Blue Velvet

An ear in the grass, a voyeur in the closet, a psychopath in a gas mask - these are the images that will remain deeply etched in memory after watching Blue Velvet. David Lynch probes beneath the surface of idyllic suburban life with the precision of a surgeon.

Nostalgia for American culture and the textbook-perfect family life of the 1950s, "when everyone smiled happily," stands in stark contrast to the disturbing depravity lurking behind the polished facade. These opposing worlds are embodied by two fateful women in the life of self-appointed detective Jeffrey: the morally pure and devotedly caring Sandy, and the enigmatically seductive, psychologically unstable Dorothy.

Dorothy awakens in him unknown sexual desires and draws him into a dark world of violence, sexual aggression, and perversions ruled by a deranged fetishistic maniac Frank - unforgettably portrayed by Dennis Hopper in the role of his lifetime.