"Now it's dark"

Remembering Dennis Hopper and Blue Velvet

"None of them, even Easy Rider, can top his performance in Blue Velvet. It was the right role for the right actor at the right time. Only David Lynch has been able to really tap into what Hopper was capable of, the level of twisted cruelty and sexuality of Frank Booth. And probably no other actor could have gone there. There still hasn’t been a more memorable character in a Lynch film, and that's saying a lot."