Who knew Bob Dylan was a chainsaw sculptor? In the same film with Vincent Price? The lineup of well-known actors, mostly having fun, is a hoot throughout this trifle. Yeah, some scenes look like pure improv where the actors barely keep from cracking up (especially Hopper-Turturro in cowboy hats), but who knew Hopper -- in full Jersey-mob dialect more than a decade before the Sopranos -- could play sax and fly a helicopter?
Joe Pesci, an actual Jersey boy, as one of the main bad guys (whoda thought?) is so over-the-top that he refused to be credited, and a later cut of the film was so badly hacked up that it lists Allen Smithee as director instead of Hopper, but the New Mexico burning man, some of the scrolling signboard art, and a few other scenes are oddly engaging. And who would have thought a rural general store would have hundreds of packs of Hostess Snowballs?
Glad I could find this version.
Jodie as usual keeps you riveted on her character, in this case an artist who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hopper does a great job as the love struck hit man. Lots of other "interesting" characters as well. Joe Pesci is hilarious as a "boss". Recommended