AFI: 10 Top 10

Is Blue Velvet actually a mystery or is simply a mindfuck?

When I was in Taiwan, I lived with a young kid who had only seen Star Wars I and II, and didn’t even know that 4, 5, and 6 existed. I tried to explain to him how everyone else had seen 4, 5, and 6 first, then 1, 2, and 3. I didn’t make much sense.

When I watched Blue Velvet, I could only think of Dennis Hopper in those Nike Commercials, particularly when he was with Sterling Sharpe, rambling like a madman, saying “choo choo baby.”