27 Aug
2011
27 Aug
'11
11:17 p.m.
> What do watermelons have to do with Buckaroo
Banzai?
During a chase scene, the camera pans past a
watermelon in a large
hydraulic press. Jeff Goldblum's character asks "why is there a
watermelon there?" The response is simply, "I'll tell you later",
and that's the end of it. Jeff (and the audience) never find out.
Somewhere I heard the answer:
the Banzai Institute was working on watermelons
with a rind tough enough to withstand air drops.
But the need for them went away before they were perfected.
Or perhaps they were too much rind, not enough fruit inside.