We were in Wilmington NC this weekend, doing an overeating / overdrinking marathon. Good times.
By coincidence, Wilmington is the town where they filmed a lot of David Lynch's "Blue Velvet", in which Dennis Hopper plays the crazed and evil Frank Booth. And, of course, Dennis Hopper died this weekend. So, we did a quick tour of the places which show up in the movie (and which are still around).
This is the building used for the exterior of the apartment where Isabella Rossellini's character lived.
This is a great little bar called the "Barbary Coast" which was used as the exterior of a nightclub/brothel. Word is that there are interior scenes from here in the outtakes on the DVD.
The police station was used in the movie, but was recently demolished - so recently that it's still on Google maps. And there's a coffee shop which was a diner in the movie.
Anyway, that's probably as close as I'll ever get to the late great Dennis Hopper.
Newcastle? Fuck That Shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!
(from Lula's, a basement, backalley pub)
When I think of Dennis Hopper I think of Frank Booth. Your “quote” is my favorite from the movie. Every scene that Hopper is in just gave me the heebie-jeebies because I just didn’t know what to expect from him next. Booth was a genuinely creepy character.
By Chance, a David Lynch connected song came up, but no Blue Velvet connection.
1. Klark Kent – Stay Ready
2. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Monday, Monday
3. Big Star – You Can’t Have Me
4. Angelo Badalamenti – Theme From Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
5. General Caine – Can I Get a Little Bit More
6. Echo & The Bunnymen – Never Stop
7. Talking Heads – I Zimbra
8. The Beatles – I Me Mine
9. Furry Lewis – Worried Blues
10. Portastatic – White Wave
Twin Peaks was shot in North Bend, WA, home of Mt. Si and Rattlesnake Mt. The best hiking close to Seattle, and where I go all the time. And you can get cherry pie at Twede’s Cafe, which was the diner.
I blame that one quote (though I am pretty sure it was Heineken in the film, not Newcastle) for the ascension of PBR to its status as the ironic hipster beer of choice.