There’s two films, and something’s not quite right. The beginning of a string of Double Feature celebrations. 100 episodes…and people are still listening. New ones, even! Why we still don’t talk about symbolism. An apology to David Lynch before talking Blue Velvet. Noir without the usual suspects. Making the normal seem bizarre. The horror moments. The lighting and environments in Blue Velvet. The impending darkness. Candles. The role Frank plays. Voyeurism. Imagery. David Fincher and The Game. Why one billion twists are actually ok. What’s actually part of the game? When you actually want a film to wrap up at the end. Anticipating audience questions and pointing them towards the right ones.
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Blue Velvet: 4:06 | The Game: 25:40
Also referenced: Wild at Heart, Eraserhead, Elephant Man, The Attic Expeditions, Mulholland Drive, Edward Scissorhands, Double Indemnity, Twin Peaks, Spiral, Alfred Hitchcock (Rope), The Third Man, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, The Truman Show, Inside, Dune, Small Soldiers, Starship Troopers
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Blue Velvet
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Director: David Lynch
Writer: David Lynch
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Brad Dourif
After finding a severed human ear in a field, a young man soon discovers a sinister underworld lying just beneath his idyllic suburban home town.
The Game
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Director: David Fincher
Writer: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Starring: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn
Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life.
