Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsAn extra hour of footage from David Lynch’s Blue Velvet is getting releasedMore Lynchian weirdness from the 1986 classicShareLink copied ✔️February 20, 2019February 20, 2019TextKemi Alemoru Good news David Lynch fans. You’ll be able to uncover almost an hour’s worth of “lost” footage from Blue Velvet. The 51-minute compilation of deleted scenes and alternate takes was assembled by the eccentric director as part of the special edition features of an upcoming Criterion release. Some of the footage was already included on the film’s Blu-ray release to mark the 25th anniversary. It includes a change to the original introduction of the main character, Jeffrey Beaumont. In the alternate opening scene, Jeffrey watches a sex act in a dank basement, which stands in stark contrast to the opening we all know where he visits his sick father in hospital. Lynch teased the new clips in 2011 on LA radio station KCRW. “You know, there is a thing called b-negative, or outtakes, or lifts, that don’t make it into the film,” he said. “So one day I looked into seeing where the (Blue Velvet) lifts were because some of these scenes on their own would be beautiful to see again. Lately, those have been found. Somewhere up in Seattle. It’s incredible. I’m seeing stuff I thought was gone forever.” This is set to breathe new life into a Lynch classic and the news follows a recent spate of revamps. Andy Kelly, a writer, video producer and self-proclaimed internet time waster, put together two beautiful supercuts combining one-second snippets from each episode from the Twin Peaks TV series in a super montage. In October last year, it was also revealed that Twin Peaks would be getting a VR makeover and would be turned into an immersive game as part of Lynch’s Festival of Disruption. Criterion will also release a 4K digital restoration of the movie as well as a doc of the behind the scenes making of the film. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead are already a part of the Criterion collection. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREEuphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradationThis iPhone-shot doc exposes the ugliness of authoritarianismOakley Oakley’s new collection was designed to weather the storm7 things to watch from trans film festival TITE10 films we’re excited to see at Cannes Film Festival 2026 Nike Airmaxxing with New York designer Annie LianExit8: A must-see Japanese horror about an endless commute ‘It’s just the aesthetic’: The Drama and the allure of violent subculturesWhat went down at our 25th anniversary screening of AmélieHow Daniel Blumberg turned water, wind and silence into a film scoreDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy