Blue Velvet

Young Jeffrey likes secrets. That’s why he decides to start his private investigation upon finding a severed and decaying human ear in a vacant lot. Jeffrey follows leads into an underworld of gangsters, madmen and fallen women, a place ruled by the law of the fist, blackmail and rape, where mortal danger is a permanent state. In this inferno, the main character confronts his demons of desire and fantasy, which he’d rather not share with his sweet, pink sweater clad friend. David Lynch’s classic is an iconoclastic reinterpretation of noir. Here, the detective becomes someone for whom the criminal case is not so much a challenge or duty, but a pretext to enjoy his perverse inclinations.

Piotr Mirski, Catalog MFF Nowe Horyzonty 16. edition

David Lynch (1946 – 2025) – an American director, screenwriter, producer and visual artist, born in Missoula, Montana. He studied painting in Philadelphia, before moving to Los Angeles to make films. He began production on his feature-length debut, Eraserhead, while still a student at the American Film Institute’s Centre for Advanced Film and Television Studies, which initially provided funding for the project. Lynch was one of the most original and influential cinema visionaries. His signature mix of surrealism, genre tropes and experimental narration found favour with a wide audience. Lynch’s films relied heavily on striking visual and soundtrack elements, which always function as integral parts of the complex structure of his works. In addition to directing, he has practised painting, photography, meditation and experimented with new media. A three-time Oscar nominee, Lynch was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Wild at Heart (1990).