Blue Velvet: “You fall in love with the first idea, that little tiny piece. And once you’ve got it,

“You fall in love with the first idea, that little tiny piece. And once you’ve got it, the rest will come in time.” — David Lynch. Having watched Mullholland Drive and Twin Peaks, I had gone into Blue Velvet expecting everything you do from a David Lynch film. Although made years before any of the other two, and right after his massive failure with Dune, the film encompasses typical Lynchian elements: the absurdity of a depraved world, the bizzare but phantasmic nature of events taking place, and the plight of characters who marry into it. I can see why people mistake it as a prequel to Twin Peaks.