Just looking at the still image of Leland on the phone gives me chills. That scene, probably more than any other scene in film or TV history,
wrecks me.
EDIT: Also, if I remember my Lynch-lore correctly, this scene:
Quote:
| The attendant on duty during Cooper’s examination of Laura’s body tells them that he thinks there’s something wrong with the transformer, making the lights in the morgue flicker like strobes. It’s a funny, weird detail and it adds to the overall spookiness, but this is also a detail that’s worth remembering. |
...was 100% accidental. There really was something wrong with the transformer, and the attendant extra truly did mis-hear Cooper's question, his nonsequiter answer being completely ad-libbed.