Review of Eraserhead (1977) by Jason W — 22 Mar 2011
"Eraserhead" is David Lynch's labor of love that took five years to film. Set in an industrialized wasteland, the films focus is on Henry, an unemployed newlywed with a mutant child. The film is darkly saturated, chimerical and seemingly inane.
The film jumps from scene to scene, in no particular order, focusing on the fright and claustrophobia of parenthood. There is the chubby cheeked performer in his radiator, the incessant crying of his bovine child and mysterious women across the hall.
Is he on earth, or some other sphere of death? Lynch of course answers nothing and expects the viewer to look at each scene as a piece of art, with it's own independent contribution to the whole. The film has haunted me since I viewed it, pondering it's meaning and reticent squalor.
The bravado for a freshmen film is unparalleled. Lynch gives it to us, not packaged neatly but rather in our darkest realms.
This review of Eraserhead (1977) was written by Jason W on 22 Mar 2011.
Eraserhead has generally received very positive reviews.
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