What do you focus on more when talking about the "candy colored clown" scene in David Lynch's Blue Velvet: Dean Stockwell's strange performance as Ben or the beautifully somber Roy Orbison song, In Dreams? Usually scenes with Dennis Hopper don't leave room for much else, but we're treated to a colorful cast of other characters that gather at Ben's place, played by Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini, with super creeps Jack Nance and Brad Dourif. But yes, Ben the drug dealing pimp with a bevy of zaftig ladies to do his bidding is indeed the focus of this iconic scene.
Blue Velvet explores many of the themes that Lynch has made a career of; one of them being the sleepy, idyllic American town that hides a sinister underworld. Jeffrey Beaumont (MacLachlan) finds a severed human ear and plays investigator with a police detective's daughter (Laura Dern). Their...
Blue Velvet explores many of the themes that Lynch has made a career of; one of them being the sleepy, idyllic American town that hides a sinister underworld. Jeffrey Beaumont (MacLachlan) finds a severed human ear and plays investigator with a police detective's daughter (Laura Dern). Their...
- 3/28/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
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