Blue Velvet Revisited

Oct 7, 2016

1h 25m

★ 6.9

Overview

When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film camera. Now, on Blue Velvet's 30th anniversary, Braatz presents his footage, along with still photographs, as a "meditation" on Lynch's work.

Genres

Documentary

Blue Velvet Revisited Trailers

Cast

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David Lynch

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Dennis Hopper

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Isabella Rossellini

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Kyle MacLachlan

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Laura Dern

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Jeff Goodwin

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Brad Dourif

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