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** Also, the random shots of Thomas and Mary-Lou looking into the camera with vacant expressions.
** Thomas freaking out over the cacophony of the [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: "GET OUT OF MY MIND! ALL OF YOU! LEAVE MY MIND ALONE! GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG!"
* [[So Bad
* [[Tear Jerker]]: One notable example: When Mary-Lou asks what Thomas's children are like, he replies with a mournful gaze across a lake, "They're like children. They're just like children." And then there's the [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|After years of suffering he's stuck on Earth, an alcoholic with no confidante or lover who might help him through the guilt and grief he must be feeling. And We Are As Mayflies to him...}} Tears? This can induce '''rage'''.
* [[Ugly Cute]]: Thomas's true form; when a picture of it appeared on a Bowie fan-blog, one commenter described it as "[[Harry Potter|Voldemort]] with a nose", and in-film Mary-Lou finds him hideous. But commentators over at [[YouTube]] have likened him and his family (especially with their bodysuits) to teddy bears instead...awwww.
* [[Vindicated By History]]
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: The editing and surreal imagery beg this question; no, the filmmakers were not on drugs.
* [[WTH Casting Agency]]: The U.K. trailer warned in voiceover "Nothing you have seen or heard about [[David Bowie]] can prepare you for the impact of his first dramatic role in ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''." After all, to see an incredibly vibrant and theatrical personality playing an almost emotionless alien ''would'' be a surprise...but it worked out quite well for him.
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