Movies/Blue Velvet

Until reading the article "Writing About Movies", I really hadn't considered some of the different ways of viewing a movie and critically analyzing it. I'm not going to lie, but I guess I've always watched movies for the entertainment perspective. Sure I've always known that directors do things for a reason, but damn, in Blue Velvet, the director was a genius. If I would have watched that four minute intro over and over for an hour, I may have picked up on a few of the things. I probably never would have realized that the flowers and the blue skies were meant to represent patriotism. I also probably would have never noticed the gun in the television as being anything more than just some movie that the lady was watching. This intro has definitely intrigued me to be more observant when it comes to cinema. After all, directors do pour many, many hours into crafting movies the exact way they want them.