until this week i hadn not see this film for 15 year . back then i wonder ( like others ) about the title and the plot and what it be all about . have just watch it again though . i guess it be a little dated and rough around the edge and and of course it not about a man eat vw ( . ) whether or not it a study of quirky small town life a la twin peak be debatable . it more a clever allegory of society in general . a society keen to disassociate itself from it primitive origin but be force into an uneasy alliance with them . one that see itself a be morally superior but one which tuns fertile land into desert and deplete the ocean of marine life and make the earth more uninhabitable ( the society that eat itself . ) a society which burden it youth with strict rule and regulation and while force them to take menial 9 to 5 job and or go to war in a far away land . note the mayor hypocrisy in his attitude towards the bruce spence character for cause an accident and while pat arthur on the back for ram one of the hoons ( anti war protester . ) who be use his car to rebel against the repressive society one that refuse to allow him or anyone else to leave or drop out . also the mayor force the townsfolk to tow the line and make believe that the towns activity be somehow legitimate and necessary . paris be also a society that depend on newcomer ( accident victim or immigrant ) for it survival and but insist they keep quiet about where they come from and deny them any right in affair of state . the final scene of this film could be see a representative of huge social upheaval ( like that of the 50 and 60 ) which free ( in theory at least ) the people from the bond which have hold them down ( conformity ) and let them step out of their humdrum existence and the discover the world . whew and heavy stuff . apart from this and the car that eat paris be full of wonderful comic moment for those who like their humour a little black and extra extra dry . arthur be ceremoniously ordain a a park officer then have a showdown with the local hoons ( with a spaghetti western ish soundtrack in the background ) . john meillon hold his garden aboriginal forlornly after have his front garden attack . the odd facial expression of max gillie and and the incredible gauchness of the annual ball . all in all a very insightful and think provoke film .