Eraserhead [1977 film]
by David Lynch (Director/Screenwriter)
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An obscure man with a vertical head of hair is living with his spaced-out girlfriend and their fetus-like child. By the end of the film, Henry is decapitated and processed into erasers in this bizarre horror film which closely approaches a nightmare.Tags
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This film certainly looks great--a perfect b&w film noir feel--but it isn't very entertaining or enjoyable, just strange and a bit perplexing. But at least, after several decades, I have now seen it!
2024 movie #92. 1977. A man and his wife struggle to raise their mutant baby in an industrial city. David Lynch's 1st film. The plot does not contain the nightmare quality of this film, nor get you any closer to what it's really about. Shot in b/w with a disturbing sound track.
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. (source: TMDb)
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David Lynch is an American filmmaker, director, musician, painter, and photographer, born in Montana in 1946. His feature films and television series include Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), show more Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006). He was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, 10 BAFTA (winning 3 for The Elephant Man and 1 for Mulholland Drive), and 13 Golden Globes. He is the co-author of Lynch on Lynch (with Chris Rodley), and Room to Dream: A Life in Art (with Kristine McKenna). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Eraserhead [1977 film]
- Original title
- Eraserhead
- Original publication date
- 1977-03-19
- People/Characters
- Henry Spencer
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- Eraserhead (1977 | IMDb)
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- English
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- English, Italian
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