No love for Henry, eh?

Eraserhead is brilliant in its simplicity. Sometimes I am just profoundly creeped out by it, though.

YMMV, of course.

Erasehead to me is the type of movie you have to be "in the mood for". Its a dark movie that takes an exceptional movie goer to sit down for. Its not for everyone!

I love it too, for these reasons:

The sound design, the baby, Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Mr and Mrs X, the chickens, Man in the Planet, Lady in the Radiator (and the music), um...the Eraserhead. I love the fact that it was such a labor of love - that he spent so long working on it and managed to make scenes tie together even though some of them were shot years apart! I love the look of the movie - sometimes noirish, sometimes neo-realist. I see it as less like a conventional movie and more like a bona fide artwork - and that, coupled with the piecemeal way it was put together, means that it has more in common with INLAND EMPIRE than probably any of Lynch's other films. It's a very cool movie, but it has aged a little, for sure. Although it has also been the inspiration for many a film-maker, so part of the reason it looks aged is similar to the reason why Citizen Kane looks aged - its innovations have been incorporated into the mainstream.

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

yeah why not.. they play it in the Paradiso cinema in Warsaw quite frequently :-))) You're most welcome!

But even though I am absolutely convinced about superiority of watching EVERYTHING in the cinema - I must admit the first time I saw Eraserhead was on video and I was totally stunned. For some time I considered it one of the most admirable Lynch masterpieces. After some time and after a few more watchings my enthusiasm went slightly down... I think I'd still give it five stars for five but - perhaps a 5 witha minus?

The problem I always had with Eraserhead is that it's the only Lynch film where I fail to find a satisfying interpretation of the mysteries.I came across many but neither eally made it for me. Either they went too far for me or were too shallow.

On the other hand what I always found its best quality is the total mastery of film matter. The almost 5 year process of filmmaking paid off - the film is perfect and flawless in each and every detail.

But as for the meanings, as much as I haven't got a satisfying interpretation of particular scenes etc., I do appreciae the overall feeling of the film. I can sense something very disturbing - not in Henry's nightmares (that would be rather boring) but in the vision of the world shown in the film... it's a very uncanny world and shows off some moral anxiety.

Something is very WRONG about this world, and this is in itself thought-provoking enough for me.

Bobi 1 Kenobi

B. Beware
O. Of
B. BOB 

Surely it's easy compared to INLAND EMPIRE!

Eraserhead blew my mind when I first saw it and it remained my favourite Lynch film for many years, until repeated viewings of Mulholland Drive just nudged it into second place.

ERASERHEAD is so like my life it's weird. I swear I went out with that mary x lady. Only I know the meaning of the worm.

I don't have a dead baby in my flat though.

Best film ever. This automatic spacing when you hit the enter key is ANNOYING.