# Did I miss something in the film "Dust Devil"?

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**Created:** [July 24, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-film-dust-devil/726020 "2015-07-24T04:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-film-dust-devil/726020/1 "2015-07-24T04:00:45Z")

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I watched it at least 20 years ago, and it seemed like a confusing, weirdly pretentious mess. So I figured I’d give it another shot now that I’m older and “wiser”? Has anyone else seen it? Am I missing a deeper message?

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-film-dust-devil/726020/2 "2015-07-24T09:47:00Z")

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Are you talking about the Richard Stanley horror film? Did you see the full movie or the bastardized US edit ? Although - “weirdly pretentious” would apply to Stanley’s work either way, and I’m a fan, especially of his music videos for Fields of The Nephilim, his documentaries and, of course, _Hardware_.

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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-something-in-the-film-dust-devil/726020/3 "2015-07-25T00:53:46Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Are you talking about the Richard Stanley horror film? Did you see the full movie or the bastardized US edit ? Although - “weirdly pretentious” would apply to Stanley’s work either way, and I’m a fan, especially of his music videos for Fields of The Nephilim, his documentaries and, of course, _Hardware_.

Yes, I am, sorry. And I don’t know if it was the bastardized version, but I agree that _Hardware_ was weird as well.