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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...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
180
Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/27/20
this is not a subtle theme at all. lynch makes it very clea...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
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Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/27/20
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mahogany telephone
  12/27/20
scholarship
obsidian public bath hunting ground
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brilliant pit selfie
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Ocher Big Laser Beams
  10/02/22
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gibberish (?)
  09/09/26
what's Lost Highway about?
Jared Baumeister
  09/09/26
180
Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap
  12/27/20
what was the message of the whole 'mommy'/ nitrous oxide thi...
Arousing Sex Offender
  12/27/20
my interpretation is that all of these things refer to perve...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
youre doing great ITT
Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap
  12/27/20
good analysis. i agree with you re: BV. ultimately, however...
Arousing Sex Offender
  12/27/20
blue velvet's worldview seems fairly direct. its moral mess...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
Credited exegesis
clear mood
  12/27/20
Should I watch this tonight while drinking David lynch signa...
narrow-minded frum stage azn
  12/27/20
yes, particularly if you haven't seen it in a while.
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days
Saffron excitant ladyboy
  12/27/20
Yeah I buy 2-4 loosies at a time from these minorities ar...
narrow-minded frum stage azn
  12/27/20
hell yeah
Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap
  12/27/20
Great question
arrogant cocky psychic toilet seat
  12/01/24
I love the scene at the end when they see the birds on the w...
mahogany telephone
  12/27/20
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Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap
  12/27/20
birds in the film come up a few times, such as when the girl...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
also, when the Man in Yellow shows up at the Williams reside...
mahogany telephone
  12/27/20
the official authorities in the film are compromised from th...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
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mahogany telephone
  12/27/20
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Beady-eyed Maize Private Investor Hell
  12/27/20
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Carmine demanding menage associate
  12/27/20
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Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/27/20
in previous human history like 95% of men instinctively unde...
Carmine demanding menage associate
  12/27/20
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Exhilarant sick set marketing idea
  12/27/20
op, 180 thread bro. you should do one on another DL film
Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/27/20
i'd have to re-watch it first. lynch's films are very detai...
rusted sanctuary windowlicker
  12/27/20
Feels like a historic thread
narrow-minded frum stage azn
  12/27/20
...
Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/28/20
lynch is a pretentious faggot
blathering misanthropic people who are hurt institution
  12/28/20
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Nighttime hospital double fault
  12/28/20
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Nighttime hospital double fault
  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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: Nighttime hospital double fault

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: Nighttime hospital double fault



(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: mahogany telephone



(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: obsidian public bath hunting ground

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: brilliant pit selfie



(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: Ocher Big Laser Beams



(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: Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap

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: Arousing Sex Offender

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap

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: Arousing Sex Offender

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: clear mood

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: narrow-minded frum stage azn

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: Saffron excitant ladyboy

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: narrow-minded frum stage azn

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: Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap

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: arrogant cocky psychic toilet seat

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: mahogany telephone

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: Duck-like university mad-dog skullcap



(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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: mahogany telephone

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: mahogany telephone



(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: Beady-eyed Maize Private Investor Hell



(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: Carmine demanding menage associate



(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: Nighttime hospital double fault



(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: Carmine demanding menage associate

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: Exhilarant sick set marketing idea



(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: Nighttime hospital double fault

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: rusted sanctuary windowlicker

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: narrow-minded frum stage azn

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: Nighttime hospital double fault



(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: blathering misanthropic people who are hurt institution

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: Nighttime hospital double fault



(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: Nighttime hospital double fault



(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)