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Eraserhead just screened here with the new 35mm print, and it looks great.

The movie, it's still pretty good. It definitely has elements that Lynch would use later on--perhaps a little too much.

One thing that frustrates me about Lynch though is his fascination with the grotesque. He's like the kid in school that picks a scab and wants to show everyone the pus.

I feel like (save for The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive), Lynch still hasn't learned how to play with his strengths as a director.

Eraserhead, though, is NOT CRAP.

I wouldn't vote Not Crap for anything that Lynch ever did, except maybe The Elephant Man.

My all-time favorite film, without a doubt.

I'd love to see a new print of it in an actual theater.

If you vote crap then fuck you.

Easily one of the greatest films ever made.

When I first saw Eraserhead, at a midnight screening with Freaks, I first thought it was awful, and very disturbing. A week later, I realized it was brilliant, and very disturbing.

Not Crap

mattw wrote:
The movie, it's still pretty good. It definitely has elements that Lynch would use later on--perhaps a little too much.

One thing that frustrates me about Lynch though is his fascination with the grotesque. He's like the kid in school that picks a scab and wants to show everyone the pus.

my. thoughts. exactly. can i give you a hug?

I'll defend anything Lynch and Eraserhead is my favorite of the bunch.

"I put every damn pipe in this neighborhood. People think that pipes grow in their homes. But they sure as hell don't! Look at my knees! Look at my knees!"

my friend Mo's Eraserhead baby cakes.

Eraserhead is genius. Such a great film. Wholly unique at the time it was made.

Saw it at a midnight showing back about '81 and was dumbfounded. I had gone to a toga party, of all things, and in the midst of that bullshit decided to go with a friend to see this movie I had heard tell of but never seen. Dumbfounded.

My favorite is The Elephant Man, which is a truly great story and film.

N/C

Have seen the movie twice. It's an unique visual/audio experience though I don't get the point of the movie. I have pasted an excerpt off wikipedia. Not going to vote on this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead#Interpretation

Interpretation:
In an interview on the cleaned and remastered edition of the film (2006), Lynch said he has yet to read an interpretation of the film that is the same as his own.