He concluded by writing: And we too rejoice in celebrating the eighth day; because that was when Jesus rose from the dead... [Epistle of Barnabas 15] St. Barnabas in using the phrase "the eighth ...

Lynch later told Chris Rodley that at the conclusion of the ordeal, “I was almost dead. Almost dead!” However, Lynch’s second film for De Laurentiis defined the contours of his mature style.