Daily Dialogue — May 1, 2011
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is singing in a non-musical suggested by Chris Drzewiecki. Blue Velvet suggested by -ing-.
Trivia: David Lynch cut the film from its original four-hour running time to one frame short of two hours. Despite repeated attempts, the missing two hours of deleted scenes cannot be found. All that seem to remain are numerous still photos from these scenes, these are included on the 2002 special edition release of the film. The missing scenes can also be read in the original screenplay of the film. The missing scenes include a conversation between Jeffrey and Dorothy on top of the roof of Dorothy’s apartment followed by a lovemaking session between the two, Dorothy committing suicide in the original ending, a call from Jeffrey’s mother during the party with him and Sandy, among others.
UPDATE: In comments -ing- said:
I always love that scene. Lynch is such a madman!
Ah, but there’s a method to Lynch’s madness as I noted here:
“For seven years I ate at Bob’s Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I ate a chocolate shake and four, five, six, seven cups of coffee — with lots of sugar. And there’s lots of sugar in that chocolate shake. It’s a thick shake. In a silver goblet. I would get a rush from all this sugar, and I would get so many ideas! I would write them on these napkins. It was like I had a desk with paper. All I had to do was remember to bring my pen, but a waitress would give me one if I remembered to return it at the end of my stay. I got a lot of ideas at Bob’s.”
The key to coming up with scenes like the one above in Blue Velvet is sugar! Lots and lots of sugar!