Dean Stockwell reminds me of what James Dean would have been like in this role. I am a huge James Dean fan, and I see a strong resemblance. Very strong. Amazing.
Such a talented actor. Great performance along with Long Day's Journey Into Night, Rapture, Paris, Texas & Married to the Mob. Also screentested for Michael Corleone in The Godfather but lost out to Pacino. He deserves an Honorary Oscar.
For a long time I tried to figure out what is going on in this scene. It's obvious that "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison is Frank Booth's (Dennis Hopper's character) favorite song (he carries it around in his pocket). The song evokes in Frank thoughts and feelings of beauty and love. He wants those things desperately, but knows he will never have them in his dark existence, and it drives him mad.
@spitt001 It is implied Frank has a strong emotional connection to his mother, as well as sexual. The implication is that his mother wore 'Blue Velvet' which explains his attachment to the song, as well as exploiting Dorothy via kidnapping to act as a 'symbolic' mother and wear the blue velvet dress. Part of his motivation for kidnapping is depriving another boy of his mother, just like Frank experienced. What you said is valid as well. It's David Lynch, and offers infinte interpretation.
@spitt001 Yes, but also, this scene was remade in the pivotal scene in Club Silencio in Mullholland Dr. where a woman looks like she is singing another Roy Orbison song, but, horror, she is really miming. The trick of mime is important. My take:
Love depends the belief in the self, at the intersection between voice and image, because our world could be shared. But sound never comes from vision. There is no intersection, we are always miming, there's no one else in our fishbowl, and no love.
I love him, even his greasy spaghetti, chocolate malts, warts and all. Every scene in his movies is a painting that kicks all my art school's painting's asses. Made me ashamed to study oil painting. Should've studied film though, still wouldn't contend with this guy. Lynch is the sergeant
The truly amazing performance in the scene is not Hopper's but Stockwell's androgynous lip-synching. I think that is the sexiest he ever got onscreen.
I ll send you lipstick kisses forever in dreams lover and I ll send you away a lover letter straight from the heart, Fucker. You're pretty lucky to be alive. Hey Pretty Pretty you're barely alive man. Look at me, the candy colored clown. They call the sandman. Sandman. Pop Will Eat Itself wrote a great tribute song to Blue Velvet but more particularly the scene involving the song In Dreams. Dennis Hopper, rest in peace, yo. I will always be a fan of yours.
the best bit about that, is 1.24, when you see the psychic pain frank is in. When you view Lynch's twin peak universe films as a whole, you realise how the drugs/evil spirit form possesions, have wrought havoc with frank. Hopper shows us the 'normal' frank, being subsumed by his spirit fiend (think killer bob), and the pain, as he comes through, and of the realisation of what he's forced to do. And the absolute kicker, is the lyrics by Orbison, so innocent, twisted to mirror his mental siege
great post, thanks. One of Hopper's best moments - its weird, he's not talking, not dancing, he's actually the audience for Stockwell's little routine, but the energy & intensity pouring out of him? Its like he's about to jump out of his skin
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This movie is OKAY at best. The acting can really really REALLY suck at times and the nude scenes are just disturbing -- and not in a good way but in a gross way.
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This movie sucks so bad, SO BAD, I would rather get punched in the nuts repeatedly... because at least I then wouldn't be watching this piece of garbage!
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hur hur hur
Betcha think you're real clever.
David Lynch's career travels on the momentum created by the mental defectives who like his trash. This film is another snot-soaked Kleenex in his garbage pile.
I disagree. I think much of Lynch's genius resides in his ability to create these aestically pleasing yet hellish scenes. Lynch films are like rape that results in a beautiful, talented child. It's unbelievable how something so beautiful could come from something so horrible. In the same way, Blue Velvet has this beauty which hides right below the surface of all the sick, twisted shit which the movie "appears" to be about. It's multi dimensional.
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"Lynch films are like rape that results in a beautiful, talented child"
Dear god man, where did you learn to write? That is the most awful thing I've read in my entire life! You should turn this into the bulwer-lytton committee because it's that nauseating.
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Well I was gonna say that you write like a 6 year old but that wouldn't be an original thought since it's probably been mentioned to many-a-time before.
I love this movie to death & this is my favorite scene in it, but wtf is brad dourif doing in the background dancing with a fucking snake? what is THAT about?
Classic.
GTH4250 2 months ago
best scene in the movie.
deathproofpony 4 months ago
Dean Stockwell reminds me of what James Dean would have been like in this role. I am a huge James Dean fan, and I see a strong resemblance. Very strong. Amazing.
getoutofmyway01 6 months ago
what movie is this !!!!!
Kailjiin 6 months ago
Such a talented actor. Great performance along with Long Day's Journey Into Night, Rapture, Paris, Texas & Married to the Mob. Also screentested for Michael Corleone in The Godfather but lost out to Pacino. He deserves an Honorary Oscar.
getclutch72 6 months ago
dean is my uncle!
mollylaura 9 months ago
This is actually how a typical Saturday night turns out for me. I swear.
JDELUX237 10 months ago
Vynikající scéna z Blue Velvet. Tohle nenatočí nikdo kromě Lynche.
mrtvymuz 11 months ago
For a long time I tried to figure out what is going on in this scene. It's obvious that "In Dreams" by Roy Orbison is Frank Booth's (Dennis Hopper's character) favorite song (he carries it around in his pocket). The song evokes in Frank thoughts and feelings of beauty and love. He wants those things desperately, but knows he will never have them in his dark existence, and it drives him mad.
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@spitt001 It is implied Frank has a strong emotional connection to his mother, as well as sexual. The implication is that his mother wore 'Blue Velvet' which explains his attachment to the song, as well as exploiting Dorothy via kidnapping to act as a 'symbolic' mother and wear the blue velvet dress. Part of his motivation for kidnapping is depriving another boy of his mother, just like Frank experienced. What you said is valid as well. It's David Lynch, and offers infinte interpretation.
Gilsams 9 months ago 2
@Gilsams BRAVO. excellent interpretation / explanation. could not have put it better myself.
spooksixsix 1 month ago
@spooksixsix Thanks. Now all I have to do is decode Inland Empire's meaning! LOL
Gilsams 1 month ago
@spitt001 so true and well explained. Cheers!
bottlebrusher 8 months ago
@spitt001 Yes, but also, this scene was remade in the pivotal scene in Club Silencio in Mullholland Dr. where a woman looks like she is singing another Roy Orbison song, but, horror, she is really miming. The trick of mime is important. My take:
Love depends the belief in the self, at the intersection between voice and image, because our world could be shared. But sound never comes from vision. There is no intersection, we are always miming, there's no one else in our fishbowl, and no love.
timtak1 3 days ago
Hey! Who wants to go for a joyride?
ThaddeusRobe 11 months ago
Lets FUCK!!!
vividman100 1 year ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID LYNCH,I ADORE YOU....
marixalilith 1 year ago
my dream is to be a film-maker and it's scenes like this that make David Lynch my hero
next to Qunetin Tarantino definitely
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I'll fuck anything that moves!!!
Cleon29Warrior 1 year ago
great song
weegranty 1 year ago
what year is this movie from?
christian420mafu 1 year ago
@christian420mafu 1986, great year for movies
1HalfASSreViewer 1 year ago
Candy colored clown....
MrScr3wy 1 year ago
dean stockwell is one suave fuck :)
jenlikeshorses 1 year ago
NEXT! Get out of the car FUCK!
EvilRabbiMAn 1 year ago
Two of the greatest actors of all fucking time!!
c12akky 1 year ago 2
@c12akky
Always felt Stockwell was very underrated. Should have gotten bigger than he did/has. Loved him in Quantum Leap.
loggerbomb 1 year ago
I could watch this 100,000 times until I'm dead. This is the best there is.
MrSplenectomy 1 year ago
PURE ART I LOVE DAVID LYNCH
LVEMEDO 1 year ago
I love him, even his greasy spaghetti, chocolate malts, warts and all. Every scene in his movies is a painting that kicks all my art school's painting's asses. Made me ashamed to study oil painting. Should've studied film though, still wouldn't contend with this guy. Lynch is the sergeant
recordsound 1 year ago 2
che faccia aveva....era un grande :)
YUMYUMYAAH 1 year ago
"Here's to your fuck, Frank!"
reptomicus 1 year ago
This scene has so many emotions and feelings running through it. One of the best scenes in any film, ever.
BlackOut0189 1 year ago 2
I love this song!!!!!
alenejoan 1 year ago
This scene is so f*cking creepy, beautiful, and crazy, and simply amazing.
karlval 1 year ago
gives me chills every time...
FaFaFoFoBawth 1 year ago
The truly amazing performance in the scene is not Hopper's but Stockwell's androgynous lip-synching. I think that is the sexiest he ever got onscreen.
prysmith37 1 year ago 2
"Holy shit, you are so FUCKING suave!"
SpeakToMe19 1 year ago 17
@SpeakToMe19 You are one Suave Fuck.........
nebnis81 1 year ago
I remember when I first saw this movie scene... I went out and bought a cassette of Roy Orbison's greatest hits... Awesome
abumpinthenight2 1 year ago
I could watch this clip a million times and never tire of it. I could never keep my eyes off you, Dennis Hopper! RIP We love you!
007cupcake007 1 year ago
R.I.P. Dennis. Here's hoping the best trip is yet to come!
MorbidBliss22 1 year ago
This movie's like a bad dream.
RIP, Dennis Hopper
Towncrier123 1 year ago
How is this scene brilliant? It's just Dean Stockwell doing Karaoke?
ForeverBennett 1 year ago
@ForeverBennett You're out of your fucking mind
thefucingchamp 1 year ago
"Now it's dark." -Frank Booth
Thanks for the great performances and memories, Dennis. I hope you find your peace wherever you are.... RIP.
TiramisuHappy 1 year ago
Rip Dennis, true legend.
c12akky 1 year ago
R.I.P. Dennis Hopper !
milan024su 1 year ago
RIP Dennis..
ranzizam 1 year ago
I ll send you lipstick kisses forever in dreams lover and I ll send you away a lover letter straight from the heart, Fucker. You're pretty lucky to be alive. Hey Pretty Pretty you're barely alive man. Look at me, the candy colored clown. They call the sandman. Sandman. Pop Will Eat Itself wrote a great tribute song to Blue Velvet but more particularly the scene involving the song In Dreams. Dennis Hopper, rest in peace, yo. I will always be a fan of yours.
ericbdepraved 1 year ago
Check my videos for a great tribute for a great man! You will be missed Dennis Hopper! :'(
gothicfroggie 1 year ago
So cool and unusual. Thanks for the ride!
PhilslilJabbaWockee 1 year ago
RIP Dennis From one of ur millions of FANS <3
jay247sniperjay 1 year ago
man, first Art Linkletter, Gary Coleman now Dennis Hopper...they say celebrities die in 3s which is eerie....May Dennis, Art and Gary Rest in Peace
kneeGrrr 1 year ago
R.I.P. Dennis Hopper :-(
drexciya007 1 year ago
A hero is dead. I cry for our great loss. Smoke a joint for a true artist, man. Dennis Hopper lived cool.
I salute you, man, with my middle finger.
Ride on...Love me
SistaRosie 1 year ago 2
Cazzo Dennis, I'm Feeling blue. grazie di tutto.....
ritmotropicale 1 year ago
R.I.P Dennis Hopper. Truly one of the great actors of all time..
u2beMac 1 year ago
thank you for your life!
sevoro 1 year ago
R.I.P Dennis Hopper..a true fucking artist
artofstate 1 year ago
R.I.P dennis great actor we will miss you
offroadracer75 1 year ago
RIP to the best of them all. :(
ellycat 1 year ago
RIP Dennis! Frank Booth lives for ever!
JulioKras 1 year ago 2
RIP... just a great great actor
hg585 1 year ago
R.I.P Dennis, there will never be another like him...
rubysky10 1 year ago
R.I.P. Dennis Hopper
magnificusx 1 year ago
Best Dennis Hopper performance.
koolbrease 1 year ago
rip buddy
RAMBALDI50 1 year ago
we'll all miss him!
alexandremello1964 1 year ago
Dennis Hopper RIP Never to be forgotten!
mcqueen5 1 year ago 4
Orbison's interpretation?! Orbison wrote the song.
CapshawMtn 1 year ago
@CapshawMtn yeah, Orbison wrote the song in memory of his first wife who died.
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LerafoLuap 1 year ago
@g1o2r3d4o5n6 No, he wrote and recorded it in 1963. His first wife died in 1966.
LerafoLuap 1 year ago
R.I.P dennis...shit man, what the hell is going on
TheMcRaeBrothers 1 year ago
I love him, Dennis Hopper R.I.P.
IRosaElefanti 1 year ago
Ti sia lieve la terra, Dennis.
stravaganti 1 year ago
RIP
zorni123456 1 year ago
:_(
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Gencturk92 1 year ago
R.I.P to a true Hollywood hellraiser. Go to sleep, everything is alright.........
Alanpoonatic99 1 year ago
RIP
jlccc91 1 year ago
RIP Dennis Hopper.
RosenCruz 1 year ago
RIP Dennis Hopper
bloodinthewater 1 year ago
I love showing this movie to people who'e never seen it before...and watching the crazed expression on their faces.
designerxvoodoo 1 year ago
First time I saw this I was like " Is this happening"?
Doderhultarn89 1 year ago
This is one of the most batshit insane - and brilliant - moments in modern American cinema.
HarveyDentLives 1 year ago
classic!
Gopfs 1 year ago
the best bit about that, is 1.24, when you see the psychic pain frank is in. When you view Lynch's twin peak universe films as a whole, you realise how the drugs/evil spirit form possesions, have wrought havoc with frank. Hopper shows us the 'normal' frank, being subsumed by his spirit fiend (think killer bob), and the pain, as he comes through, and of the realisation of what he's forced to do. And the absolute kicker, is the lyrics by Orbison, so innocent, twisted to mirror his mental siege
jparker71 1 year ago 2
@jparker71 very nice observation, i was looking for a coherent explantion as to why he goes through that momentary rage
craspe357 1 year ago 2
orson !!!!!!
katpoil 1 year ago
This may be the greatest movie of all time, I mean CRAZIEST!
mcivor1 2 years ago
Dennis hopper and Dean Stockwell are awesome actors. Dean is almost as scary as Dennis in this movie!
Angele101006 2 years ago
"Lets hit the fuckin' road!"
crassyfrake 2 years ago 3
I think we all know that;)
TheJahnu 2 years ago
dont forget thats brad duirff (chucky) in the silver jacket in the back
wheadle 2 years ago 2
fuck where is the end !
merde
sucependus 2 years ago
Eraserhead is special in its own way. Lost Highway is almost as good as Mulholland Drive. And yes, Twin Peaks is really fun to watch.
BroadBandBeatnik 2 years ago
I think Lost Highway is underated but I still think it's essentially a blueprint for Mulholland Drive and doesn't hold up well to its successor.
Kagemusha08 2 years ago
What an amazing scene, David Lynch is a fucking genius.
BroadBandBeatnik 2 years ago 42
@BroadBandBeatnik YES HE IS I LOVE DAVID LYNCH TY MY FRIEND
LVEMEDO 1 year ago
@BroadBandBeatnik you are one suave fuck
nebnis81 1 year ago
@BroadBandBeatnik YES HE IS TY
LVEMEDO 6 months ago
amazing!!
trym77 2 years ago 3
a fine actor and a great contribution to the world.
Good luck Dennis
sweetypie000 2 years ago 3
now it's dark
muscleboyJim 2 years ago 3
1:22 to 1:30 This is how I will always remember Dennis Hopper.
PS: LETS FUUUUCCCKK!
paul45862 2 years ago 4
creepy as it gets
thehand58 2 years ago 4
THE BOY WITH THE GREEN HAIR!
skeetizie 2 years ago 2
Amazing scene.
WaldronicTomotron 2 years ago 2
great post, thanks. One of Hopper's best moments - its weird, he's not talking, not dancing, he's actually the audience for Stockwell's little routine, but the energy & intensity pouring out of him? Its like he's about to jump out of his skin
Dick67 2 years ago 3
all david lynch movies are great this is one of the best scenes of any
toddish10 2 years ago
The best scene ever !!
lostinxlation 2 years ago 4
"Let's hit the fucking road!"
glimmer2158 2 years ago 5
"Artistic presentation of the tournment of love."
What is that about?
There is no 'tournament' in love.
Jeanetteleuers 2 years ago
Wishing Dennis a speedy recovery.
richiebear1969 2 years ago 4
i love this scene
it wud of been cool if dennis stockwell and brad dourif were in this movie more tho
alcoholicbasketcase 2 years ago
thanks to my friend for sharing with me.
I'd like to see this movie. Roy Orbison was a fantastic musician/entertainer....
Many thanks. Nice video~~~ I wish it was a bit longer, but I'm grateful you posted this. Many thanks!!!
rosesredvioletsblue 2 years ago
Dean Stockwell, the miming 'singer', and Dennis Hopper were both 50 years old at the time of shooting this movie.
timtak1 2 years ago 2
good movie//very entertaining
MrJE6229 2 years ago
that was an awesome movie, one of my favs
doyouliketowatch 2 years ago
"I'll fuck anything that moooooves! Hahahahahaa!"
Frank is a funny psychopath.
Gaaraoftheoasis 2 years ago 4
Lynch is a GENIUS!!!
MrRedrum91 2 years ago 5
This is perhaps the best scene in a movie anywhere, anytime .... crazy!!!!!
WickedGravityVideo 2 years ago
Lynch is a very sick man - that's why I love him...
JRHartly1984 2 years ago
one of the best scenes ever...
terrakyus 2 years ago 5
Yeah...
notdeadyet91 2 years ago
Blue Velvet. Amazing. In fact, all of Lynch's stuff is amazing.
ginkgonk122 2 years ago 12
You wouldn't think that if you saw crimson pussyfart
notdeadyet91 2 years ago
don't be a good neighbor
shinesp0nge 2 years ago
All right, lets go for a fucking joyride!
TemplePhantom 2 years ago
A must see film,simply a Masterpiece from the man himself.
forestgumpaed 2 years ago
AWESOME MAN!
marjemagnolia 2 years ago 2
fuck he's suave
brad25m 2 years ago 3
He's nasty, but gorgeous as heck. The actor, I mean, in those days . . .
lawfulheart 2 years ago
Dennis Hopper is gorgeous as heck, not the guy who's singing, i meant
lawfulheart 2 years ago
that ben is one suave fucker
backbiter41 2 years ago 11
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This movie is OKAY at best. The acting can really really REALLY suck at times and the nude scenes are just disturbing -- and not in a good way but in a gross way.
highonhayek 3 years ago
Are you kidding me!
williamsobieski86 2 years ago
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This movie sucks so bad, SO BAD, I would rather get punched in the nuts repeatedly... because at least I then wouldn't be watching this piece of garbage!
highonhayek 2 years ago
well what do you usually like to watch? High School Musical?
NojBaba 2 years ago 2
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hur hur hur
Betcha think you're real clever.
David Lynch's career travels on the momentum created by the mental defectives who like his trash. This film is another snot-soaked Kleenex in his garbage pile.
highonhayek 2 years ago
I disagree. I think much of Lynch's genius resides in his ability to create these aestically pleasing yet hellish scenes. Lynch films are like rape that results in a beautiful, talented child. It's unbelievable how something so beautiful could come from something so horrible. In the same way, Blue Velvet has this beauty which hides right below the surface of all the sick, twisted shit which the movie "appears" to be about. It's multi dimensional.
NojBaba 2 years ago 8
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"Lynch films are like rape that results in a beautiful, talented child"
Dear god man, where did you learn to write? That is the most awful thing I've read in my entire life! You should turn this into the bulwer-lytton committee because it's that nauseating.
highonhayek 2 years ago
You're so disappointing to argue with. Do you have anything to say about the content of what I said? Any original thoughts?? Anything at all?
NojBaba 2 years ago 3
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Well I was gonna say that you write like a 6 year old but that wouldn't be an original thought since it's probably been mentioned to many-a-time before.
highonhayek 2 years ago
dude......this is the comment box below a youtube video. Of course I'm writing like a 6 year old.
NojBaba 2 years ago 2
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Relax. I'm trolling.
What's ironic (or perhaps not ironic in the least) is that someone trolled me even harder a few hours ago about MY writing.
Have a good one.
highonhayek 2 years ago
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...
dolookmorelike 2 years ago 13
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You know, that's not very civilized. What would your parents think if hey saw you write that?
highonhayek 2 years ago
they would print it out, write A+ in a red pen and circle it, then fix it to the refrigerator with a fucking magnet, you fucker's fucker.
dolookmorelike 2 years ago
: ) ive never smiled so much from seeing "fuck" used so many times in a comment. Stick it to that fuckers fuck !!!
c12akky 2 years ago
That was one of the most well constructed comments I have ever read on YouTube. Nice!
Kole131313 2 years ago
NojBaba: HAHAHAAHAAA!! Wow, comparing this to, um, "High School Musical" was beyond even me!
229095 2 years ago
my introduction the worlds of David Lynch and I was realyl shaking but I was hooked
donneric 3 years ago 2
this is the most disturbing and magic movie I've ever seen...the greatest lynch I think
Lust4life89 3 years ago 3
This movie was so creepy. I love it.
38Squid 3 years ago
Awsome !!! I :X Dean
csitom 3 years ago
I love this song
missbelgiqua 3 years ago
Another amazing work of lynch
niksati 3 years ago
HEINEKIN?!
FUCK THAT SHIT!!! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!
Blue Velvet is a masterpiece, Dennis Hopper is a legend, and Frank Booth is a bad ass motherfuck.
EndTheRemakes 3 years ago 5
is this blue velvet? i saw this a long fuckin time ago
ckyfan8291 3 years ago
Awesome movie
jonnyl9410 3 years ago
WOW! And I thought Quinton Tarentino was so original
clintbronson5 3 years ago 2
yeah this made me think tarrantino ripped it off
tomes55moon 3 years ago 4
And Lynch ripped it off from Kenneth Anger, see some parts of Scorpio Rising right here on Youtube.
pseudoaristoteles 3 years ago
my favor song in this movie . it's best track
MYLENEFARMERgautier 3 years ago
Frank Booth will fuck anything that moves.
stfudonnie 3 years ago 8
and he cant shut up a minute without saying'fuck'. XD
niksati 3 years ago
Best. Movie. Ever.
liamMaru 3 years ago
I love this movie to death & this is my favorite scene in it, but wtf is brad dourif doing in the background dancing with a fucking snake? what is THAT about?
deathforcecilia 3 years ago
Dude, it's David Lynch. Enough said.
Zombiekiller673 3 years ago
I know dude, buy it's like, you have an academy award nominated actor like brad dourif, and THAT'S what you use him for?
deathforcecilia 2 years ago 3