David Lynch's Blue Velvet reviewed – archive, 1987, David Lynch
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#x3C;strong>9 April 1987 </strong>A film that exists both on a level of absolute reality and out-and-out nightmare. Love it or hate it, see it you must, says film critic Derek Malcolm
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Blue Velvet - Original West German Theatrical Release Poster - Metrograph
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David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet' Covers the Darkness
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David Lynch's Blue Velvet Gets New Criterion Release With “Lost Footage”
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1986: David Lynch's Blue Velvet
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Blue Velvet (1986)
1987: Saturday Review: Blue Velvet, #OTD 1987: Saturday Review looked at David Lynch's Blue Velvet. Was it too strong for even Lynch's staunchest fans to stomach?
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Blue Velvet' turns 25: David Lynch talks lost footage -- EXCLUSIVE
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David Lynch's Blue Velvet