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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...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
180
avocado stain
  12/27/20
this is not a subtle theme at all. lynch makes it very clea...
marvelous hospital
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avocado stain
  12/27/20
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Spruce Shrine National Security Agency
  12/27/20
scholarship
Bearded site
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mentally impaired idiot lay
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Ocher Gaped State People Who Are Hurt
  10/02/22
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gibberish (?)
  09/09/26
what's Lost Highway about?
Jared Baumeister
  09/09/26
180
adventurous startled marketing idea
  12/27/20
what was the message of the whole 'mommy'/ nitrous oxide thi...
rose indian lodge
  12/27/20
my interpretation is that all of these things refer to perve...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
youre doing great ITT
adventurous startled marketing idea
  12/27/20
good analysis. i agree with you re: BV. ultimately, however...
rose indian lodge
  12/27/20
blue velvet's worldview seems fairly direct. its moral mess...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
Credited exegesis
dead abode
  12/27/20
Should I watch this tonight while drinking David lynch signa...
Histrionic clear garrison
  12/27/20
yes, particularly if you haven't seen it in a while.
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days
Provocative pink set
  12/27/20
Yeah I buy 2-4 loosies at a time from these minorities ar...
Histrionic clear garrison
  12/27/20
hell yeah
adventurous startled marketing idea
  12/27/20
Great question
crystalline swashbuckling nursing home
  12/01/24
I love the scene at the end when they see the birds on the w...
Spruce Shrine National Security Agency
  12/27/20
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adventurous startled marketing idea
  12/27/20
birds in the film come up a few times, such as when the girl...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
also, when the Man in Yellow shows up at the Williams reside...
Spruce Shrine National Security Agency
  12/27/20
the official authorities in the film are compromised from th...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
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Spruce Shrine National Security Agency
  12/27/20
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Rough-skinned mood
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emerald know-it-all crackhouse milk
  12/27/20
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avocado stain
  12/27/20
in previous human history like 95% of men instinctively unde...
emerald know-it-all crackhouse milk
  12/27/20
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Aromatic smoky ceo
  12/27/20
op, 180 thread bro. you should do one on another DL film
avocado stain
  12/27/20
i'd have to re-watch it first. lynch's films are very detai...
marvelous hospital
  12/27/20
Feels like a historic thread
Histrionic clear garrison
  12/27/20
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avocado stain
  12/28/20
lynch is a pretentious faggot
Motley Fuchsia Sanctuary Private Investor
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avocado stain
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avocado stain
  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: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627150)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:13 PM
Author: avocado stain

180

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:15 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627180)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:34 PM
Author: avocado stain



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:50 PM
Author: Spruce Shrine National Security Agency



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 11:49 PM
Author: Bearded site

scholarship

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



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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: mentally impaired idiot lay



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



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Date: October 2nd, 2022 6:20 PM
Author: Ocher Gaped State People Who Are Hurt



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:20 PM
Author: adventurous startled marketing idea

180

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:35 PM
Author: rose indian lodge

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

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:40 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627374)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:44 PM
Author: adventurous startled marketing idea

youre doing great ITT

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: rose indian lodge

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=2)#41627409)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:52 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627457)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:40 PM
Author: dead abode

Credited exegesis

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:37 PM
Author: Histrionic clear garrison

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=2)#41627353)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:43 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: Provocative pink set

ricky did you quit cigs for like 8 days

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: Histrionic clear garrison

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=2)#41627686)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:17 PM
Author: adventurous startled marketing idea

hell yeah

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



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Date: December 1st, 2024 12:30 PM
Author: crystalline swashbuckling nursing home

Great question

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:45 PM
Author: Spruce Shrine National Security Agency

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=2)#41627404)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:46 PM
Author: adventurous startled marketing idea



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:55 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627479)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:03 PM
Author: Spruce Shrine National Security Agency

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=2)#41627550)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:08 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627582)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: Spruce Shrine National Security Agency



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Rough-skinned mood



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:43 PM
Author: emerald know-it-all crackhouse milk



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:44 PM
Author: avocado stain



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:51 PM
Author: emerald know-it-all crackhouse milk

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=2)#41627445)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 9:57 PM
Author: Aromatic smoky ceo



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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: avocado stain

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

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



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:19 PM
Author: marvelous hospital

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=2)#41627708)



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Date: December 27th, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Histrionic clear garrison

Feels like a historic thread

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



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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:36 AM
Author: avocado stain



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



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Date: December 28th, 2020 7:42 AM
Author: Motley Fuchsia Sanctuary Private Investor

lynch is a pretentious faggot

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



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Date: December 28th, 2020 10:52 AM
Author: avocado stain



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



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Date: December 28th, 2020 12:21 PM
Author: avocado stain



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