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Eraserhead
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Ryko Distribution
EAN: 0858334001039
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Absurda/ Subversive
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: Absurda/ Subversive
MPN: 400103
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Absurda/ Subversive
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Absurda/ Subversive
Theatrical Release Date: 1977
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Editorial Review:
This is where is the Lynchian nightmare began. Though he may have redefined surrealistic cinema in the 1980s and forever altered the face of television in the 90s, for many hardcore fans it is this infamous feature film debut that is David Lynch's crowning achievement. Many words have been used to describe Eraserhead (weird, bizarre, frustrating, enlightening, significant, unwatchable, meaningless, and momentous), but there is no denying it is completely unforgettable. As a surreal work of art, Eraserhead easily holds it own next to the works as Buñuel, Cocteau, and Dali. And like many surrealistic works, there is no clear answer on what Eraserhead "means." But, if you are trying to find a simple, linear, plot in Eraserhead, you are clearly missing the point. For Eraserhead is not simply a movie to view, but a true cinematic experience, like jumping into someone's nightmare and seeing it from their perspective. Whether you see it as a meditation on the terror of being a new parent, the suffocating feeling of living in an increasingly vapid, industrial wasteland, or a nightmare about the fear of loneliness, the film easily holds up to multiple viewings. And since this film is a dark visual ride and a supreme aural achievement, this long awaited, new transfer is an absolute blessing for David Lynch fans who will finally get to see, hear and experience Eraserhead clearly on DVD. Bizarre experiment? Surrealistic nightmare? Or a meaningless cult film? You be the judge. --Rob Bracco
Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working spewing smoke and making noise that is inescapable Henry Spencer lives in a building that like all the others appears to be abandoned. The lights flicker on and off he has bowls of water in his dresser drawers and for his only diversion he watches and listens to the Lady in the Radiator sing about finding happiness in heaven. Henry has a girlfriend Mary X who has frequent spastic fits. Mary gives birth to Henry's child a frightening looking mutant which leads to the injection of all sorts of sexual imagery into the depressive and chaotic mix.System Requirements:Running Time 89 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: UNRATED UPC: 858334001039 Manufacturer No: 400103
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Bizarre and ugly
Not an easy movie to review. There's definitely symbolism here and, as most other Lynch films, it makes sense, even if only on some deeply subconscious level. Was it an interesting ride? Yes. But did I enjoy it? No. I didn't enjoy it not because I didn't "get it". I didn't enjoy it for the same reason I wouldn't enjoy looking at a car crash, or at a dead body in the morgue. Yes, I may stop and stare, just like scores of others, gripped by morbid fascination and compelled by my illogical, contradictory ... Read More
Rating:  - Eraserhead - short review behind a million others
This should be very short, as most of the other reviewers have captured bits and pieces of this film's effect on watchers. I'm very glad to see many likening this to a dream sequence or experience. THAT is what I want to convey to anyone with a question about what it's like to watch it. Every time I sit through this movie, I end up feeling like I just woke from a nightmare... not just metaphorically, but like I am lying in bed and just awoke and was having a dream I didn't want to stay in, but didn't want ... Read More
Rating: - "In Heaven Everything Is Fine."
This movie is what "WTF?" was invented for. When I first saw this film 25 years ago I was at the age and stage of my life in which I was willing to romanticize something just because it was odd. Someone might take a dump on fine dinnerware and I'd be inclined to consider it "edgy" or "Freudio-sculpturally brilliant." I don't have that kind of energy any longer and I see the world differently.
So it was with interest and forty-eight year old eyes and ears that I sat through my second viewing ... Read More
Rating: - A shocking film you'll never be able to erase from your memory...
Shortly after finishing `Eraserhead' I told my wife that I feel like a different person. The film, strange as it is, is one of the most incredibly complete films I have ever seen. It is truly a film about vision and mood and director David Lynch creates the perfect mood for his fantastic vision. There is so much debate about the meaning of this film and I think that is what will essentially immortalize the film as one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever filmed. David Lynch has stated that he has yet to ... Read More
Rating:  - Pathetic
I first rented Eraserhead back in the early eighties on the recommendation of someone. Later that year I visited him in the asylum but didn't bother asking why (he considered this movie worth watching). I just assumed it had something to do with bad acid. Nevertheless in the late eighties I rented it again determined that there must be something to this movie I wasn't appreciating. In the late nineties my girlfriend threw it into our basket for an all night viewing of the worst movies ever made. It was last on ... Read More
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