But there's a lot of depth where we see the darker side of humanity and just how crazy society can be. The film is meant to feel disjointed and give you a breather at times but you experience what he does as he goes along. It's not about the story as that's simple and easy.
It's like a road movie without the car, but Barry is the car. So the alien was slowly getting sick from the amount of substances he was taking.įried Barry is designed to take you on this trip. With Barry, I thought with all the drugs he's taking, no human would last. E.T could only stay on earth for so long before he got ill.
And then a dash of E.T, which will always be a classic. And when he finally gets out the house, he's just like this big kid soaking up all his experiences. And with Bad Boy Bubby, I just loved the craziness of the film and the fact that this guy was brought up basically in this room with no TV his whole life and never left. I just loved the story of the body snatcher part and him discovering how it is to be human. I was always a fan of John Carpenter films and Starman. I always caught it late at night on TV (such a great movie!). My 3 main references that I blended together were Starman, E.T, and early 90s film Bad Boy Bubby. In Fried Barry, there are many Easter eggs from 80s movies.Ĭlick here to see the list of films that inspired Fried Barry But for me in general I love 80s cinema there's just too many good ones. And was even better when your dad said, ok you can pick two. It was always a big thing going to the video shop and spending hours looking at front covers. But luckily my dad let me watch everything. Growing up in the '80s and watching all the films you weren't really supposed to watch yet because of age was great. But here is a list of some and some references for Fried Barry. It's always really hard to make a list of favorite films as you will always miss a bunch out you love.