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The Amputee (1974)
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David Lynch (writer)
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In this plotless 5 minute short, Catherine Coulson plays a legless double-amputee who, throughout the film...
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This I didn't care for so much
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(Credited cast)| Catherine E. Coulson | ... | Woman with amputation to the legs | |
| David Lynch | ... | Unable and scared nurse |
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5 min | 9 min (original version)
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Woman with amputation to the legs:
This isn't what I am telling you. You weren't in the room when Jim said that. And I was. And he really did. He told me that everything was fine between Helen and him. And I knew that even if he didn't say it, that it was true. He knew it then. No one else did...
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Edited into The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) (V)
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While David Lynch's films tend to gross you out through their art, this seemed to be made just to gross out. If the woman was saying something in her letter, it gets lost in the first viewing and this is not something I'd like to see a second time. Albeit, there are two versions of this on the DVD. The second, shorter version looks like it has more goop shooting out, though the quality makes it hard to tell.