Dennis Hopper's Best Moments as Frank | Blue Velvet

[@inkey2]

That one line did more for Pabst Blue Ribbon than 20 years worth of advertising

[@ghostpasha9076]

I was at the local dive the other day and ordered a Rolling Rock, which they were out of...but they had Heineken and I got one, only to look to my right and see a guy drinking a tall boy of PBR LOL.

[@thepsychicalliance]

Literally the sole reason hipsters love PBR

[@inkey2]

@@thepsychicalliance It is literally what saved PBR

[@gregofcanada4494]

Heineken sales tanked after this came out.

[@crazycary17]

hell yeha love me some PBR

[@jonpicojones4032]

It’s crazy how Dennis Hopper told David Lynch he wanted to play Frank, because he IS Frank. Frank is something else..

[@Rosalies_]

I hope Dennis boy wasn’t that evil though 🫣

[@vksasdgaming9472]

He could relate to Frank's unhinged personality as he had been very unhinged. Drugs and booze really did not work with him.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

@@Rosalies_ Getting rid of them was right choice as he couldn't handle them. Few can and he wasn't one.

[@leftyfitzroy]

id have to say, that addiction manifests itself in different ways with different people. I watched my father polish off a bottle of red with supper, followed by two bottles of single malt and usually capped with a joint or two of Durban Poison. Yet, he was always up and about at 8am, cup of coffee and up the stairs to his studio. He never missed a deadline, made lucrative deals, and did well financially. (That is not to say his family life was blissful by any means) . I watched this behaviour carefully growing up, and soon found myself developing addictive tendencies. My thinking was, i can make good money while drinking and drugging. It's in my gene's. Or so I thought, instead what happened was l totally debilitated by cocaine and heroin. Could not manage to function whatsoever.

[@zippymufo9765]

Lynch's reaction was hilarious. "Well, Dennis just told me he IS Frank, so I guess we can't invite him to Bob's Big Boy for lunch"

[@JosephDutra]

Dennis Hopper should have been nominated for an Oscar. One of his best performances!

[@karolk7711]

Funny thing is He got nominated for Oscar in the same year but for different movie, the Hoosiers. He should have Oscar for blue velvet, as well as for easy rider

[@movie-mandan]

I think he scared the voters way too much. Turned them off

[@Johnconno]

Oscars? F*CK that Shit!

[@exploringthroughmyPOV]

I miss Dennis Hopper SO MUCH! RIP

[@proskeptical789]

God Brad Douriff really missed his calling as the Joker in the 80’s. That laugh is as maniacal as anything Frank did

[@Kerorofan1990]

Someone should get on that. I mean Hamill played Chucky once. Let's get a Dourif Joker! Seems a fair trade.

[@aarongerrish8930]

Brad Dourif is a great actor and only fans of cinema 🎥 know Brad Dourif is a legend

[@TheRooflesstoofless]

Too late? I mean even the Joker must age.

[@gregofcanada4494]

He was meant for greater things

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

​@@aarongerrish8930yeah brads awesome. Loved him first as wormtongue in LOTR, then discovered I'd already loved him as Chucky in the CP movies, then realized he was the young guy in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. THEN I saw Exorcist III: Legion.

[@PeterFrederickMackintosh]

I love Dennis Hopper

[@shimma25]

I know he got an Oscar nomination the same year for Hoosiers but seriously Hopper could have been nominated for this as well - one of his greatest roles!

[@jondstewart]

@@shimma25 not positive, but I could have sworn Hoosiers came out the next year. He was a much different person in that movie. Friendly, personable, and a passion for basketball, but a chronic alcoholic that was unemployed and lived alone in a cabin in the woods.

[@brerrabbit9585]

Hopper at his finest. He was absolutely electrifying as Frank Booth. Best line'-'let`s f_ck. I`ll f_ck anything that moves'. And 'here`s your beer Frank, you want me to pour it for you? 'No I want you to f_ck it. Shit yes, pour the` f_ckin beer'.There was a poster of Frank Booth at a dive bar I used to go to, and 'In Dreams' and 'Blue Velvet' were on the jukebox.

[@Rosalies_]

i feel as though his core attributes are painted through those lines, for real

[@brerrabbit9585]

Art imitating life? In Hopper`s case, probably yes.@@Rosalies_

[@avriljenifersexton912]

I love Dennis Hopper's way of acting

[@inkey2]

Dennis hopper isn't acting. He is being Dennis Hopper.

[@triplucid3563]

Who the hell could take Roy Orbison to make him dark but David Lynch.. Tre Magnifique

[@Rosalies_]

definitely a great observation

[@Johnlindsey289]

What about Tarantino when he used stuck in the middle with you for torture scene?

[@shojaejlali1290]

The song is dark???? Its heartbreaking......didn't need lynch to do that! Just listen to the lyrics and tbe haunting way the big o sings it.....😢

[@triplucid3563]

Lol "Let's drink to your health ", ... "no man,.. let's drink to something else" that's awesome🎉

[@BlackManta_777]

I'd been yelling "I'll fuck anything that moves!" and grinning crazily for a few years, surprised it was in a movie

[@Johnlindsey289]

I saw this movie on video at 14 back in 96, he scared me more than any slasher. I had a couple of nightmares of him that age

[@UCSPanther20]

Jeffrey is probably thinking about the Bene Gesserite saying about "fear is the mind-killer"...

[@djn48]

Oh man, you didn't include "I can hear your fucking radio, you stupid shit!" That line cracked me up.

[@jondstewart]

1:50. Henry from Eraserhead. He looked 35 in that movie, 10 years later he looks 75

[@shimma25]

I didn’t even recognise Jack Nance as the same actor when I first saw this or in any of his other roles in the 80s and 90s, he truly looked so different in Eraserhead.

[@cyborganisation]

"That doesn't scare me"

[@herakleitus]

Frank “tricks” Jeffrey into “suggesting” a ride in the same way The Mystery Man tricks Fred Madison into calling “his house” in Lost Highway

[@isolar_THE_576th]

Now it's dark...

[@EugeneOneguine]

Into the niiiight... I cry out... I cry out... your naaaaame....

[@JeffBird86]

The over the top performance from Dennis hopper made this movie incredible.

[@mattturner7531]

2:25, serious psychological damage...

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

He got off very easy from that car ride.

[@w.j.christophe8779]

"Want me to pour it?"... "No, I want you to fuck it! Shit yes, pour the fucking beer!"

[@gregofcanada4494]

Frank is such an interesting villain.

[@reademandweep4402]

3:56 kanye after he moves his dentist in next door

[@evenflow5491]

Takes a lot for Brad Dourif to not be the most insane in a scene

[@RapidBlindfolds]

Came back here after Diddy case, he reminds me so much of Frank. Change ‘let’s go for a ride’ to ‘let’s party’. The weird contrast between this incredibly dark persona with this soft naive persona (Frank turning into ‘baby’ and Diddy changing his name to ‘love’ talking about how he just wants a hug)

[@trevywevy802]

He's right about heinekin 🤢🤮

[@triplucid3563]

If lightning Hopkins wasn't there at the beginning of the day he sure would be there at the end

[@hharrybboy]

Let's got on a joyride!

[@detailedinfodisplay5210]

So crazy that dennis hopper didnt know he was on a movie so he was just acting like he normally did

[@Rosalies_]

imagining Dennis Hopper inside Lynch’s version of the Truman Show?

[@hoggers7572]

Nurse Ratched warned us Billy is no good without his medication

[@Honey-Sanchez]

I like how you left the demise of Mr Booth til the end.

[@patrieckkkk]

it's a strange world.

[@annepatton8727]

if Dennis Hopper WAS Frank, then I don't know what I feel about Dennis Hopper anymore!! magnificent acting though!

[@ghostpasha9076]

GET HIM OUT OF THE CAR RAYMOND!

[@user-eb4uu8my6j]

3:09 we've all been there at some point of our lives

[@russellhamner4898]

NOW IT'S DARK

[@Johnlindsey289]

Frank is like leatherface, Chucky and Jan Brady all in one

[@inkey2]

The Frank Booth Character is similar to the Nicki Santoro character in Goodfellas as they are both fairly small in stature but both are the definition of "dangerous"

[@triplucid3563]

Is it strange that 9 out of 10 times with police feel like this exact moment in the car in the back 3:30

[@nunka34ify]

Dude should meet Tuco Salamanca

[@0ffguy248]

imagine how much crazier Frank would be if he decided to inhale the blue sky

[@stringspicksandfiddlestick6388]

Pabst Blue Ribbon!

[@fredyoder5197]

There's trouble until the robbins come

[@clevlandblock]

I think a tv series spin-off starring Frank would have had potential.

[@jonwiley2592]

Well, his dialogue would have been easy to write...

[@randomland2775]

@@jonwiley2592 80% of each episode would probably have him saying f bombs throughout.

[@mattturner7531]

Now that Hopper's gone, I reckon it would be a bad choice to restart it, but I'd agree that the show would be amazing - and HBO should do it. (he'd be swearing every other word, lol)

[@Ian64]

Where’s “MOMMY”

[@dumpsterrama6571]

Heineken!?

[@cyborganisation]

Quantum Leap missed a trick here. Oh boy.

[@herbg4866]

“Best” moments

[@Rosalies_]

yes

[@crazycary17]

I like a nice PBR, hell yeah Frank is my kinda guy!

[@niteowlsongs]

Aside from tarantulas, Frank is the only thing that scares me. He is fascism incarnate.

[@Johnconno]

What's on the couch in the back room?

[@Ryan-pi4go]

He looks like a very nice man. Who's the bad guy in this movie, Kyle?

[@nonplayerzealot4]

NNNN-NEXT!

[@hinomura2001]

he actually did these scenes sober?!?!?!?!?

[@Rosalies_]

Yeah afaik he was passed his period of drug abuse by now. At this point he’s aged enough that I don’t see why he’d lie about it

[@hinomura2001]

@@Rosalies_ Lynch wanted Frank to inhale helium and get a reeeaaaallly high voice. Hopper wasn't sure he could scare the shit outta people w/ a high voice, so he suggested amyl nitrate. The movie could've turned into a comedy.

[@findlestick]

@@hinomura2001 If it was done sparingly in maybe a scene or two - and depending on the context, that could’ve been horrifying.

[@fabianrothe4967]

@@hinomura2001 It’s Amyl nitrite - that’s hell of a difference :-)

[@vksasdgaming9472]

​@@hinomura2001 Use of He would have made Frank even more infantile and even crazier because He is inert.

[@donactdum6635]

Fire Marshall Bill sent me here

[@patricksantos-io2op]

Frank Booth pulls out the FREON mask......did I say FREON ??... haha.....Nitrous Oxide.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

It was first written as helium. That would have been even more disturbing.

[@FredrikLund-od6lv]

@@vksasdgaming9472 In Norway we call it lyst gas, translated to English its lust gas, hehehe. Tried it a few times and is goooooooood.

[@marshmallowbudgie]

what happens when you walk WITH ryhthm

[@Badvibesdude]

NEXT!

[@Rosalies_]

It took me a minute to figure out which scene you were referencing lmaoo. What an odd exclamation to blurt!

[@Badvibesdude]

@@Rosalies_ It's great. It was a common exclamation amongst my friends in college because of this film.

[@tonyelectionfraud669]

I always wondered what Frank was sniffing in that mask. Poppers?

[@Rosalies_]

Amyl nitrate. Lynch originally scripted helium, but Hopper suggested something he knew about from his drugging days.

[@Mdeaccosta]

​@@Rosalies_ nitrous oxide in the tank. Amyl nitrite in the poppers.

[@the_street_preacher]

I just wanted a preview of the movie. I know how it ends I guess now.

[@Rosalies_]

Read the first line of the description. You watched the whole thing.

[@cspop6841]

No comment

[@triplucid3563]

C'mon

[@prod6mill.512]

You’re like me.. :)

[@shojaejlali1290]

Great line....lot of people miss it and its significance

[@prod6mill.512]

3 words almost as telling as a whole script itself

[@BillWilliams6544]

Horrendous movie. Brutal acting. Slow

[@Rosalies_]

David Lynch’s films are all slow and leverage uncanny acting.

[@reekhavoc2932]

Slow!? This shit is a fast hard ride thru and thru