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Willem Dafoe in vinyl overalls

posted 16 years ago by rochelle-rochelle
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There are so many wrong things with this movie, but I'll start with the wardrobe/costume design. What in the world was Dafoe wearing when he came in wearing vinyl overalls with suspenders and no shirt? Not a good look, not even for his character. How could they say their lines and not laugh at the sight of Dafoe? How could anyone take anything Dafoe said seriously when he's wearing vinyl overalls with suspenders and no shirt?

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[–] sisterdebmac 16 years ago

I think his whackadoodle outfit is part of what made him scary. You just knew the guy was insane and didn't give a phuq.
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[–] sized-2 13 years ago

You wrote this 20 plus years after the film came out. I was sinister and deviant back in the 80s. This is an alternate reality, "another time, another place".

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[–] dhmason6155 13 years ago

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[–] scotbpens 16 years ago

He wore that outfit to show off his muscles. STRONG LIKE BULL!

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[–] comriker7 16 years ago

Its an art movie kinda, give em a break!

[–] DeathBeforeDisfigurement 16 years ago

Haha! Complaining about vinyl overalls? It's weird, but this movie is classic. Not everything has to be PC.

[–] dhmason6155 14 years ago

I thought that meant he was gay.

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[–] wanted-doa 14 years ago

I thought he wearing Waders and about to go fishing!

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[–] dhmason6155 14 years ago

Yeah, for gay fish.

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[–] jcush21 14 years ago

That always did bug me.... looked like he was wearing a Hefty bag. lol

But I'll let it go cause that's also the part where you see Diane Lane tied to the bed. yum. :-D

[–] Loves-Bitch 13 years ago

I found it freaky and disconcerting, but it made him seem really bizarre and thus even scarier. You couldn't really tell where his mind is. If he was wearing a leather jacket and chains, you would know he was trying to look cool and tough, but that obviously doesn't come across with the waders so it throws you.

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[–] Thread_Killer_of_IMDb 13 years ago

Cody wore suspenders too. Maybe it was a "2 sides of the same coin" that Raven and Cody were more similar than different type of deal.

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[–] cryptic_non_sequitur 10 years ago

the dancer was not a teenage boy.

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[–] eye-poker-1 13 years ago

It reminded me of something a punk rock butcher would wear. Always found it very disconcerting.

[–] WavesBeneath 11 years ago

Correction: There are so many fantastic things with this movie. One of those is Dafoe looking like a boss with overalls on.