What the fuck is happening in Eraserhead.
(also posted at CSB)
Ok somebody explain to me...
Ok somebody explain to me...
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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From my memory, Earaserhead is a waking nightmare, it's the horror of the ordinary and banal, with a surreal atmosphere of dread and discomfort. The fear of the possible, the fear of the Freudian.
I don't think it's supposed to make any more sense than your average nightmare does.
I haven't watched it in years, I should watch it again.
I don't think it's supposed to make any more sense than your average nightmare does.
I haven't watched it in years, I should watch it again.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Just read the wiki synopsys of this film.... I'll not bother
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It is a visually stunning movie which is somewhat difficult to do in black and white.
Mind you it held the attention of our cat (who usually ignores the TV) for the first half hour.
Mind you it held the attention of our cat (who usually ignores the TV) for the first half hour.
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It's essentially David Lynch's impressionistic/dreamscape view of (his) life in Philadelphia. It captures the experience pretty well.
Been decades since I've seen it, but it used to be a pretty regular feature at the TLA Cinema in Philly in the late 70s/early 80s.
Been decades since I've seen it, but it used to be a pretty regular feature at the TLA Cinema in Philly in the late 70s/early 80s.
GAH!
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Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Lynch is entirely unpredictable. He made the largely incomprehensible Eraserhead, which became a cult favorite (often shown alongside the considerably better Liquid Sky). Then he made the stellar The Elephant Man. Then he made his wretched travesty of Dune. Etc. He goes from weird to brilliant to stinker, and there is no way to know what is coming next.
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He knew Dune was Shit that's why he sued to get his name taken off it.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Dune wasn't that bad..
Twin Peaks was a masterpiece
Twin Peaks was a masterpiece
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”