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blue velvet
noun
- a mixture of paregoric and Pyribenzamine taken by vein as an illicit drug.
Example Sentences
The next night comes a 30th anniversary presentation of 鈥淐lueless,鈥 followed by a May 31 screening of 鈥淏lue Velvet鈥 and tribute to director David Lynch, who died in January.
He turned down David Lynch鈥檚 offer of a role in 鈥淏lue Velvet.鈥
His mastery of the art form of cinema 鈥 the dark suburban fantasies of 鈥淏lue Velvet鈥 and 鈥淭win Peaks,鈥 the Hollywood nightmares of 鈥淢ulholland Drive,鈥 鈥淟ost Highway鈥 and 鈥淚nland Empire鈥 鈥 meant that even if he rarely courted awards praise, Lynch would occasionally find himself a critical darling at Oscar season.
The model, actress and daughter of Golden Age star Ingrid Bergman wore a blue velvet dress as a nod to the film, and Lynch wore a significantly more modern tuxedo with the oddest, most minimalist bolo tie I鈥檝e ever seen.
The bolo makes Lynch look a bit like 鈥淏lue Velvet鈥檚鈥 demented antagonist, Frank Booth, a rockabilly nightmare played by Dennis Hopper.
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