Mark Romanek "Static" (1986) Amanda Plummer, Keith Gordon & "This Is the Day"

Widely regarded as one of the most underrated movies of the 80s Static (1986) is a strange comedy from independent Chicago filmmaker Mark Romanek that depicts Gordon, an Arizona teenager who lost his parents in an auto accident, trying to invent a television set that can receive signals from heaven.

Static (1986)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0090069/

Directed by Mark Romanek
Written by Mark Romanek & Keith Gordon
Cast
Keith Gordon ... Ernie Blick
Amanda Plummer ... Julia Purcell