Complex Complexes: A Psychoanalysis of Blue Velvet (1986)

Update: 2021-08-30

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Today we’re taking a look at strange desires, introducing Freud’s complexes, and learning about the unconscious mind of the male ingenue in the 1986 neo-noir cult classic. (Trigger warning: mentions of abuse and sexual assault)

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Complex Complexes: A Psychoanalysis of Blue Velvet (1986)