What the fuck is that movie? Im scared 2 rent it..yet it is a classic. It has been calling me for many years, but I dont wanna see it...

But Y do I have to see it!?

I didn't care for the movie.

I turned it off after about 30-45 minutes of watching it. If I recall correctly there was very very little dialogue and it didn't start until just before I turned the movie off.


To me Lynch is tyring to be wierd for it's own sake.

I couldn't watch it all either. It was awful, but not the kind of awful you can laugh at- just "wtf awful". Total waste of time.

Actually, 'Eraserhead' is a scathing, satirical look at patriarchal institutions in western society, symbolized by the surreal terror of fatherhood experienced by the protagonist. The lack of dialogue exemplfies the old-fashioned "strong and silent type" portrayed throughout cinematic history while also showing the horror of emotions felt but not expressed beneath the macho surface.



Eh, who am I kidding, I just made that shit up. 'Eraserhead' makes no freakin' sense whatsoever.

Go ahead and rent it so you can talk about it.

It's not scary, just REALLY weird. There are many interpretations, but it's basically the tale of a random working-class guy who's slowing stewing in his own overworked, angst-ridden, unfulfilled and poorly executed life in a post-industrial world.

Imagine watching someone else's VERY VERY unusual nightmare, and you got Eraserhead.

...But, yeah, no one knows what the heck it really is saying.
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Lammastide said:

ok so u have to come 2 ur own conclusion basically??!!

paisleypark4 said:

Hmmm... isn't that a nice way of saying it's about nothing?

coolcat said:

It's David Lynch's version of "Seinfeld"...

paisleypark4 said:

Pretty much. You can tell very broadly what it's "about." But as far as a real plot or message, it's anybody's guess.

The director, himself, said that in 29 years he's NEVER read a review of the film where the reviewer actually "got" it.
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Byron said:

Then Dune must have been his version of Friends!!! Maybe not.

I've seen it many a time and it makes me laugh out loud. There are such long drawn out moments that it is comical - ie. when the girl tries to get her suitcase out from under the bed has me in stitches

my hair was like that a long time ago, it wouldn't grow long just up thank gawd im bald now

Go see it, just for the haircut alone. It's not about anything important, none of his movies really are, but it is a great unique art piece, an altered reality kind of experience.

Plus if you're familiar with his later work, it's interesting to see his early work. His film school short films "Alphabet" and "Grandmother" are equally non-sensical...and well, I love them.

Also, Eraserhead has GREAT SOUND. It was also shot on 4X -- a now-discontinued black and white Kodak film stock that required very little light and was extremely grainy and high contrast.

Look at it as an industrial nightmare, nothing more. You won't enjoy it, but you'll remember it.

And if it's calling you...that's a sign that you better follow the call...