rating in the USA, David Lynch added a smoky haze and spark  impact to the shots where Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe) shoots himself with a  shotgun and blows his head off. The second shot has the same smoky haze on it  to hide the chunk of his head flying though the air. The effect made the  removal of his head from his body less clear and muted the blood and gore and  got the movie an "R" rating. The uncut version was released outside the USA,  but since the David Lynch