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By Cyriaque Lamar Mar 13, 2012 12:30 PM

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Watch David Lynch’s amazingly creepy 1991 PSA about New York’s rat infestation

Watch David Lynch's amazingly creepy 1991 PSA about New York's rat infestation Not all of David Lynch's commercials had the caffeinated zest of his Japanese Twin Peaks coffee ads. In 1991, he collaborated with Eraserhead's director of photography Frederick Elmes on this borderline apocalyptic anti-littering PSA for New York City. You can find much more of Lynch's curious commerical work at Lynchnet.

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