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Eraserhead is David Lynch's first full length feature film and was completed over a 5 year period between 1972 and 1976. His post-apocalyptic, dystopian, nightmare vision has amazed and disturbed audiences for over 30 years. In 2000 Lynch underwent the painstaking process of cleaning, restoring and remastered the film frame by frame in order to obtain the best image and sound quality possible. The result brings a brand new dimension to a 'cult classic' that will continue to astonish audiences and dumbfound critics. Extras include an exclusive 85 minute interview with David Lynch about the making of Eraserhead and the original trailer.
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Elephant Man, Dune, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Where to start with a film that features a deformed baby, a woman in a radiator, chickens that flap about on the plate when they're about to be carved and the strangest haircut ever (besides my own). Well this is David Lynch's first full length feature and is stranger than Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway put together. It is not very dialogue heavy; it's more atmospheric and nightmarish really. Nor is it particularly scary- in fact it is quite beautiful. There is one scene that stands out in my mind as being particularly disturbing though: where the father is sat staring at the main protagonist (Eraserhead) with a fixed smile on his face and his daughter walks in to stand behind him with her hand clasped over her mouth in horror. I know it doesn't sound particularly disturbing but it is when you see it. This is certainly not for everyone- but if you are a fan of all things weird and disturbing then this is a must.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I was intrigued by this movie when a friend's father said it was 'the most disturbing film he'd ever seen'. So, naturally, I went and bought it. The surrealism appears to be quite tongue in cheek, though that might just be a modern reading; For example, the camera stays perfectly still during the 'landlady scene' - A motionless old women sits by the cooker and the mother uses her hands to toss the salad. There is no moral dimension to this film, so it is left to the audience to come to some conclusion; mine is that Lynch was having a jolly old time with his camera and experimenting as film makers should. I disagree with people who say it is pretentious - yes, it is strange and deliberately messed up, but all of Lynch's films are like this; pretence is being what you are not.
I found this film funny because horror movies, to me, always fail - especially when the supposed horror is purely empirical. I wouldn't even call this a horror film - it's extreme experimentation, possibly drug induced, but unforgettable. I don't know what Lynch himself has said about this film, but I think it's genius - edgy, and derived from a single, beautiful idea; Daddy has to look after the baby.
36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I first saw Eraserhead in an impromptu showing, in an underground nightclub in a derelict building. Very fitting surroundings, really. I was young and thought it funny, shocking, artistic, and very original. After twenty one years of parenting a severely autistic child/now man, I also recommend this film - alongside such quirky bedfellows as "Groundhog Day" and "There's Something About Mary" - to anyone who asks for insight into autism or life with an autistic person. This may be very politically incorrect, but what else should I recommend? Not "Rain Man". It's a fantasy.
"Groundhog Day" contains the main message for surviving autism. There is reward and salvation in embracing all the repetition. "Something About Mary" I love because it is a film where you don't get the hand of the gorgeous girl unless you genuinely love her disabled brother, too. Ha ha.
So why "Eraserhead"? Well, my son sees things differently because of his autism, in a life fraught with anxieties. When taken to view the magnificent Humber Bridge he drew a giant cat, because a real one miles away in the distance was worrying him. He likes to draw brass instruments starting with the holes. He believes he is Bernard, the mouse from the Disney film, "The Rescuers". He draws portraits of himself captioned, "Bernard's Yellow Egg-Scrambled Face." He is terrified of butterflies, mashed potato and DVD players. Before he can sit down even in his own house, he has to check a thousand little things to make sure they look the way he wants: the lights, plug sockets, curtains, electrical equipment, fridges, taps, rugs, vases, plates, cups, food. Everything. All the time. Many times a day.
So. As much as I wish I could still see this excellent film as a horror movie, I can't. I still find it quite funny - I have never lost my sense of humour. But it no longer seems frightening or weird to me. I've become impervious to surrealism. I live it, and nowadays I like it.
So, you can't lose. This movie will entertain you, and without your knowing it, it might make you a better person. It's fiction, but it's not fantasy. In fact in places, it's almost a documentary! See it.
"Groundhog Day" contains the main message for surviving autism. There is reward and salvation in embracing all the repetition. "Something About Mary" I love because it is a film where you don't get the hand of the gorgeous girl unless you genuinely love her disabled brother, too. Ha ha.
So why "Eraserhead"? Well, my son sees things differently because of his autism, in a life fraught with anxieties. When taken to view the magnificent Humber Bridge he drew a giant cat, because a real one miles away in the distance was worrying him. He likes to draw brass instruments starting with the holes. He believes he is Bernard, the mouse from the Disney film, "The Rescuers". He draws portraits of himself captioned, "Bernard's Yellow Egg-Scrambled Face." He is terrified of butterflies, mashed potato and DVD players. Before he can sit down even in his own house, he has to check a thousand little things to make sure they look the way he wants: the lights, plug sockets, curtains, electrical equipment, fridges, taps, rugs, vases, plates, cups, food. Everything. All the time. Many times a day.
So. As much as I wish I could still see this excellent film as a horror movie, I can't. I still find it quite funny - I have never lost my sense of humour. But it no longer seems frightening or weird to me. I've become impervious to surrealism. I live it, and nowadays I like it.
So, you can't lose. This movie will entertain you, and without your knowing it, it might make you a better person. It's fiction, but it's not fantasy. In fact in places, it's almost a documentary! See it.
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Strange, but good.
I saw part of the scene where they had the chicken on tv many years ago and i liked what i saw. My family who also
watched tv said it was sick so they changed the channel. Read more
watched tv said it was sick so they changed the channel. Read more
Published 1 month ago by LoBo
The Art of Noise.....
Unlike most directors, who want to eliminate background noise, David Lynch racks it up here to make it a key character. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tim Kidner
"In Heaven, everything is fine...."
I'd heard about it but never got around to seeing it. I'd seen 'The Elephant Man' many times and loved that film, so it came as no surprise to me when I fell in love with... Read more
Published 1 month ago by MovieMinx
Extras
Extras include a feature length documentary on the David Lynch, and four of his short films;"Six Men Getting Sick", "The Alphabet", "The Amputee Take 1" and "... Take 2"
Published 1 month ago by J. Rae
erased,rewound, reissued....
This is definetly a marmite film, love or hate its been around for a long time; confounding and thrilling in equal measures. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Chris Preddy
Pretentious Nonsence
The film is an utter waste of time and resources. it has no value whatsoever. 100% junk. Imagine a deranged monkey with a black and white camera filming nothing of any consequence.
Published 2 months ago by Harold B. Mittiger
DVD details
this review ONLY for "raro video"-release (Italy), ASIN: B004LW5W1U
Film: 7,5/10
Picture quality: 8,5/10
Aspect ratio: 1,78:1 (1,37:1 orig. Read more
Film: 7,5/10
Picture quality: 8,5/10
Aspect ratio: 1,78:1 (1,37:1 orig. Read more
Published 8 months ago by mickey_one
What's black and white...
...and j*zzed all over? Eraserhead, apparently. When Lynch is good, he is very very good, but when he is bad, he does something like this, and only very, very special people 'get'... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Amanda Huggenkiss
Something Else
First things first, this film is not for everyone. If you found any of David Lynch's later films hard to follow or are weirded out by Pink Floyd music videos, Eraserhead is not... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Andrew Bulmer
the mst twisted film of all time
original/disturbing and surely its the most twisted and weirdest film ever made.
I heard theres another one by lynch called 'the grandmother' that lives up to this... Read more
I heard theres another one by lynch called 'the grandmother' that lives up to this... Read more
Published 19 months ago by deleon
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