A disturbing scene to showcase this week for our greatest movie scene feature as Dennis Hopper is Frank Booth, possibly the meanest and most sexually repulsive villain in film history.
A disturbing scene to showcase this week for our greatest movie scene feature as Dennis Hopper is Frank Booth, possibly the meanest and most sexually repulsive villain in film history. I haven't seen David Lynchs' classically perverse drama for a few years now but my biggest memory of the movie is this scene where Frank uses Dorothy (Isabella Rosellini) as his sex slave and remarkably she seems to enjoy it. That is probably the most disturbing aspect of the scene is that she enjoys playing the victim or the 'mommy' to Frank's master role or 'the daddy'. This scene bring up all kinds of questions about human sexual nature and the oedipal complex as well as what it means to be a voyeur and the exploration of our deepest sexual desires. I really don't think anyone could be more frightening as Frank than the way Dennis Hopper plays him. Just be warned if you are watching this clip from the film for the first time you may find it a little disturbing...
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