DEG
Directed by David Lynch
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM)
David Lynch contrasts idyllic, white picket fence, small town America with a dark underside lurking just down the street in the local bar. Kyle MacLachlan walks on both sides: he gets involved with lounge singer Isabella Rossellini, who is being victimized by crazed lunatic Dennis Hopper, as well as local high school sweetheart Laura Dern. He watches Rossellini having rough sex with Hopper while hidden in her closet, but is uncomfortable when she later asks him to emulate it. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Dern, their innocence contrasting sharply with his relationship with Rossellini. It all gets resolved in the violent ending. Most interesting today as a precursor to Twin Peaks, it's similar in theme and tone, but underdeveloped, melodramatic and contains some cringe-inducing dialogue.
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