She Wore Blue Velvet
A Comparative Contrast Essay by James Ricci
The films The Piano, directed by Jane Campion and Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch, display the symptomatic readings of lurking perversity behind conventionalism, as well as the role that women play in that conventionalism. ... In Blue Velvet we see a similar circumstance with the characters Dorothy (Rossellini) and Frank (Hopper). ... The two films also mirror each other in the aspect of Baines holding the Piano, that in fact belongs to Ada, over her head in exchange to hear her play and to fulfill some sort of torrid fetish that resides within him, again in Blue Velvet, Frank’s fetish is fulfilled through Dorothy’s torture and sexual favor. ... In Blue Velvet this is reflected boldly in Frank’s relationship to Dorothy, as well as in The Piano with Stuart’s attempts at controlling Ada to love him and show affection. ... In Blue Velvet, a common life in small town America is shown through a dark spectrum of Lynchian madness that plays on the behind-closed-doors-don’t-ask-don’t-tell philosophy of domestic abuse. ... In The Piano, Ada receives help from Baines against Stuart, and in Blue Velvet, Dorothy from Jeffery against Frank. ... In The Piano, the audience is at once thrown into the presence of the villain and the damsel in distress; however, Blue Velvet has a different approach entirely. In Blue Velvet, we first meet the hero and then the damsel in distress and lastly the villain. ... Alternatively in Blue Velvet, we meet Jeffery and trust him immediately, however, once we place too much trust in him, we learn that he too is not flawlessly incapable of harming the character of Dorothy, who he initially sets out to protect. ...
In Blue Velvet, white picket fences and blood red roses portray the society that Jeffery, the protagonist of the film has come from, and Frank brings in its dark side. ...
In Blue Velvet this same situation can be read in the relationship between Frank and Dorothy. ... In Blue Velvet, it is Jeffery and his girlfriend Sandy (Dern) who must give up their innocence to help the wounded soul, Dorothy overcome the terror that Frank holds over her. ... Blue Velvet: Bfi Modern Classic.
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