Lyra Jane- That threw me too- when he said "I wish I could say I'd planned it all along," what I ended up coming to was that he'd taken it off of the mother before he buried her and sold it to the jewelry dealer, then arranged to get it back as an afterthought. But I'm not sure.

Waits eagerly for dvd commentaries.

As in, "I'm wearing the lingerie because I got really happy all of a sudden"?

I think of the older meaning of "gay" to have a carefree, slightly silly sense. More likely to put a lampshade on its head.

This I ended up coming to was that he'd taken it off of the mother before he buried her and sold it to the jewelry dealer, then arranged to get it back as an afterthought. But I'm not sure.

makes the most sense to me. We know Mark was stealing jewelry from the people he was burying. I knew something was up in that regard as soon as I saw him out of his overalls at the party with all the dangly gold jewelry. Something about that struck me as fishy. And then there was that long moment between Mark and Large at the graveyard when they're hanging out with their millionaire friend. That was one of my favorite parts of the movie.

I think the implication was that he either sold it to the guy in the boat or had sold it somewhere else and gotten the guy in the boat, via his porno purveyor hotel friend, to get the necklace back.

Oh, okay, I didn't notice the jewelry at the party. Thanks for breaking it down for me, lisah.

Thanks for breaking it down for me, lisah.

I wanted to talk about it at dinner last night but too much was going on! I just saw the movie last Saturday so I'm all fired up about it. And obsessed with Peter Sarsgaard. yum.

I just read somewhere that the "gay" line was an improv, which somehow makes it even cooler to me.

For those who are interested in such things, The Forbidden Zone was released on DVD today.

And in related 1980-movie-musical news, The Apple is now paired with Roller Boogie instead of Freaks, so nobody has any excuses not to buy it.

[eta: Although I did just notice that Forbidden Zone is now paired with Freaks. I think Amazon's just moving it around until someone buys it.]

The one copy that they have on hand?

For those who are interested in such things, The Forbidden Zone was released on DVD today.

I'm really tempted. Are there good extras? Excellent quote by evil queen of the underwold in The Forbidden Zone: "Why does it feel SO good to be so bad?"

Excellent quote by evil queen of the underwold in The Forbidden Zone: "Why does it feel SO good to be so bad?"

I haven't checked the extras yet. But I do feel I should point out that The Apple contains a power ballad with the line "How can it be wrong / when it feels so right?" Making it EVEN MORE PERFECT a companion movie to The Forbidden Zone.

And if you'd been at Amoeba music last Saturday, you could have asked Richard Elfman yourself. (LA peeps can still catch him at the Amoeba Music there tomorrow night.)