Just saw Eraserhead (1 Viewer)

[Godsbrother]

I have been hearing for years how great the movie Eraserhead was and I finally broke down and bought the DVD during the DeepDiscountDVD sale.

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought. The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

My favorite part was the scene of the family dinner. I thought it was hilarious, especially when he cuts the chicken and is confronted by his girlfriend's mother.

My wife usually likes strange movies but fell asleep half way through it. After the movie was over her comment was "They must have been doing lots of drugs when they made that movie".

I am definitely going to have to watch this again to see if I can pick up on the symbolism better. But I think I will be watching it alone...

 

[snogger]

You've been Shuked.

 

[amnesiac]

"Marvin John Nance"

yeah, i think i would've changed my name to Jack Nance too.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought. The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

No one ever does, but his zealots will fake it.

 

[shuke]

I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

"The whole film is undercurrents of sort of subconscious ... You know, and it kind of wiggles around in there, and it's how it strikes each person. It definitely means something to me, but I don't want to to talk about that. It means other things to other people, and that's great." - David Lynch

 

[perry147]

Trivia for Eraserhead

* The film was created in a piecemeal fashion over five years, with many of the sets rebuilt after they had been torn down at one point to make way for other work.

* Jack Nance kept his hair in the same frizzy style for the duration of filming - almost five years.

* David Lynch had a lot of trouble getting financial assistance from the AFI, because the script was only 20 pages long. He ended up getting help from family and friends.

* The pattern on the floor of the lobby of Henry's house is the same as pattern on the floor of the poet's house in Jean Cocteau's "Orpheus".

* The mutant baby was apparently created from the embalmed fetus of a calf, although David Lynch has never confirmed this or described how he articulated it. During filming when he watched rushes, he would even go so far as to have the projectionist cover his eyes when takes with the baby were playing so that no-one would know how it was made.

* The soundtrack album was dedicated "...to The Man In the Planet's Sister". The Man In the Planet was played by Jack Fisk, brother of Lynch's then-wife, Mary Fisk.

* Was reportedly one of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's very favorite films.

* Over the five years of filming, Jack Nance's only request as far as comfort or entertainment went was "a room and a chair".

* To date David Lynch has refused to say a word about the film in any kind of public forum, preferring that viewers make up their own minds about what it all means.

* Shooting was so sparse that at one point, Henry opens a door, and Jack Nance ages 18 months upon entering the room.

* Cinematographer Herb Cardwell died suddenly after 9 months of shooting, and was replaced for the remainder by Fred Elmes. Lynch says Cardwell's body was found in his hotel room, and after two autopsies, no cause of death could be determined.

* Sissy Spacek was brought on the set by Jack Fisk (the Man in the Planet), and held the slate during his scenes. They later married.

* Lynch says he took out the "women tied to the bed" scene because it was too disturbing.

* At one point Terrence Malick tried to help raise money for the film by screening it for his financial backer. The backer walked out, calling the movie "bull####".

 

[shuke]

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought.  The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

No one ever does, but his zealots will fake it.

 

[perry147]

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought. The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

No one ever does, but his zealots will fake it.

Sometimes great art defies explanation but instead symbolizes an idea or thought that itself is unclear due to the inability of the human condition to express it.

 

[Gigantomachia]

Trivia for Eraserhead

* The film was created in a piecemeal fashion over five years, with many of the sets rebuilt after they had been torn down at one point to make way for other work.

* Jack Nance kept his hair in the same frizzy style for the duration of filming - almost five years.

* David Lynch had a lot of trouble getting financial assistance from the AFI, because the script was only 20 pages long. He ended up getting help from family and friends.

* The pattern on the floor of the lobby of Henry's house is the same as pattern on the floor of the poet's house in Jean Cocteau's "Orpheus".

* The mutant baby was apparently created from the embalmed fetus of a calf, although David Lynch has never confirmed this or described how he articulated it. During filming when he watched rushes, he would even go so far as to have the projectionist cover his eyes when takes with the baby were playing so that no-one would know how it was made.

* The soundtrack album was dedicated "...to The Man In the Planet's Sister". The Man In the Planet was played by Jack Fisk, brother of Lynch's then-wife, Mary Fisk.

* Was reportedly one of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's very favorite films.

* Over the five years of filming, Jack Nance's only request as far as comfort or entertainment went was "a room and a chair".

* To date David Lynch has refused to say a word about the film in any kind of public forum, preferring that viewers make up their own minds about what it all means.

* Shooting was so sparse that at one point, Henry opens a door, and Jack Nance ages 18 months upon entering the room.

* Cinematographer Herb Cardwell died suddenly after 9 months of shooting, and was replaced for the remainder by Fred Elmes. Lynch says Cardwell's body was found in his hotel room, and after two autopsies, no cause of death could be determined.

* Sissy Spacek was brought on the set by Jack Fisk (the Man in the Planet), and held the slate during his scenes. They later married.

* Lynch says he took out the "women tied to the bed" scene because it was too disturbing.

* At one point Terrence Malick tried to help raise money for the film by screening it for his financial backer. The backer walked out, calling the movie "bull####".

 

[mr. furley]

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought.  The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

No one ever does, but his zealots will fake it.

that's a double plus saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

listening to people rave about how great it was had me at DEFCON 2

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I need to see this, I guess.

 

[shuke]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

 

[mr. furley]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

a watchable movie?

 

[Dt's Mules]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

Really? Where have you been, by the way? Seems like you haven't been around as much of late.

 

[Dt's Mules]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

Really? Where have you been, by the way? Seems like you haven't been around as much of late.

work, starting the new business....and typcially hung over and happy or hung over and pissed depending upon how the mavs did the night before

 

[perry147]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

a watchable movie?

Mr. furleyHave you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko

2. Primer

3. Blue Velvet

 

[shuke]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

Really? Where have you been, by the way? Seems like you haven't been around as much of late.

work, starting the new business....and typcially hung over and happy or hung over and pissed depending upon how the mavs did the night before

Dipping again?

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

Really? Where have you been, by the way? Seems like you haven't been around as much of late.

work, starting the new business....and typcially hung over and happy or hung over and pissed depending upon how the mavs did the night before

Understood.

 

[shuke]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

a watchable movie?

Mr. furleyHave you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko

2. Primer

3. Blue Velvet

What is Primer?

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

a watchable movie?

Mr. furleyHave you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko

2. Primer

3. Blue Velvet

What is Primer?

Very low budget sci-fi. Pretty freaking cool. A thinker. See it.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Just looked this movie up on Yahoo movies and now, suddenly, Shuke's avatar makes sense.

Sounds very interesting - a movie people either love or hate. I dig movies like that because typically it means someone is doing something different. God knows there's not nearly enough of that in mainstream cinema.

 

[mr. furley]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

 

[perry147]

saw Mulholland Drive in the theaters....worst movie i've ever sat through. only reason i stayed is cause i dropped near $30 for me and the woman.

I understand people don't like Lynch. But what exactly did you expect when you went to the theater?

a watchable movie?

Mr. furleyHave you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko

2. Primer

3. Blue Velvet

What is Primer?

It is a must see but you must pay very close attention.

 

[snogger]

Just looked this movie up on Yahoo movies and now, suddenly, Shuke's avatar makes sense.

which is why my post above was: "You've been shuked" I thought I made a funny and yet here ...nothing

 

[perry147]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

 

[mr. furley]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about.  i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

didn't see Eraserhead either.. i was saying i didn't like Mulholland Drive.my gf is a David Lynch wacko. she didn't like Mulholland Drive either. so maybe it just wasn't good?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Just looked this movie up on Yahoo movies and now, suddenly, Shuke's avatar makes sense.

which is why my post above was: "You've been shuked" I thought I made a funny and yet here ...nothing

If I'd read that after I looked the movie up, I would have laughed. Well done, sir.atonback:

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about.  i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

 

[saintfool]

didn't see Eraserhead either.. i was saying i didn't like Mulholland Drive.

my gf is a David Lynch wacko. she didn't like Mulholland Drive either. so maybe it just wasn't good?

"eraserhead" is the most personal of lynch's films. a lot of what was happening in his life gets translated onto film. we all know how different lynch is, so i'm not surprised by how different the film is. it's not a great film but rather a landmark film. better to be admired than loved, i think."mulholland drive" is a great film. so much fun! how can you not like it??

 

[perry147]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

 

[Mungo Burrows]

When we sat down to watch it last night, I told my wife that this movie is going to be weird but I have to say it was more bizarre than I thought. The film is loaded with symbolism and was certainly interesting to watch, but I am not sure what the heck David Lynch is trying to say here.

No one ever does, but his zealots will fake it.

Sometimes great art defies explanation but instead symbolizes an idea or thought that itself is unclear due to the inability of the human condition to express it.

And sometimes things attempting to sybolize an idea or thought that is unclear due to the inability of the human condition to express it are just poorly made, incoherent tripe, and not art.

 

[Fiddles]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

twin peaks series is the best thing hes ever done imo

 

[saintfool]

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!AWESOME!

 

[perry147]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

Or this one is even better.LINK

 

[wilked]

I liked Primer...

 

[mr. furley]

didn't see Eraserhead either.. i was saying i didn't like Mulholland Drive.

my gf is a David Lynch wacko.  she didn't like Mulholland Drive either.  so maybe it just wasn't good?

"eraserhead" is the most personal of lynch's films. a lot of what was happening in his life gets translated onto film. we all know how different lynch is, so i'm not surprised by how different the film is. it's not a great film but rather a landmark film. better to be admired than loved, i think."mulholland drive" is a great film. so much fun! how can you not like it??

it's... it's like we're not even iFriends anymore

 

[saintfool]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

He had me at the talking duck...

 

[saintfool]

I liked Primer...

i did too. i appreciated what it was trying to do but i wanted bit more range, dramatic arc somehow. things happened, without letting the audience really fully grasp them.

 

[saintfool]

didn't see Eraserhead either.. i was saying i didn't like Mulholland Drive.

my gf is a David Lynch wacko. she didn't like Mulholland Drive either. so maybe it just wasn't good?

"eraserhead" is the most personal of lynch's films. a lot of what was happening in his life gets translated onto film. we all know how different lynch is, so i'm not surprised by how different the film is. it's not a great film but rather a landmark film. better to be admired than loved, i think."mulholland drive" is a great film. so much fun! how can you not like it??

it's... it's like we're not even iFriends anymore

oh you're just easily shuked. i didn't care much for "lost highway", so it's not like i am blindly accepting of lynch. although for halloween one year i did dress up as agent cooper...

 

[perry147]

I liked Primer...

i did too. i appreciated what it was trying to do but i wanted bit more range, dramatic arc somehow. things happened, without letting the audience really fully grasp them.

Primer is one of my favorite films, the missing "pieces" part of the reason.

 

[mr. furley]

didn't see Eraserhead either.. i was saying i didn't like Mulholland Drive.

my gf is a David Lynch wacko.  she didn't like Mulholland Drive either.  so maybe it just wasn't good?

"eraserhead" is the most personal of lynch's films. a lot of what was happening in his life gets translated onto film. we all know how different lynch is, so i'm not surprised by how different the film is. it's not a great film but rather a landmark film. better to be admired than loved, i think."mulholland drive" is a great film. so much fun! how can you not like it??

it's... it's like we're not even iFriends anymore

oh you're just easily shuked. i didn't care much for "lost highway", so it's not like i am blindly accepting of lynch. although for halloween one year i did dress up as agent cooper...

furley likes his movies like he likes his men. strong and black.

 

[saintfool]

I liked Primer...

i did too. i appreciated what it was trying to do but i wanted bit more range, dramatic arc somehow. things happened, without letting the audience really fully grasp them.

Primer is one of my favorite films, the missing "pieces" part of the reason.

i only watched it once. i wanted to watch it again with the director's commentary to hear his thoughts and descriptions of the action. my wife was like,"dude, you ride alone on that one..." like i said, i liked it but felt like i was missing a bit....

 

[Serenity Now]

Any guy with Dangermouse for an avatar must be right.

 

[Dt's Mules]

I need to see this, I guess.

pass, trust me on this

Really? Where have you been, by the way? Seems like you haven't been around as much of late.

work, starting the new business....and typcially hung over and happy or hung over and pissed depending upon how the mavs did the night before

Dipping again?

lol, i just bought 2 cans at the same time b/c i rationalized it by the "deal" i'm getting'

plus, no one to say #### to you about dipping at work when you are the boss

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about.  i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

The black and white and the shooting style reminded me of the movie "Pi" - another film I liked. Are Lynch's films in that vein, only more twisted and with more disturbing imagery? That's what I got from those 2 ads, but I could be way off - that's not much to base an opinion on.

 

[Godsbrother]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about.  i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

EG, I saw Pi, Primer and Mulholland Drive but none of them are like Eraserhead. It is totally bizarre. Maybe I should have read the book first.

 

[saintfool]

The black and white and the shooting style reminded me of the movie "Pi" - another film I liked. Are Lynch's films in that vein, only more twisted and with more disturbing imagery? That's what I got from those 2 ads, but I could be way off - that's not much to base an opinion on.

Those ads are far more sinister than his films. Part of it is the medium, which is requires a condensed kind of narrative. early films like "blue velvet" and "wild at heart" ("twin peaks" tv show is ALL about that ) are about sinister among the banal, mundane everyday world. he started to get a little more fringe with "lost highway" and "mullholland". true to form, he made a perfectly lovely film with the late, great richard farnsworth called "the straight story" which was based on a true story and totally straightforward without a hint of evil/weirdness.

 

[perry147]

Mr. furley

Have you seen any of the following movies and if so did you like them?

1. Donnie Darko - saw it, didn't like it.

2. Primer - didn't see it (sounds familiar though.. what's it about. i MIGHT have seen it and just spaced it)

3. Blue Velvet - didn't see it

If you didn't like DD you would not like Primer or Blue Velvet hence the reason you didn't like Eraserhead.

I liked Donnie Darko a lot. Never saw the other two, and have never seen anything of Lynch's. Not sure why, it just hasn't happened. Maybe I'll hit Blockbuster today. Any big-time Lynch fans want to give me a quick primer on his work, what films are most accessible, which is good to start with, etc?

Well try this first - This public service commercial to "clean up new york" directed by David Lynch.

Yes they are twisted with great imagery. "Pi" was very good and I liked it but Lynch films make far less sense.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Thanks guys. I'm intrigued.