The Villains: Frank Booth
George Lucas asked David Lynch to direct Return of the Jedi. He didn't end up directing Return of the Jedi; instead, he made Blue Velvet. Like Star Wars, Blue Velvet has an ominous villain, a force of unbridled tension on screen who prefaces events of bad things happening. Star Wars has a Darth Vader. Blue Velvet has a Frank Booth. Frank Booth is Darth Vader in love.
He is a psychosexual force veering to be unleashed at any moment. He'll explode into violence, laughter, tears, or erotic longing. Vvhhhhhuhhh. "Mommy, baby wants to fuck."
Instead of a respirator, he's got an oxygen mask full of amyl nitrate fueling his maddening descent into self.
He's a candy-coloured clown, dressed to be a rock star, the original hipster, listening to Roy Orbison in the eighties when you were listening to hair metal. He's your hipster hero. He even drinks your hipster beer. "Heineken?! Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
He is a psychosexual force veering to be unleashed at any moment. He'll explode into violence, laughter, tears, or erotic longing. Vvhhhhhuhhh. "Mommy, baby wants to fuck."
Instead of a respirator, he's got an oxygen mask full of amyl nitrate fueling his maddening descent into self.
He's a candy-coloured clown, dressed to be a rock star, the original hipster, listening to Roy Orbison in the eighties when you were listening to hair metal. He's your hipster hero. He even drinks your hipster beer. "Heineken?! Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
Labels: 1980s, amyl nitrate, blue velvet, david lynch, dennis hopper, george lucas, hair metal, hipsterism, psychosexual, roy orbison, star wars, villains
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