Sperm is a recurring visual symbol in the movie. The thing that floats out from the person at the beginning is like sperm, the thing that the hero spit out is also like sperm, the dancing girl tramples to death and the creature that the hero pulls out from his wife and throws away also looks like sperm, even Children also look like sperm. Taking this as a clue to understand the film, I personally understand that the film wants to talk about the suppression and distortion of male desires by industrial civilization.
It begins with sperm, and that sperm entering the lake is fertilization, and advancing from darkness to light is the birth of life. Another point is that the male protagonist has the least choice. His wife can go back to his home, but the male protagonist cannot. He does not have the right to choose like his wife. The part of the baby whose head is very similar to the head of the male reproductive organs is damaged, and it can be said that the male desire is damaged when it is artificially placed. The singing girl is also a visual image that often appears in Lynch's films. The girl is exaggerated and distorted, indicating that this is a distortion of normal sexual fantasies. The film has been creating distorted images, which is the distortion of industrialized modern people. The dream of using a machine to dispose of a head illustrates this even more. In the end, the relationship with the neighbor ended quickly, and the male protagonist came together with the sexual fantasy object, but this sexual fantasy object was also distorted, maintaining the distortion of the entire movie.
(Originally a short review, the number of words exceeded to write here)
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