Someone said Dune was tough (cause there were not so many scenes to choose from).

But I daresay this is going to be more difficult...!

PLEASE limit yourself to FIVE scenes, I mean of course you can list 35 but please clearly select the five that I am supposed to count in :-)

Hm, I don't know myself yet but for sure the don't be a good neighbour scene, with In Dreams playing in the car and the girl dancing on the roof... and lip-sync, In Dreams again... and when the camera slides down into the ground after Mr Beaumont's heart attack (stroke?) and shows the horrible life-under-the-surface.... and many many others!

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Here we go... finally one of the Lynch films that I really love (I'm not crazy about anything of his before Blue Velvet... Elephant Man's pretty good, with excellent perfomances, but very uneven and there's very little in that film that shows what I love so much about Lynch's movies) and am really familiar with...

1. The "don't be a good neighbor" scene.... that's when I knew it was my favorite movie ever (which kind of disturbs me).

2. The whole sequence where Jeffrey hides in Dorothy's closet... it's incredibly brilliant, probably the most amazing and disturbing scene Lynch has ever filmed... though it's the movie's best scene, I put it in #2 just because it's so hard to watch.

3. The scene where Jeffrey and Sandy kiss... a great scene.

4. The penultimate scene with the robin... very beautiful, surreal, and clever... it would've been the perfect ending, but unfortunately the sole flaw of the whole work is the last scene...

5. Dean Stockwell lip-synching "In Dreams"

I love every scene in this movie except for the last one... but I think those are my top 5.

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

In no particular order:

1. The scene with the yellow-suited man standing up but dead in the middle of the room. That scared the bejeezus out of me first time round.

2. The opening scene with the firemen, the jumping dog, the watering of the lawn, the stroke.

3. The sequence in the closet, of course.

4. The hatching of the plan between Jeffrey and Sandy.

5. The "good neighbour" scene.

But there's a chance that my opinions will change to some extent next time I watch it. 

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1) Dean Stockwell "In Dreams" hands down my favorite scene, remember what I thought the first time I saw it, thought it was weird but loved it.

2) The "Don't be a good neighbor" scene is incredible. Hopper is classic in that scene...it's scary, creepy and even slightly sad, because Frank can't express his emotions like normal people.

3) When Dorothy is waiting for Jeffery at his house naked and they take her to Detective Williams house...Isabella is pretty f-ing incredible in that sequence...

4) When Jeffrey takes the ear to Detective Williams, that whole exchange is hilarious..."Yeah, that's a human ear all right."

5)hmmm...now what? The hiding in the closet scenes and what they result in is very good, but I thought it might incorporate too much to put in one slot, but oh well...

"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

Definitely NOT the Mysteries of Love/slow dance scene. Gah.

1) Dorothy busts Jeffrey, makes him strip etc.

2) Frank gets specific about his beer at Ben's.

3) Van Gogh and the Yellow Man, Love Letters plays  

4) "How many fingers am I holding up?"

5) Jeffrey's nightmare montage 

1) Frank's first scene
2) "Dont be a good neighbor to her"
3) "In Dreams" (with Ben)
4) "Blue Velvet" in the Slow Club (when we see Frank)
5) The final scene

It looks like we pretty much agree, but it's hard to narrow down.

1.  "Don't be a good neighbor."

2.  Jeffrey finds the ear and turns it in.

3.  Jeffrey hides in Dorothy's closet and gets found.

4.  Ben sings while those "girls" dance on the car.

5.  Dorothy runs into Sandy's front yard naked, saying, "He put his seed in me."

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1. The "strip" scene.

2. Jeffrey's nightmare...always breaks my heart when he starts sobbing.

3. The beer scene at Ben's. "No, I want you f*ck it! Sh*t yes, pour the f*cking beer!" Only Dennis Hopper could make Frank scary and funny at the same time. Ben, "Fine, Frank, fine...here's to your f*ck." I love that line.

4. The "pretty, pretty/love letter/don't be a good neighbor to her" scene when Frank smears lipstick all over his face then kisses Jeffrey repeatedly, with Dorothy screaming in the background, to Frank kicking the crap out of Jeffrey--the whole scene just...wow.

5. The scene leading up to Jeffrey shooting Frank in the head. "Come out, come out, wherever you aaarreee..."

1. "In Dreams", the whole scene at Bens

2. "Don't be a good neighbour" scene

3. Jeffrey hiding in closet watching Dorothy (and Frank)

4. The ending, with the Robin etc.

5. When Sandy and Jeffery first met and talk, she appears out of darkness, eh does the chicken dance etc. 

Ho ho, clear favourites start to appear in this contest... not very surprising but well deserved anyway!

Now two doubts:

to Laura was a patient of mine:

to Annie:

Is it the "lip-sync" scene you are referring to as no. 4? (when Ben sings In Dreams at his house, to a fake microphone)

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ad. 2 - yes indeed! I would actually go as far as saying that it is sad most of all! When Jeffrey sobs at "why are people like Frank" it is a bit melodramatic (though perfectly placed to show his attitude of a young naive man). But in this scene this sad amazement at evil gets flesh... this scene is to me a picture what hell on earth means.

ad.4 - hehe, doesn't it remind you a little bit of "this is where you sleep?... do you have any other bedroom?" ;-)
Seems like Lynch has a hand to showing funny policemen.
 

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QUOTE: to Laura was a patient of mine: QUOTE: 4. The penultimate scene with the robin... very beautiful, surreal, and clever... it would've been the perfect ending, but unfortunately the sole flaw of the whole work is the last scene... Exactly what do you mean by last scene? Dorothy with her son? Blue velvet through her tears? You are saying you don't like THAT?

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

I disagree! The way you're showing it makes Blue Velvet seem like a film, which only shows evil and darkness.

Well it does show evil and darkness but at the end of the day it shows that there is also goodness in this world. Not the firemen and white fences, this is a lie, not goodness, and underneath are the horryfying worms - but just like there is the dark underbelly beneath the white fences, there is also real love behind the terror of Frank and his kind.

Only, to see it, you have to first see the evil in yourself... understand it... and destroy it (like Jeffrey did).
And then you can see the goodness - but through the tears.

I find the I still can see blue velvet through my tears scene essential for this film!

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love the bugs scene.

coffeetime scene one of  the workers jeffrey's dad had at the hardware he owned mentioned coffeetime. coolcat indeedy!

the man walking his dog at night

now it's dark scene, the flaming candle scene & mr. tom beaumont's & frank's image

let's go for a joy ride

Thanks for all the votes and please keep them coming!! Blue Velvet deserves more people talking about it! ;-) 

Time for me... now I would really like to include at least one jeffrey/ Sandy scene, they are really good. Like the one ghostwoodpineweasel voted for (their walk). Hmmm... but how to do that?

1. Don't be a good neighbour, that one is beyond contest for me, reasons mentioned somehwere above.

2. The beginning, especially the camera ride to the worms, the symbolism of that scene summarizes the film in a single shot... AMAZING!

3. Love Letters, yellow man standing dead and Van Gogh, Frank shot dead - there's an incredible mix of sadness and horror and even some melancholy note when Jeffrey walks around the flat but most of all it's a crucial moment when Jeffrey faces Frank again, it's as if he was facing the very evil inside himself...

4. at Ben's, well hard to exclude that one, ha? It's both the beer and the lip-sync, and I'm Paul, and the creepy companions of Ben's. While the neighbour scene I find to be a picture of pure hell, this one is the lounge...

5... ex-aequo (that will count 0,5 pts each)
hiding in the closet - a scene extremely powerful but perhaps lacking the poetry of the above mentioned
Jeffrey and Sandy's walk, emerging out of darkness, chicken walk etc. - not powerful at all, but yes! I want it there :-)

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Three scenes got much more points than any other in the threads so far!
Probably it illustrates how much more popular (and better?) Blue Velvet is than Lynch's earlier films.

Top five Blue Velvet scenes according to this topic:

1. "Don't be a good neighbour" ................................. 30 points (yeah!)

2. Jeffrey hiding in the closet and what follows ........... 29,5 points (slight difference, isn't it?!)*

3. at Ben's - In Dreams lip-sync plus the beer scene .... 25 points**

4. Love Letters, Yellow Man and Van Gogh, Frank shot ...12 points

5. Opening and the worms ........................................ 11 points

* The #2 scene includes both Jeffrey watching Frank & Dorothy and the "strip scene" although more people specified the first part of that.

** The #3 scene includes both In Dreams and the beer scene ("I want you to f... it") but of course more people voted for the lip-sync.

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My choices...

1. "Don't be a good neighbor" indeed...

2. The opening scene...specially the image of the firemen, I've always loved that.

3. The whole scene at Ben's, particularly when he sings.

4. Jeffrey noticing Frank in Dorothy's club.

5. Jeffrey in Frank's car, genuinely disturbing scene.

Got up early, found something's missing/ My only name/ No one else sees but I got stuck/ And soon forever came

1) The whole scene when Jeffrey gets undressed ;)))

2) When Jeffrey enters Dorothy's apartment and hides in the closet

3) Dorothy and Jeffrey in the bed

4) Frank's first scene (oh man,he really scares me)

5) Dorothy singing "Blue Velvet" in the club and Jeffrey watching her ( very nice one)

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When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

1. The opening montage of idyllic small town America dissolving into red ants.

2. Jeffrey in the closet/Frank's first scene

3. Jeffrey and Sandy's walk in the dark down the sidewalk

4. Ben singing "In Dreams"

5. Frank's beer preference

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

1. The car ride with Jack Nance- "No, he aint been to pussy-heaven."

2. Dean Stockwell-"In Dreams"

3. Booth- "Pabst Blue Ribbon" scene

4. Booth- "Love letter straight from my heart" scene

5. Isabella singing "Blue Velvet"

Ben:  "We've laid in a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight.  All of Twin Peaks' best and brightest."

Jerry: "We're holding it in a phone booth?"

1. "Don't be a good neighbor to her." Scary. Funny. Sad.

2. Enter Frank. As weird as it seems to say about a scene of rape and physical/phsychological torture, I just love Frank's introduction.

3. Sandy's Dream. This scene, juxtaposed with the two above, illustrates what I love about Blue Velvet and about Lynch in general. That this borderline saccharine monologue of Sandy's can exist in the same universe as Frank Booth and somehow work...that's not just great filmmaking, it's magic. I also think Laura Dern is particularly great here.

4. "We got to see Ben!"  From the time they enter Ben's apartment to the final jarring cut of Frank disappearing. An indescribably surreal tableaux. Also, Dean Stockwell turns in the most memorable cameo of all time. Hard to believe that's Al from "Quantum Leap".

5. Dorothy sings to Frank. When she spots Frank in the crowd as she sings "Blue Velvet" and her expression turns to thinly veiled fear. Then when she starts to sing directly to him and we see the monstrous Frank weeping. Weirdly touching.

"What? Did your life pass before your eyes? Cuppa tea, cuppa tea, almost got shagged, cuppa tea..."

not  a top five but-   Scene in diner, Jeff referring to the clock; you like mysteries, Kyles boyish grin. love that scene. don't know why

'ONE WELL DRESSED FUCKIN' MAN KNOWS WHERE YOUR CUTE LITTLE BUTT IS HIDING"

SO CLASSIC!

1. Beer scene with Frank, followed by "In Dreams" lipsync.

2. Frank's debut scene, along with the whole "baby wanna f*ck" spectacle.

3. Ending sequence, mostly due to that great musical track.

4. The opening sequence introducing the town. 

5. Sandy reconciling with Jeffrey over the phone.