



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:44 PM
Author: Provocative personal credit line

youre doing great ITT

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: chest-beating sepia abode

good analysis.

i agree with you re: BV. ultimately, however, i have lost patience with esoteric moral commentaries, which seem distracting, energy-diverting, and counter-revolutionary in effect.

we need clarity and direct action.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#41627409)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:52 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

blue velvet's worldview seems fairly direct. its moral messaging is interesting because it depicts booth and his sick little cabal as a kind of emergent phenomenon. ie, like any species of parasite, their genesis is a kind of natural function, and hence, the role of the exterminator is one that good men must always be willing to assume.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#41627457)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:40 PM
Author: lake dilemma ratface

Credited exegesis

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:37 PM
Author: red locale kitty

Should I watch this tonight while drinking David lynch signature blend coffee and smoking cigs?

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:43 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

yes, particularly if you haven't seen it in a while.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring mediation home

ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: red locale kitty

Yeah

I buy 2-4 loosies at a time from these minorities around the corner

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: Provocative personal credit line

hell yeah

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Date: December 1st, 2024 12:30 PM
Author: Orchid zombie-like university

Great question

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:45 PM
Author: well-lubricated effete menage pistol

I love the scene at the end when they see the birds on the window sill, there's something moving and yet also disturbing about it.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: Provocative personal credit line



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:55 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

birds in the film come up a few times, such as when the girl describes her dream. they are depicted as spiritual messengers. they also kill and eat pests, and this is shown as a useful service which also serves a spiritual role.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:03 PM
Author: well-lubricated effete menage pistol

also, when the Man in Yellow shows up at the Williams residence, I took that to mean her father was corrupted or compromised somehow.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:08 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

the official authorities in the film are compromised from the inside, and don't actually show up until the main threat is dead. the girl's father isn't exactly corrupt, but he is ineffective, and he is fundamentally afraid to take action. that's another part of the film's moral framing - the work of eliminating evil can't just be outsourced to agencies like 'the police,' since evil can infiltrate those agencies. responsibility for extirpating evil sometimes falls upon the individual.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: well-lubricated effete menage pistol



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Nubile affirmative action



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:43 PM
Author: soul-stirring hall fortuitous meteor



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:44 PM
Author: Chrome shrine



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:51 PM
Author: soul-stirring hall fortuitous meteor

in previous human history like 95% of men instinctively understood this, regardless of social caste or intelligence level

today? maybe 5% of men do

really makes you think

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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:57 PM
Author: laughsome bossy wrinkle



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Chrome shrine

op, 180 thread bro. you should do one on another DL film

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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:19 PM
Author: Histrionic Rambunctious Sneaky Criminal Toaster

i'd have to re-watch it first. lynch's films are very detailed and have a lot of particular symbols and events with narrative significance. i saw BV within the past week, so i can still recall a lot of those details.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#41627708)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: red locale kitty

Feels like a historic thread

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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:36 AM
Author: Chrome shrine



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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:42 AM
Author: Exciting slate newt candlestick maker

lynch is a pretentious faggot

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Date: December 28th, 2020 10:52 AM
Author: Chrome shrine



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Date: December 28th, 2020 12:21 PM
Author: Chrome shrine



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Date: September 9th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: Ricky



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Date: September 9th, 2026 7:15 PM
Author: country doctor

it's kike garbage

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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:09 PM
Author: Jared Baumeister

Laws were created to achieve the same goal

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Date: September 9th, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: alexis mac allister

same w The Hitcher

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