I have written before about how much this movie affected me when I first saw it. I should probably mention that I haven't seen it in over twenty years and don't necessarily want to view it again. The snippet they used in "The Squid and the Whale" was enough for me. But "Blue Velvet" has stayed with me. It's a good entry point anyway to look at poster design in different places.
Here is a Turkish version. Helpless damsel and macho violence..JPG.jpeg)
This German version focuses on montage and heavy symbolism.
These two evocative French posters show characters looking out, helplessly. The one on the left decorated the front window of a video store near my college, so I would be greeted by that haunted look whenever I walked to class. 
I saw a copy of this hanging in an office at the JBFC, signed by Isabella Rossellini herself. What does this disturbing and violent image have to do with the disturbing and violent film? The story is that it is based on a scene excised from the final cut of the film. 
This is a Polish poster by Jan Mlodozeniec, who created many film posters and applied his light and clever touch to even the darkest subjects.
This is a DIY poster for a 2008 Valentine's Day college campus screening. Looks like it's 5 in a run of 25 screen prints. I bet they all were taken soon after being posted. I know I would have wanted one.
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Blue Velvet was a pivotal college movie. I walked out saying WTF but then years later I found comfort with the Frank Booth character on many levels. I need to send you the Frank Booth highlight reel I made with a few co-workers in the early 90s.
I remember the Frank Booth highlight reel! It was way ahead of its time, when you look at all the youtube tributes to Scarface, etc.
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