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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...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
180
angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/27/20
this is not a subtle theme at all. lynch makes it very clea...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
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angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/27/20
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magenta indirect expression
  12/27/20
scholarship
glittery shimmering mad cow disease wagecucks
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soul-stirring address
  10/02/22
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spruce lay
  10/02/22
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gibberish (?)
  09/09/26
what's Lost Highway about?
Jared Baumeister
  09/09/26
180
Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon
  12/27/20
what was the message of the whole 'mommy'/ nitrous oxide thi...
Aggressive school cafeteria
  12/27/20
my interpretation is that all of these things refer to perve...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
youre doing great ITT
Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon
  12/27/20
good analysis. i agree with you re: BV. ultimately, however...
Aggressive school cafeteria
  12/27/20
blue velvet's worldview seems fairly direct. its moral mess...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
Credited exegesis
lascivious flickering ticket booth
  12/27/20
Should I watch this tonight while drinking David lynch signa...
excitant gay church building
  12/27/20
yes, particularly if you haven't seen it in a while.
unhinged office
  12/27/20
ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days
confused goal in life
  12/27/20
Yeah I buy 2-4 loosies at a time from these minorities ar...
excitant gay church building
  12/27/20
hell yeah
Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon
  12/27/20
Great question
Irradiated Self-absorbed Rigor
  12/01/24
I love the scene at the end when they see the birds on the w...
magenta indirect expression
  12/27/20
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Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon
  12/27/20
birds in the film come up a few times, such as when the girl...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
also, when the Man in Yellow shows up at the Williams reside...
magenta indirect expression
  12/27/20
the official authorities in the film are compromised from th...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
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magenta indirect expression
  12/27/20
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Tantric opaque senate party of the first part
  12/27/20
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out-of-control supple sweet tailpipe
  12/27/20
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angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/27/20
in previous human history like 95% of men instinctively unde...
out-of-control supple sweet tailpipe
  12/27/20
...
Razzle step-uncle's house
  12/27/20
op, 180 thread bro. you should do one on another DL film
angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/27/20
i'd have to re-watch it first. lynch's films are very detai...
unhinged office
  12/27/20
Feels like a historic thread
excitant gay church building
  12/27/20
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angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/28/20
lynch is a pretentious faggot
Milky Mental Disorder
  12/28/20
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angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  12/28/20
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angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann
  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: unhinged office

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627150)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:13 PM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627161)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:15 PM
Author: unhinged office

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627180)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:34 PM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627319)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:50 PM
Author: magenta indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627440)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 11:49 PM
Author: glittery shimmering mad cow disease wagecucks

scholarship

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41628366)



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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: soul-stirring address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#45267638)



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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: spruce lay



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#45267642)



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125573)



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

what's Lost Highway about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125706)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:20 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627211)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:35 PM
Author: Aggressive school cafeteria

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627326)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:40 PM
Author: unhinged office

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627374)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:44 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon

youre doing great ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627390)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: Aggressive school cafeteria

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=2ГѓЖ’#41627409)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:52 PM
Author: unhinged office

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=2ГѓЖ’#41627457)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:40 PM
Author: lascivious flickering ticket booth

Credited exegesis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627874)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:37 PM
Author: excitant gay church building

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627353)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:43 PM
Author: unhinged office

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627386)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: confused goal in life

ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627408)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: excitant gay church building

Yeah

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627686)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon

hell yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627692)



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Date: December 1st, 2024 12:30 PM
Author: Irradiated Self-absorbed Rigor

Great question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#48398441)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:45 PM
Author: magenta indirect expression

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627404)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal stirring dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627413)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:55 PM
Author: unhinged office

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627479)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:03 PM
Author: magenta indirect expression

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627550)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:08 PM
Author: unhinged office

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627582)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: magenta indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627652)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Tantric opaque senate party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627698)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:43 PM
Author: out-of-control supple sweet tailpipe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627893)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:44 PM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627900)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:51 PM
Author: out-of-control supple sweet tailpipe

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627445)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:57 PM
Author: Razzle step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627490)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627670)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:19 PM
Author: unhinged office

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=2ГѓЖ’#41627708)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: excitant gay church building

Feels like a historic thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41627697)



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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:36 AM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41629226)



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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:42 AM
Author: Milky Mental Disorder

lynch is a pretentious faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41629230)



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Date: December 28th, 2020 10:52 AM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41629816)



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Date: December 28th, 2020 12:21 PM
Author: angry aphrodisiac range boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#41630410)



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125426)



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

it's kike garbage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125575)



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

Laws were created to achieve the same goal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125702)



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

same w The Hitcher

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4722092&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#50125728)