Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage is a 2011 compilation of deleted scenes and alternate takes from David Lynch's 1986 Academy Award-nominated cult classic Blue Velvet.[1][2][3]

Content

The previously lost footage (which was eventually found Seattle[1]) includes the following: a completely different introduction to Jeffery Beaumont in college witnessing a rape before calling the rapist out, Jeffery is forced to end his college life due to his ill mother being unable to pay, extended scenes with Aunt Barbara (Frances Bay) who has dementia, a surreal scene involving a dog eating dinner at The Slow Club for unspecified reasons and extending scenes with Sandy's boyfriend Mike alongside a dinner scene with Sandy's family, Mike and Jeffery.[4]

Home media

It was released as a special feature three times: the first being the 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray on November 8, 2011, by MGM Home Entertainment,[5] the second time re-released by The Criterion Collection on May 28, 2019[6] and the third on 4K Ultra Blu-ray June 25, 2024.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b David Lynch Releasing 51 Minutes of Lost Footage from Blue Velvet|IndieWire
  2. ^ MUBI
  3. ^ Letterboxd
  4. ^ What Does the Lost Footage Add to David Lynch's Blue Velvet? – Out Of Lives
  5. ^ "A Deleted Scene From Blue Velvet". The New York Times. November 7, 2011. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Blue Velvet (1986)". Criterion Collection. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Latchem, John (March 17, 2024). "Criterion June 2024 Slate Includes 'Blue Velvet,' 'Fear and Loathing,' 'Bound' on 4K". Media Play News. Retrieved January 16, 2025.