Blue Velvet

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy send a love letter to David Lynch's uncanny 1986 noir Blue Velvet! They learn what Lynch thinks of his "Jimmy Stewart from Mars" image, discuss the film's many connections to The Wizard Of Oz, and ask why we're collectively obsessed with the dark underbelly of everyday life. Plus: What Dennis Hopper role was a 'spiritual sequel' to Frank Booth? Next week, tune in as we cover The Last Jedi! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]!

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0:00.0	Baby wants a podcast. Baby wants a podcast 1986's Blue Velvet.
0:08.0	Hello everyone and welcome to unspooled.
0:32.0	We are on the greatest films and find out if they deserve to be called classics.
0:38.0	Or if they are just remembered that way.
0:42.0	I am joined by Amy Nicholson, who is a writer for The New York Times.
0:46.0	And that is Paul Sheer, actor, writer, comedian, and according to that intro, a stone-cold
0:51.0	perfect.
0:52.0	Oh yeah, put that Blue Velvet in my mouth.
0:56.0	Amy, I'm so excited to talk about this film as maybe a late-comer to David Lynch.
1:02.0	I find that this is kind of a new territory for me.
1:07.0	I didn't really find David Lynch until I got a lot older.
1:09.0	He always felt a little dangerous and scary to me.
1:12.0	And I think as I look at it and we are going to talk about this film,
1:17.0	it's silly that he was so scary because really what he's doing is something that is
1:25.0	very pure on an emotional level.
1:28.0	Yeah, he's not a bad guy.
1:30.0	He just wants to know where badness comes from.
1:32.0	And he wants to know why we're so curious about badness.
1:34.0	And he wants to let us look at badness as long as we need to,
1:37.0	which might be a little longer than what's good for us.
1:39.0	And the reaction to this film is polarizing.
1:43.0	We'll get into why people didn't want to see the badness of themselves or even what else might be out there.
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