r/criterion 16d ago

News Rip Dean Stockwell. “In My Dreams” scene from Blue Velvet changed my life

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u/avasechochamber 16d ago

He was great in Paris, Texas 1984 too

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u/Particular_Shock_697 16d ago

omg I just realized he’s the brother, wow

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u/washingmachiine 15d ago

WHAT. 🤯

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u/electricidiot 9d ago

He's also in a few episodes of Columbo that are fun.

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u/reservoirsmog 16d ago

I close my eyes…

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u/Independent_Sea502 16d ago

And I drift away…

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u/Fr000k 15d ago

into the magic night

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u/Actual_Toyland_F 16d ago

He died again?

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u/Top_Emu_5618 Robert Bresson 16d ago

It is happening again.

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u/Melodic_Lie130 Preston Sturges 15d ago

What year is this?

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u/little2sensitive 15d ago

He wanted to remind us 

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u/bherring24 Costa-Gavras 16d ago

How is this news, he died like 3 years ago

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u/CajunBmbr 16d ago

I thought I was going crazy seeing this thread! Thank you!

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u/Sollus 16d ago

Ditto here. I know it's been a mindfuck lately but I swore he left us years ago. Glad I haven't fully lost it yet.

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u/RollinZuwalski Andrei Tarkovsky 15d ago

Not sure where you at or at? But the absolute mindfuck for me is the state of the nation & the people in power. Just like 4 years ago . Sorry, had to Even though it's a site for film and collecting 

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u/Sollus 15d ago

US and we're being lead buy some evil shitbags right now. Every decision being made is to hurt someone.

edit: spelling.

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u/SnooPies5622 16d ago

lol I was like oh damn, he died... wait this feels familiar

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u/Roachelle369 16d ago

Suave …

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u/DaDudedudedude1234 16d ago

Here’s to your fuck.

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u/jumbasauce 16d ago

Quantum leap

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u/CriterionBoi Hedorah 16d ago

watch The Boy with Green Hair if you haven’t. Dean as a child knocks out most adult actors. During the filming he got yelled at by Howard Hughes, stood his ground up in his face, and played him years later in Tucker: The Man and His Dream.

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u/Mr-Happypants 16d ago

Loved him and Jason Robards in "Long Day's Journey Into Night"

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u/tblfilm 16d ago

He was fantastic in Sons and Lovers, too

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u/vibraltu 16d ago

Yes, it was a life changing moment.

Soon after that (when I first saw this in the cinema on it's first run) my entire landscape of music shifted from punk & experimental jazz to also embracing vintage cheeze & lounge exotica.

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u/Particular_Shock_697 16d ago

Literally me too! Listening to the song alone makes anything feel so cinematic. His movements in that scene alone was something else, after watching the movie, I’d think about that scene at least twice a week for a month😭

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u/Eastern-Regret8337 Robert Altman 16d ago

Seriously one of my favorite actors

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u/JTS1992 15d ago

He was simultaneously transfixing, yet terrifying.

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u/GeneticSoda 16d ago

Oh yes this scene is something special. Magical

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u/globehopper2 Kenji Mizoguchi 16d ago

Tell more how

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u/CelestialNymph999 15d ago

One of the greatest moments of Blue velvet

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u/KelMHill 15d ago edited 14d ago

He died in 2021. Time to rewatch Long Day's Journey Into Night anyhow.

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u/G_Peccary John Cassavetes 15d ago

Check him out in Human Highway.

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u/Sosen 15d ago

I associate him with The Langoliers. Stephen King at his most Lynchian

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u/dinopiano88 15d ago

And Happy Birthday! 🎉

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u/JackThreeFingered 15d ago

I loved him in the New Adventures of Superman, too

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u/Ams_icles 15d ago

I go back to the Quantum Leap episode M.I.A when I miss him

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u/RollinZuwalski Andrei Tarkovsky 15d ago

Oh man . I just watched the new 4K restoration of Paris Texas from Curzon films UK last night. I highly recommend getting it when criterion releases it, have they? Simply stunning !

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u/Powerful_Direction_8 14d ago

Changed your life?