Best Use of Profanity in a Film

[Rev. Powell]

The instant I read your question, I immediately thought of Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.  The profanity was constant, violent, and oddly horrible in its intensity.  I mention it because it truly disturbed me, while most profanity in films seems merely banal, or typical.  Hopper with that creepy nitrous mask saying, "Baby wants to f*ck!"  Ewww!  And juxtaposed with Isabella's timelessly gorgeous face, it was beyond strange.  (She reminds me of the bust of Nefertiti in Berlin, sort of a beauty beyond beauty.)  I rather think David out-Lynched himself with that one.

You've got a point there.  On the other hand, to me the most memorable profanity in BLUE VELVET was "Heineken!  F--- that sh--!  Pabst Blue Ribbon!", a line that my friends and I repeated endlessly throughout college.  This comic relief line, which comes at a point of almost unbearable tension when Jeffery is helpless completely within Frank's control, really sticks in the mind.