Blue Velvet

1074 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3X3, Canada

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David Lynch’s 1986 classic, screening the Week of March 12!

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Academy Awards: Best Director nominee!
Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Film, and Cinematography award winner!
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA: Best Film, Director, Cinematography, and Supporting Actor (Dennis Hopper) award winner!
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival: Grand Prize award winner!

5 Stars! “It’s packed with iconic imagery…This is one of the great masterpieces of modern cinema, a film which you will never forget.” (Eye For Film)

5 Stars! “Still nothing like it…David Lynch’s masterpiece” (eFilmCritic)

5 Stars! “Lynch’s modern masterpiece…a movie that brought the clammy terrors of this avant-garde film maker kicking and screaming into the mainstream.” (BBC)

4/4 Stars! “one of the most influential films of the 1980’s, and arguably jump-started the idea of independent filmmaking. But aside from that, it is also one of the most original, invigorating films I’ve ever seen.” (The Film File)