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Pabst Blue Ribbon!

posted 2 years ago by ducksoup (3933)
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Was Dennis Hopper's love for Pabst Blue Ribbon an homage to Austrian film director G.W. Pabst (director of Pandora's Box)?

[–] Redsfan001 (6003) 2 years ago

Maybe, but I thought it was put in as contrast..a kind of manly blue collar beer that a "real man" would drink. The hero with the high brow taste drank imported Heineken.

[–] Seperatrix (1086) 2 years ago

Where would the detective fall on that spectrum, drinking . . . ah, the "king of beers."

[–] Redsfan001 (6003) 2 years ago

If I recall, Budweiser beer just was entering it's Spuds Mackenzie add campaign in the late 1980's...a party beer for frat boys and spring breakers.

The detective looked like a whiskey sour guy.

[–] MCguy (934) a month ago

Bud Light, not Budweiser.

[–] ducksoup (3933) 2 years ago

But that makes it extra sweet, Hopper decrying the imported Heineken while praising an imported director... I'm now sure Lynch meant it! I mean, just compare Threepenny Opera and Eraserhead!

[–] Indiscipline (708) 2 years ago

Nah, maybe David Lynch himself enjoys shitty beer.

[–] ATG6 (3000) 8 months ago

PBR is pretty good. One of the better cheap beers.

[–] Seperatrix (1086) 7 months ago

Another favorite beer moment was when Jeffery discovered that Sandy's father preferred Budweiser.

"Ah . . king of beers"

As he sips on his Heineken.

It was the 80's, shots at Bud were not limited to Blue Velvet. In the film Rivers Edge we get this line, after someone is presented with a Budweiser: "You'd think I'd at least rate a Michelob"

Funny stuff.