Eraserhead

Eraserhead

  • Director: David Lynch
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 3, 1978
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Gardenback
  • "Eraserhead" is produced by American Film Institute , David T·LimDirected by JackNance , Charlotte Stewart , and Alan Joseph's horror film, which was released in the United States on March 19, 1977   .
    The film tells the story of Henry becoming the father of a deformed child overnight in an industrial town. His wife could not bear the pain and leave him. He had to murder the deformed premature child and was liberated   .

    Details

    • Release date February 3, 1978
    • Filming locations Center for Advanced Film Studies, American Film Institute - 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies American Film Institute (AFI), Libra Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $10,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $23,557

    Movie reviews

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    • By Matilde 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      The weak man's solution to a cruel life is to dream

      This film is a very high sensory experience. The mental activities that are difficult to express in words, scenes, and (in the usual sense) character performances are bombarded directly into your brain with more direct visual & auditory impact. You can replicate the protagonist's inner turmoil, fear, hesitation, disgust, despair, struggle until hysteria.

      I had to cover my ears in some places because I was afraid of sympathetic nerve damage.

      Henry, a small clerk, lived a boring...

    • By Madisyn 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      life under pressure

      The story is very simple. It is the story of a blue-collar worker and his girlfriend who gave birth to a premature geek who was overwhelmed and killed the geek. The core of the story is pressure. The male protagonist is finally overwhelmed by the multiple physical pressures of his wife's parents, wife, and freak, and kills his son by himself.

      But simple stories have not simple expressions. First of all, Lynch's use of background sound is superb. The size of the noise...

    • By Percy 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      Sexually evil

      Watched 2 Mileage Cup-style cult movies in one night, one with David Lynch's Eraserhead, another 70's mixed rock, gay, transvestite, Rocky Horror that had been in theaters for 30 years show. The brain is a bit messy, sort out. I have to say, David Lynch is one of my most feared directors. Mulholland Drive, known as the hardest movie to understand, makes people feel confused after watching it, and Shuangfeng is really depressed after watching it. Luckily, the rubber head didn't make my heart...

    • By Amina 2022-03-25 09:01:09

      It's pretty good anyway.

      Peaceful Movie Metropolis 4k

      Sound is good

      Okay, let's talk about the movie itself

      To be honest, after the subtitles were released, I still knew a little about the film, and then I slowly understood it.

      The BGM of the whole film is the rumbling sound that feels like the tangled thoughts of the protagonist himself

      The depressing scenes, the plot, and the protagonist's own nightmares all reflect the male protagonist's own psychological feelings

      This film...

    • By Nico 2022-03-24 09:01:52

      Eraserhead (1977)

      David Wood's debut feature film is an unforgettable viewing experience. Although the film festival is in HD format, it may be related to black and white films, and the effect is much better than "My Heart is Wild". Seeing such a blurred and terrifying atmosphere and images in such a huge auditorium may be one of the reasons why it is worth going to the cinema.

      It is easy to put the signature marks of the director's later works in this debut work, including the obsession with sex and...

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    • By Vaughn 2022-04-23 07:02:05

      The picture is explosive, but not so...

    • By Gerardo 2022-04-23 07:02:05

      The male protagonist's bright, painful eyes, a freak who is wrapped in a diaper and sticking out his tongue, and a radiator lady with a face that looks like a chipmunk and a gao... There is one... A kind of malicious and cute...

    • By Geovanny 2022-04-23 07:02:05

      This pockmarked little man made me interested in horror...

    • By Johanna 2022-04-23 07:02:05

      David Lynch is such a genius to make such a metaphorical film in an almost surreal cult way, sexual helplessness, marital loss, extreme anxiety, everyone justifying their nerves or their faces blank or cramps roaring, even if I was using long lenses, but I still watched my heart beat faster. However, such a film will not have the courage to watch it a second...

    • By Brenda 2022-04-23 07:02:05

      This kind of movie is the best, whether you like it or not, whether you want to understand it or not, it’s all right to understand anything. I thought it was an educational film about chronic heavy metal poisoning. Her father's bones were deformed, her mother's nervous system was damaged, her grandmother became a vegetable, and she gave birth to a limbless...

    Evaluation action

    David T. Lim showed the audience a surreal world in "Eraserhead". In the unknown time and space in the film, he used detailed and complex models, grotesque music, unacceptable stories and visual images to show a man’s traumatized spiritual world (Timeline Review)  .
    "Eraserhead" has shown various elements and features that can be used as markers in David T. Lim's later films. This has shown how David T. Lim organizes montages in the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Mrs. X: It's Henry, isn't it?

      Henry Spencer: Yes.

      [long pause]

      Mrs. X: Mary tells me you're a very nice fellow. What do you do?

      Henry Spencer: Oh, I'm on vacation now.

      Mrs. X: What *did* you do?

    • Mr. X: I thought I heard a stranger. We've got chicken tonight. Strangest damn things. They're man-made. Little damn things. Smaller than my fist. But they're new! I'm Bill.

      Henry Spencer: Hello. I'm Henry.

      Mrs. X: Henry's at LaPelle's Factory.

      Mr. X: Oh. Printing's your business, huh? Plumbing's mine. For 30 years. I've seen this neighborhood change from pastures to the hellhole it is now! I put every damn pipe in this neighborhood!

      Mary X: Dad!

      Mrs. X: Bill!

      Mr. X: People think that pipes grow in their homes. But they sure as hell don't! Look at my knees! Look at my knees!

      Mrs. X: Bill, please!

      Mr. X: Are you hungry?

    • [first lines]

      Beautiful Girl Across the Hall: Are you Henry?

      Henry Spencer: Yes?

      Beautiful Girl Across the Hall: A girl named "Mary" called on the payphone in the hallway about an hour ago. She said that she's at her parents' and that you're invited to dinner.

      Henry Spencer: Oh, yeah?

      [after a long pause]

      Henry Spencer: Well... thank you very much.

      [Henry enters his apartment, while the girl slowly closes the door to hers]