Eraserhead: Why David Lynch depicts a nightmare about a fetus

"Eraserhead" synopsis

The setting is an industrial area in Philadelphia. Henry Spencer, a craftsman at a printer's shop, decides to get married when his girlfriend, Mary Ex, becomes pregnant. The baby Mary gave birth to was abnormally small and deformed. The baby's constant high-pitched cries caused Mary to leave the house. Henry, who is left behind, gradually begins to break down mentally.

Index

• A legendary cult movie that made 24 out of 25 repeat viewers.
• David Lynch's "The Philadelphia Story"
• A personal novel-like private film depicting the madness that dwells within oneself.
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A legendary cult movie that made 24 out of 25 repeat viewers.

“In Heaven

Everything is fine

You got your good thing

And I've got mine

Everything will be fine in heaven

For you and me,

Good things will come.”

A strange girl living inside a radiator hums a song like this and stomps on the sperm that falls from above... The sentence doesn't make any sense to me, but it's not like the author has gone crazy. It was just a sketch of a scene from Eraserhead(1977), directed by the genius David Lynch.

``Eraserhead'' is now synonymous with cult movies. A nonsense story full of surrealism, bizarre monochrome visuals, and industrial noise that irritates your nerves. This is an extremely dangerous movie that will leave a lasting memory in the minds of those who watch it. When the film premiered in Los Angeles in 1977, there were only 25 people in the audience, but the movie was so powerful that 24 of them rushed to see the next screening.

The impact on those involved in the film was also tremendous. Artist HR Giger, known for his creature designs for `` Alien '' (1979), praised ``Eraserhead'' as ``one of the best movies I've ever seen!'' During the filming of `` The Shining '' (1980), Stanley Kubrick gathered the cast to watch the film. George Lucas, known for the `` Star Wars '' series, was so impressed by David Lynch's talent that he asked him to direct `` Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi '' (1983). I politely declined).

``Eraserhead,'' which can be called the extreme north of surrealism, captivated many people. However, this film was actually a personal novel, an honest confession of David Lynch's feelings at the time.

David Lynch's "The Philadelphia Story"