Eraserhead

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tommy 02/01/2025 The ugliness of the universe is pulling the levers to release the baby (spirit) into the world dropped in to the water (wet planet earth) hairy hole gurney dirty industrial area the dirtiness of man the torn photo is how he feels about her he’s torn she is attached to her mother like the puppies to theirs In American culture family is everything keep grandma involved a slight toward the poultry industry man made chicken has her in a trance the divine comedy she’s crying bill is smiling Americans getting married due to tradition they don’t want to be together a child out of lust may not be as nurtured as one out of love she is a prisoner of her own thoughts she’s packed her bag and made up her mind the light in the furnace everything in heaven is fine go to the light his wife is the parasite in his life she’s causing nightmares the woman in the furnace is the woman of his dreams his worm in the box is his dirty little secret you can experience the light and things you want but Henry is attached to his earthly wants the ugliness of the universe shows it’s face if you stay of you give up on your dreams you will become another object to be used someone will come along and steal your thoughts and get paid for it lust not fulfilled baby laughs kill what keeps you attached and you will obtain heaven See more Patricia P @STARLATINA 2d Eraserhead was very weird and confusing, but it also felt creative and interesting. The black-and-white style made the movie feel dark and scary. Some scenes were uncomfortable, and the sounds made the movie feel stressful. I think the film shows fear, loneliness, and pressure in adult life. Even though I did not understand every part, the movie stayed in my mind after it ended. See more Rebecca O. @Rebecca_Orona 4d Every time the scene of the weird lookin’ baby things, it reminded me of ET or a damn AirPod. See more Lorenzo G @garofalo_lor 6d Eraserhead feels less like a film to be interpreted than a nightmare of an anxiety attack. Lynch turns sex, birth, fatherhood, and domestic life into a landscape of industrial dread, where every room feels dingy and every sound suggests that something has gone wrong at the level of biological life itself. It never reduces its nightmare to a neat allegory. I don't see the child as just a symbol, but rather as an embodiment of responsibility, guilt, revulsion, and helpless attachment all at once. The whole film seems to ask what happens when adult life, instead of feeling like arrival, feels like biological entrapment. I appreciated how completely form and feeling merge. The almost perpetual mechanical hum, the shadows, the textures, the endless sense of damp decay, all of it turns Henry’s inner panic into a world. See more Shanneal M. @RT11059013 6d Eraserhead is honestly really weird and not what I expected from a 1970s movie at all. Directed by David Lynch, it feels more like a strange dream (or nightmare) than a normal film. The visuals and sounds are unsettling, and the story is confusing, but that’s kind of the point. It’s not something I’d usually watch, but it’s definitely unique and sticks with you after. See more Christazia J @RT53130700 May 1 There's something about this film that I really like. It's disturbing but I liked that about it. I can understand why this is not everyone's cup of tea. See more Read all reviews

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