The video features a 1968 green Mercury Monterey convertible that was modified for filming in the " Holiday " and " Boulevard of Broken Dreams " videos . The car features a hood ornament in the shape of the hand and heart grenade image from the '' American Idiot '' album cover , which was also used in the video for " Holiday " . But the " iron fist " was actually used in the video for " Walking Contradiction " , when the band members meet at a car towards the end of the video . The band 's name is also on the front of the hood in silver letters . The band rode this car to the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony . As shown in an MTV '' Making the Video '' special , Bayer used unorthodox techniques to achieve the aged film look of the " Boulevard of Broken Dreams " video , including using rear projection ( as opposed to green screen ) and physically damaging the negative : scratching the film with razor blades , pouring coffee on it , and smudging cigarettes on it
2005 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony
2005 MTV Video Music Awards
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)