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Summary: The Most Personal Film Ever Created
Review: David Lynch's surreal masterpiece ERASERHEAD, is in my humble opinion the most personal 90 minutes of celluloid ever created. As with many of his other films, theories abound about this "nightmare on film," and it seems people have more fun dissecting (no pun intended) the imagery and symbols than actually watching the film. It's certainly not enjoyable to watch, or entertaining by any stretch of the imagination, but it is compelling, engrossing, and disturbing. A true film "experience." There's never been anything like it from anyone else, or Lynch himself for that matter, and more likely than not we'll never see anything like it again. At it's most simplistic it's Lynch's fears and horror concerning "family" and "industrialism" taken to the nth degree. Most people describe it as post-apocolyptic, but it's truly modern/contemporary, just dark and unfamiliar to most. But again, like with many of Lynch's films--especially the recent MULHOLLAND DRIVE--you'd have to be David Lynch to fully understand everything that takes place or is shown, and that's what makes his movies so intriguing. Are his films weird and mysterious on purpose, or is this all normal to him? Of course none of us can ever know. Let's hope the rumors are true and that this will finally be available in the very near future.
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Summary: Scary, Funny, Disturbing, EXTREMELY WEIRD, yet good!
Review: I'm trying to figure this film out. The more you watch it the more you understand it. It keeps it's power each time you watch. Is it scary? YES. Is it funny? YES. Is it good? Well, it's not for everyone. Only for the intellectual person who loves horror that not only scares you, disturbes you, and makes you laugh, but also one that makes you think. An open-ended metaphor with the tone of a nightmare, David Lynch's debut feature combines disturbing visuals with what may be an even more disturbing sound design to create an unforgettable film that's affecting on a visceral level. A Cronenberg-ian discomfort with the simple fact of physical existence courses through Eraserhead, beginning with, but not limited to, matters of sexuality and reproduction. In an early scene, Lynch turns even a family dinner into a horrific affair, emphasizing the inherent grotesqueness of the mere act of eating. The later introduction of a deformed, extremely vocal child seems not the least bit out of place in a world in which even the most mundane aspect (a radiator not the least among them) is notable for its ability to disturb. While Lynch would rarely return to the outright fantasy worlds he explores here, Eraserhead nonetheless sets up the obsessions that would follow him through his career, particularly the ability of the seemingly ordinary to unsettle upon closer observation. Fans of this should check out Jacob's Ladder, and fans of Jacob's Ladder should take it a step up and see this oddball. I love it, because it is so weird. You must buy it.
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Summary: It IS on DVD
Review: I signed up to be notified upon its release. I waited and waited and nothing. Then, on eBay, I found some Region 1's up for sale. I then found out David Lynch's website sells both Eraserhead AND a collection of his short films. They are pricey, but the transfer is UNBELIEVABLE! Visit http://www.davidlynch.com.
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Summary: Mindblowingly vegetative! A cinematic downer for the soul.
Review: I've never liked David Lynch's stuff. 'Twin Peaks' was a totally left-field affair that never attracted my attention. Still, his 1977/78 'Eraserhead' is the exception for me. A bizarre hybrid of visual lullabye and sonic nightmare, this film is on par with 'Vampyr' in terms of its concealment of any plot line. What you get instead is a string of images that contribute to an overrall impression of the printer's world. He's 'on holiday' from work, terrified of fatherhood and is being slowly eaten alive by his own sense of perceptions regarding the mindscape he is trapped within. I always watch this very late at night because I believe that the images will soothe me and implant interesting mental sequences in my slumber hours. Shot in black and white, they present themselves as some of the most memorable in cinema history. The movie's score is droning at times, thundering at others, occasionally helped along by the shrill squeals of the dolphin-like offspring of the pathetic, stack-haired 'protagonist'. The true beauty of this picture is that you have to watch everything over and over again to glean more. You can never really hope to 'get the point' of the work in its entirety but what you do manage to decipher in the film is worth retaining in your memory banks. The acting conforms to a style not seen since Bertolt Brecht wrote and the dialogue is minimal. I would surmise that drug-oriented people would have a dull time here as the effects of the chemicals and the power of the film would likely cancel each other out. Definitely worth seeing at least once in your life.....
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Summary: a simple nightmare
Review: You watch Eraserhead and get the feelings of isolation, hopelessness, desolation. It really sucks you in. One of the rare movies which create tunnel vision. I think one of the reasons why is the awesome soundtrack. You can see a lot of Kafka influences in it. I watched the DVD bought from David Lynch's website, and it's wonderful. They really did a fantastic and meticulous job on the DVD transfer. It's worth the money; polished. Amazing.
It's a movie for people who delve into these sort of things. If you're a person who likes Navy Seals or Julia Roberts movies, don't think about it. If you like Naked Lunch, Alien, Blowup or Man Bites Dog, you should get it.
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Summary: Bizarre, interesting, depressing, wonderful, fantastic
Review: Eraserhead is tough to explain. I love it, but find it hard to watch at times. This film seems to invoke feelings of isolation, depression, and sheer wierdness within the viewer (at least me as a viewer). It is truly a nightmare (imagine, as you watch, that this was a dream you had last night and that you have just awakened from that dream). I think that David Lynch did a great job with the imagery, sounds, etc... If hell has a waiting room, the land of ERASERHEAD is it. It's where things just are the way they are and there really isn't any escape. The characters in the movie are set fixtures who will never be anything more than they are. It is a world darker than most people's reality. I hope that soon this film will make it to the DVD market because it is truly a great film, although, not for all (and I can understand that). A close match for this film in my opinion is Santa Sangre directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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Summary: A classic and benchmark in mood filming!
Review: Im waiting for this film to be release on DVD! In hopes of more deleted scenes, Out-takes and directors comments! I can dream can't I? Or should I ask for what may be another Lynching of my peace of mind? It's dark, It's gloomy, and forboding! The film got such a cold chilling edge on it. You have to focus on every frozen moment and capture the essence of feeling of every moment that you view scenes from Eraserhead. Cold as Ice and dead on with fear and loathing of the pain of living and dealing with things we cannot control yet still force our lives into. We can't paint it any other way better than David Lynch. There is'nt a better work out by this extra ordinary director. You will have to either tie the viewer to the chair to watch this or threaten them off your x-mas list from watching it every month. I fully recommend this film for the open minded and thought provokable public. It will make you thankful your nerosis arent as obvious.
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Summary: Funniest, Saddest, Most Disgusting & Depressing Film Ever!
Review: This is David Lynch's film school final project, and is legendary for its humor, bleakness and impressive special effects for The Baby. Stop looking here if you want to buy it & go to Lynch's website - that's the only place where it's available, and it's not Amazon cheap, either. It takes a very special type of personality to enjoy this movie - if you didn't like Blue Velvet for its weirdness, stay FAR away from this one!
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Summary: eraserhead
Review: My favorite movie of all time, but I don't see how that makes me some kind of a far left Socialist as the previous reviewer implies of anyone who thinks that, in fact I'd consider myself right long before left if I had to pin myself to either. Regardless, this movie is art not politics, and the two have never had an association to each-other outside of stereotyping & propaganda.Eraserhead; A film for Right extremists, too.
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Summary: 90 minutes of my life wasted
Review: What exactly was the purpose of this "film." If it was to waste my valuable time, consider it a sucess. As for entertaining - no. The "score" is nothing more than feedback, which the indie rock - art scene college kids seem to think is utterly brilliant. I believe that feedback is just that - feedback. This film could've been made by a group of 2nd graders at recess. Actually that would've been much more entertaining than this nonsense. Maybe I don't get it because I'm not artsy and I don't have the free time to sit around in coffee shops to argue the evils of capitalism or why Radiohead is the greatest band ever. I guess that must be it, because they are the only people who seem to like Eraserhead.
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