Tag: Eraserhead
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‘Eraserhead’ and the Inner Workings of a Lynchian Nightmare
David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature Eraserhead is a Frankenstein’s monster of Kafkaesque surrealism, a trauma-inducing interrogation of parental fears and a disturbing depiction of fatherhood. Eraserhead is the nightmarish result of a visionary and obsessive filmmaker. Eraserhead debuted at The Filmex Film Festival without any significant promotion for the film, leaving crowds of moviegoers stunned…
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The Most Satanic Film of All Time Preys on Our Deepest Fears
While it’s hard to pin down a singular “golden period” in the history of Hollywood cinema, the 1970s were certainly responsible for many of the classic horror films often cited as being influential today. The rise of the “New Hollywood” era allowed a younger generation of filmmakers, international auteurs, and maverick independent directors reach a…
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This Is the Most Unnerving Scene in a David Lynch Movie
Throughout his long and distinctive filmmaking career, David Lynch has offered no shortage of unsettling, frightening, and downright confusing moments. From the reveal of the deformed “baby” in Eraserhead, to the homeless figure jump scare in Mulholland Drive, to just about any time Dennis Hopper appears in Blue Velvet, Lynch has fueled more than a…
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David Lynch’s Unmade Projects: 10 Films and Shows the ‘Twin Peaks’ Creator Almost Directed
Few filmmakers in Hollywood history have remained as unapologetically committed to a singular vision as David Lynch. From redefining the midnight movie with “Eraserhead” in 1977 to expanding our understanding of what television can accomplish with “Twin Peaks: The Return” in 2017, the four-time Oscar nominee has been a consistent force of unbridled creativity throughout…
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Eraserhead Ending Explained: A Surrealist Nightmare About The Anxieties Of Fatherhood
“Believe it or not, ‘Eraserhead’ is my most spiritual film,” said surrealist auteur David Lynch in an interview, and this moment has become a meme template over the years. When asked to elaborate, the director smiled and simply said no in the most David Lynch way, emphasizing his philosophy of subjective interpretation and a refusal…
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How Eraserhead Led David Lynch To The Elephant Man’s Script
David Lynch’s sophomore film “The Elephant Man” has an origin story that’s almost as crazy as the film itself. A period piece set in the Victorian era, the epic drama is about a man with significant facial deformity working as a sideshow attraction. He is brutally mistreated by the world around him until a kind…
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This David Lynch Film Had A Major Influence On The Shining
No one conjures up surrealist nightmares quite like David Lynch. If you’re trying to convince your significant other to not have children, fewer films will do the trick better than “Eraserhead.” Even when Lynch’s 1977 experimental horror film is steeped in its own surreal, twisted purgatory, the existential terror of unplanned parenthood is never not…
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Stuart Cornfeld, Producer of ‘Tropic Thunder’ and ‘Zoolander,’ Dies at 67
Stuart Cornfeld, who worked with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films to produce movies including “Tropic Thunder,” “Dodgeball” and “Zoolander,” has died of cancer.Several of his friends posted about his death on social media.At Red Hour, which he founded with Stiller in 1999, he also produced “Duplex” starring Stiller and Drew Barrymore, “Starsky & Hutch,” “Blades…
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Fantasia Film Review: ‘SHe’
The recent demise of American animator Suzan Pitt reminded many that there had been nothing quite like her relatively few screen works — particularly 1979’s “Asparagus.” That 20-minute riot of ominously surreal, sexualized imagery found considerable fame being paired with David Lynch’s “Eraserhead” at the height of its midnight-movie popularity.But actually now there is something…
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David Lynch: ‘You gotta be selfish. It’s a terrible thing’
The Twin Peaks director lives for his work. He talks about his four marriages, why explaining his films is a ‘crime’, and what makes him a happy camperDavid Lynch seldom smiles in photographs. His etched Easter Island statue of a face doesn’t glower so much as brood; lips pursed and eyes hooded, he looks every…