Jeffrey on a joy ride with Frank Booth in "Blue Velvet"

[@qmto]

I love how he begs Paul to start playing that song like its a real emergency.

[@zeleniouszeleniou6766]

qmto dude you just cracked me up man

[@terencemckenna6468]

You sound like a creep

[@jonathasmarques5725]

And that isn't even the name of the song. lol

[@BB-fd2rf]

@@terencemckenna6468 u sound like you're in the wrong place fucker

[@joelcacini]

It’s bizarre I see your comment here considering I watch all your paintball vids haha

[@knightsonofjack]

This movie helped revive Roy Orbison's career before he died, which is awesome.

[@Rainbow_Quartz]

I love that dame dancing on top of the car while Jeff is getting beaten up. It's so damn funny.

[@superburnley1882]

I love this scene. "I'll send you a love letter...STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART, FUCKER! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fucking gun, fucker!"

[@kaitice4456]

“You’re fuckin lucky to be alive, man.” Hopper was incredible. With that line, you really get the sense that he’s struggling with killing him or letting him live

[@BrianDePalmaII]

The bit of good left in him.

[@terencemckenna6468]

@@BrianDePalmaII In my eyes, Frank was the Good Guy.

[@philosopher24680]

@@BrianDePalmaII There's no good in him, it's just that killing a local kid who wasn't in involved in crime would have brought way too much attention over an affair.

[@GasCityGuy]

Frank Booth is near the top of my list of most evil movie characters in history. Hopper plays him perfectly. Brilliant film!

[@JackJackKcajify]

frank boothe is the only brilliant part, even then he goes to wacky

[@terencemckenna6468]

Frank is the good guy

[@dagnabbit6187]

@ GasCityGuy Mine too. Frank Booth is definitely the sleaziest . However I would have to say John Huston ‘s Noah Cross is the most terrifying villain in film history .

[@williamkazak469]

Hey! Leave her alone!

[@eyebrowman1]

I'd say Booth us deranged first then evil

[@DrDavidHowler]

"You're like me" is the most important line in the movie.

[@ylowknfe]

I always feel a little weird when that line hits. Frank, insane as he is, might just see a bit more *because* of that insanity. Jeffrey could've left the ear alone, but he took it to the police. He could've stayed away from Sandy, but he used her to gain information regarding the ear, Dorothy, and consequently Frank. He could've stayed away from her apartment, but he went in. He could've bolted when she knew he was in the closet. He could've left at so many crucial moments and absolved himself of all the chaos that would follow, but he didn't. Despite his conscience, Jeffrey enjoys this world he's entered. I think we've all got a little of Frank bottled up inside us, but throughout the course of BV, Jeffrey is letting it out. And for better or worse, he's loving it. Jeffrey desperately wants to let out the id inside him, and Frank knows it. "You're like me."

[@jamesoffutt2801]

@@ylowknfe that's a good point, and the fact that Jeffrey is a voyer paling in comparison to the madness of Frank Booth. This older man has more experience in the world of voyeurism. Great lengths of rape, and to add, extreme licentiousness. As well as the company of three younger men slightly older than Jeffrey, who are just as nuts and perverted as Frank is. I'm sure Jeffrey if he had it in him, he would have hung out with these freaks and got cool with them. Dorothy too, yeah, she's kind of like him too. But they can't handle the sensation of the insane world of Frank Booth and his friends because Booth is a monster. Compared to these two and experienced people.

[@grenouillesscent]

@@jamesoffutt2801 Its because he has the capacity for empathy and remorse unlike Frank

[@dagnabbit6187]

@@ylowknfe Brilliant comment , Alan . That is so true and people who criticize this film miss that . This scene is is definitely one of the all time greats in cinema history .

[@silversnail1413]

Yes, Jeffrey on some level has the same kind of depravity and aberrant sexual curiosity that Frank has. I've always seen Blue Velvet as a metaphor for confronting your own darkest desires and repressed evil. At the end, when Jeffrey shoots Frank in the head and kills him he's also symbolically destroying that part of himself. In the final scene, we see that he has regained the innocence and serenity of his old self because he has banished the demon. And he has brought light to the world rather than darkness by finally reuniting Dorothy and her child.

[@kurgarraUgalatur]

Best car ad ever.

[@CitySkin09]

This movie is fucking hilarious. "One well-dressed fuckin' man knows where you're cute little butt's hiding, huh?"

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

Nobody else could have played Frank Booth only Dennis Hopper who was simply superb in the role

[@DM-hw4cr]

A movie for the whole family to enjoy!

[@wrs6565]

I'LL SEND YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL FUCKER is simultaneously the most menacing AND funny line in movie history

[@tyriquey4987]

Its forever stuck in my head 😂

[@brettsmith7939]

Don't be a good neighbor to her, I'll SEND YOU A LOVE LETTER FUCKER!!STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART FUCK!!! Hahaha I remembered this out of nowhere and had to see it again. Dennis hopper is great lol.

[@gitdeefaw]

Hopper kills it. I love watching these kind of movies. Just stellar performances.

[@v1m]

Four of the grimmest, most potent minutes in all American cinema. This is our heart of darkness.

[@PoletBally]

Someone should sample the "Next!" and play it any place where there is a line with people waiting, like a bank.

[@cominroitover80]

Fear Factory - Concrete

[@chinaman393]

Damn Hopper's eyes/expression at around 3:38 and 3:52 are seriously fucking scare. this is probably my favorite scene in the movie which of course says a lot.

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

I think he's borderline

[@BaddaBing2001]

2:33. Damn thats so random. Sums of David Lynchs work in a matter of seconds. Genius.

[@Lietiel]

Max Payne That was the moment I fell in love with this film.

[@BaddaBing2001]

Its a damn good movie isnt ?

[@thaksjtube]

It's not really random, and if it was that wouldn't really make it genius now would it

[@florencebeasley7516]

Damon Alexander Lewis in

[@gkroll8467]

I wish my girlfriend could kiss as good as Frank what passion

[@zazzledelacruz6036]

Frank has a bit of an impulse control problem.

[@Fahleius]

Yes thats some of his problems ;-)

[@BB-fd2rf]

Lol, little bit.

[@davidvaldezjr5546]

YA THINK?!

[@AWiz-lx8lh]

This Film belongs in the Top 100 Best Critically Acclaimed Films ever. One always Gravitates back to the best and this is a VERY WELL MADE MOVIE ALL AROUND. Love this scene and Dean Singing Candy Colored Clown. One of the BEST BEAT DOWNS EVER!!! Love the intensity as Frank Punches Jeff's Face. Also love how he says F$&@%#!!!

[@symbionesesla]

This is my FAVORITE movie of all times. Frank Booth rules mannnnn.

[@hinomura2001]

I admire his taste in cars and beer: 1960s Dodge Charger and Pabst Blue Ribbon. He is one suave f$&k..

[@HELLH0WND]

Personally I like Heineken...

[@brianwatchesstuff]

FUCK THAT SHIT!

[@karynation128]

Dennis Hopper to the director "I HAVE to play that part. It's ME." Wha?

[@thelatestttplague]

Look at the intensity Dennis has in his eyes at 3:06-3:09. He deserved every ounce of that Oscar. He's so convincing and it's scary.

[@allys744]

He didn’t win unfortunately, but he should’ve gotten a nod

[@bearcattony00]

He got an Oscar for Shooter Flatch in Hoosiers

[@garybishop4030]

He was nominated, he didn't win it.

[@overlook77]

the best scene of the entire movie....RIP Dennis.

[@FlymanMS]

It’s astounding how Dennis Hopper’s performance is both hilarious and terrifying.

[@angusorvid8840]

The genius in Hopper's portrayal of Frank Booth is that he is so sick he can almost make you feel sorry for him. His personal trauma does not justify his evil, but he's still a very human villain as monstrous as he is. But when I first saw this film I still felt sorry for Booth at this point because it's where he changes from just being a bombastic, brutal, cruel, violent monster to a human being in great emotional pain, and you wonder what caused it. He's a villain who makes you feel uncomfortable, and it's at this point you realize how trapped he is by fate. Booth is a character as brilliant in creation as in Hopper's portrayal. He really made him come to life.

[@wildinthestreets101]

God, I remember secretly renting this movie when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me. I had nightmares thinking this guy was out there haha. But I've always appreciated this movie. Such an awesome film. I wish David Lynch would make more films

[@Pneuma2001]

As an adult, it’s scary to know that there are people like him out there in the real world.

[@bryanbeach2572]

​@@Pneuma2001indeed. This movie is great because it shows that beyond the facade of safe and wholesome communities, there are dark people and activities that people don't know about or refuse to acknowledge.

[@josemirandaber]

RIP Dennis Hopper & Jack Nance

[@Speechless1963]

God damn that look at 0:40 just sends chills down my spine. Frank Booth is easily one of the most viscerally terrifying antagonists in any film, at least in my opinion

[@weirdfishing]

Pretty pretty... Pretty pretty...

[@BB-fd2rf]

This comments section is pure gold. Obviously genuine fans. Love it.

[@christiane.g.4142]

What a performance by dennis hopper as a raving, disturbed psychopath. clearly he was triggered by that old song. parhaps he associated that song with something traumatic in his past and he was deeply affected by whatever the terrible event was in his past that was associated with that song

[@RICKJAMESB4LL3R]

Frank Booth is my idol.

[@johnTaylor9760]

Del Preston VOTE UP!

[@johndepraved9128]

Ben is Frank Booth's idol.

[@coolbuddydude1]

He so suave.

[@chicobond89]

i even rehearse the love letter scene every now and then when i'm driving to work. never felt so liberated.

[@Stanley.77]

I lived in Wilmington NC for 5 years, and went to trade school right across the street from the police station in this film, which was actually torn down less than a year after I moved there! Also, I used to eat at the Dixie Cafe, which was the same location where "Jeffery Bolemont" and his girlfriend hatched the plan for Jeffery to play "amateur detective" and sneak into "Dorothy's" (Isabella Rosellini) appartment. I also drove past many other buildings in Wilmington that were also used in this film.

[@sillyone52062]

Right up there for a "bit of the ultra-violence" accompanied by Beethoven in "A Clockwork Orange."

[@gkroll8467]

lets hit the fg rd Ill send ya straight to hell fkr best f film of 1986 or any year screw hollywood with their fk remakes they better not remake this film nah they wouldnt have the guts

[@MrGethsemane]

"You get a love letter from me, you're fucked forever." story of my life man...

[@virgo14]

1:15 Jeffrey: (to Frank, abusing Dorothy) Hey, leave her alone!

[@jacobekberg354]

since i first noticed it i always found it hilarious that the blonde "thug" was obviously scared shitless of Dennis Hopper... keep your eyes on him from around 1:00 to right after the punch, he looks like he wants to cry LOL

[@MA-rn2xp]

They all look scared. After Jeffrey spoke up they all were surprised

[@nemome5837]

"Is this your homework, Larry?" Lol, classic.

[@pentacleofvenus]

+Ctrl-Z lol, wrong movie but yea.

[@nemome5837]

murdock wormwood " I want your motorcycle and your clothes...but not your underpants." :-)

[@radk88]

2:39 that's a goddam great line

[@Iskalla]

I can never see a can of Heineken without thinking 'FUCK THAT SHIT'

[@Kaghemsuha]

Hopper was incredible. The first time I watched this movie, in Italy, I was seventeen, in an empty (!) cinema in a small town; he scared the hell out of me.

[@johnTaylor9760]

I'm just say'en possibly one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema history. It hits a high point at 3:45

[@marjorybaxtor5676]

Second best. The best is "Beers at Ben's"

[@gkroll8467]

I want a frank booth action figure

[@MultiSkippy101]

This is beyond Hollywood’s creative talent and comprehension in 2024.

[@silversnail1413]

Frank is the most terrifying villain David Lynch ever created. He's not some abstract evil force like BOB or the Mystery Man, he's an actual flesh and blood human being. That just makes his attrocities even more horrific in my eyes.

[@ericlangbecker1]

Who's BOB?

[@elgrenudocascarrabias6936]

​@@ericlangbecker1watch Twin Peaks

[@ienjoyapples]

i love that frank says fuck in every single sentence whether it makes sense or not

[@bhbluebird]

Movie melted my brain the first time i saw it

[@jonash995]

ahh how i love a ride in the country!

[@CTRL_F]

Frank describing death as being “fucked forever” is somehow profound.

[@Nick930]

Trevor Phillips and Heath Ledger's "Joker" just had a baby... and his name was Frank.

[@benwilson9033]

This came out in 1986 but ok

[@jay1jayf]

+Ben Wilson Frank booth got around then. Jesus christ, you know what he meant.

[@adamriggs2698]

Heath Ledger’s Joker was shitty

[@ericambrosecoon]

"You're like me"........I catch myself saying that at work once in a while in my mindless existence.

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

I learned everything I need to know about life from Frank Booth

[@joel8583]

Then you have the wrong concept of life.

[@killerflamingo9566]

Huffing your problems away?

[@stoogefest16]

No remedial program in the world is gonna re-educate that out of you.

[@thomasrevere7916]

This is one of my favorite scenes ever. Dennis Hopper was a goddamned legend. I also love how that woman crawled on the car and started dancing.

[@Korn1holio]

RIP he seemed like an incredibly great guy

[@detroitMC313]

This scene blew me away!! Soo glad I found this movie. Loved it!! Trippy, and very good.

[@anthonyvincentfazio-writer]

This is, in my opinion, the greatest scene of any movie, ever.

[@dagnabbit6187]

I remember on Arsenio Hall’s talk show Arsenio brought up Frank Booth even though Hopper was plugging another project . Dennis was an old Pro and in his Hopper way he said “ Oh Did you like Frank Booth ? “ Arsenio with gleam in his eyes said “Yeeeeah !”

[@mackychloe]

Words can't express!

[@danielrafferty4108]

Remember seeing this movie when I was twelve and being more terrified of Frank than I was the likes of Captain Howdy from the exorcist. To be fair I had two years to get over the exorcist by then, but to be equally fair I'm still not over being a little scared of Frank (especially now I've met a few people in my life that were on the cusp of such mania.).

[@widingeric]

This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. Dennis Hopper was awesome as Frank Booth.

[@isahiyella5887]

someone else mentioned that Lynch wanted helium instead of nitrous but ended up going with the nitrous at hoppers behest. imagine Frank saying baby wants to fuck to Isabella's character on helium instead of nitrous? I'd have loved if they went with helium. it would be even more depraved. brilliant work from hopper in this one though.

[@ryanarborist]

In dreams, I waaaahlk with you. Absolutely mesmerizing.

[@detroitMC313]

Brilliant scene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@derekmatzek9551]

I wanna live In the alternate reality were Dennis Hopper played the Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman instead of Jack Nicholson

[@kane5000]

"I shoot when i see the whites of the eyes" thats badass!!

[@Badvibesdude]

Man, that "you're like me" bit.

[@anthonyfazio503]

Someone said it once in an interview and I forget who said it, but it makes perfect sense to me. Every David Lynch movie/TV show is a nightmare. It's the perception of one person's scary dream. In Blue Velvet it's Jeffery's.

[@homersetsule9734]

Oooh what are these? Ooooh.

[@marlonrodriguez7453]

Catch this movie at the drive in this weekend! (:

[@InkySunshine]

i love this movie so much it hurts

[@JAMAICADOCK]

Who does Frank Booth remind you of - with his taste in continental women, his preening vanity, his perversions, his rage?

[@wrmty56413]

Can't believe this was made in 1986 (when all the dumb Bruckheimer/Simpson films were being made). SO, SO ahead of its time...

[@peartalks3876]

That made no sense

[@wrmty56413]

@@peartalks3876 Doesn't make much sense to me either. I made that comment a long time ago!

[@peartalks3876]

@@wrmty56413 understandable

[@commandermillander2201]

“Don’t say please, fuckhead!!!”

[@capitol7950]

Watched this after an acid tab, fucking terrified watching it

[@LukeJaeger]

''ooooh, what are these? mmmm''

[@TkrB]

I just have to watch this movie - this part especially - every Valentines Day.

[@AbsoluteMonarchist]

Baby wants to pinch those. Ohhhvvzz! Ohhhvvzz! Ohh give em back.

[@doodlecaptain]

Favorite movie ever

[@Angron789]

This is how you intimidate someone.

[@marysunshine5587]

god he played a great head case and the oxygen addiction is great!!!

[@Lietiel]

Mary Carlisle It's supposed to be nitrous oxide. Lynch wanted it to be helium for a weird "baby voice" effect, but Hopper pointed out that you can't get high from helium and that it should be nitrous, so Lynch changed it.

[@laurennoel5176]

You're both incorrect. It's amyl nitrate, a stimulant.

[@eamonwright7488]

@@laurennoel5176Losens the butthole for some candy colored clown time.

[@stalegum]

How many people can you fit inside a two-door coupe?

[@carlwilhelmlinderrosen616]

He _does_ smear lipstick on his face, so I think it's safe to say it's a clown car.

[@superrok420]

It's a 70s Charger so yeah it's possible. Those cars are pretty big.

[@bearcattony00]

Easy to climb into two doors as kids as a friend of my mothers had a two door oldsmobile on our trips to chuck e cheese

[@garybishop4030]

7 apparently

[@bulletbelt97]

Oooh. What are these?!

[@guyinsf]

When does he say that, I can't remember which part.

[@Verschlimmbesserung]

When he twists her knobs.

[@AJ8871]

S/O to the girl dancing on the roof she killin it

[@eldo59]

Click on the playback circle at 1:23 repeatly LMAO!!!!

[@NotAboutTheClicks]

eldo59 1:22. I can't keep scrolling down to the perfect que

[@worldwide6266]

Baby wants to pinch them... Awe come on give em back , they're just a little red that's all...

[@elylew]

"You're like me!!!"

[@jbjb29]

Press 3 repeatedly lol.

[@darknessreign]

I just realized Trevor Phillips has the appearance of Jack Nicholson (The Shining) but the language and mindset of Dennis Hopper's Frank Booth.

[@wrmty56413]

"You're like me".

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Frank Booth's dialogue must have one of the highest 'fuck'-to-word ratios in any film.

[@burp789]

probably the most fucked up movie I've ever seen and that's why I love it

[@detroitMC313]

BEST SCENE EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@mercoid]

Feeeeel my muscles! FEEL EM!!!! Goo goo geee geee gaa gaaaa!!!!!!!!! Heeee heee heeee!!!

[@cindym9963]

Dennis Hopper's character in this movie on completely unhinged.. Lol 👀

[@oklahomorose]

"HEINEKEN? FUCK THAT SHIT--PABST BLUE RIBBONS!!"

[@SNKNostalgia]

Reminds me of... Black Sunshine!!!!

[@lucioelias7840]

Denis,grande ator!!

[@HanginWithSnakes]

Outta the car, fuck!

[@billpaxton7525]

Every detail's pristinely fucked, down to the smear on the windshield.