This week at The Film Club we have a guest episode and we’re talking about the Neo-Noir mystery film, Blue Velvet. The film follows Jeffrey Beaumont a college student who has returned to his hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina after his father suffers a massive heart attack. While walking home from the hospital Jeffrey discovers a severed human ear in an abandoned lot, Jeffrey then decides to take the ear to the local police department. After depositing the ear at the police station Jeffrey learns from a detective’s daughter (Sandy Williams) that the ear is related to a lounge singer named Dorthy Vallens. Jeffrey needs to know how Dorthy is connected and he concocts a plan to break into her apartment to look for evidence. While Jeffrey is in Dorthy’s apartment searching for clues Sandy is being the lookout but unfortunately Jeffrey doesn’t hear her warning signal as Dorthy returns back home. Join us as we dive into the world of Blue Velvet.
