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A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
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- TriviaWhen hired by Mel Brooks and Stuart Cornfeld to direct The Elephant Man (1980), David Lynch showed this film to producer Jonathan Sanger, who initially had optioned the script, as he still wasn't convinced that Lynch was right for the job. This convinced him otherwise, as it showed that Lynch not only could make a surreal nightmare but also an emotionally affecting film.
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Interesting forerunner to Eraserhead
Long-time Lynch collaborator Jack Nance once said that watching The Grandmother was like spending half an hour in the electric chair. Mixing live action (both colour and black & white) with animation, along with a dark & unsettling soundscape created by Alan Splet (still Lynch's sound designer today, three decades later), the film is an intensely disturbing experience.
The Grandmother deals with the story of a boy, abused by his brutal, animal-like parents, who grows himself a kindly grandmother in the attic.
Although it does suffer from a certain 'student film' feeling, this half-hour short is a must-see for all fans of David Lynch, particularly those who admire the stark & surreal world of Eraserhead. One can definitely see the genesis of Lynch's next film within it.
The Grandmother deals with the story of a boy, abused by his brutal, animal-like parents, who grows himself a kindly grandmother in the attic.
Although it does suffer from a certain 'student film' feeling, this half-hour short is a must-see for all fans of David Lynch, particularly those who admire the stark & surreal world of Eraserhead. One can definitely see the genesis of Lynch's next film within it.
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- Michael_Cronin
- Oct 19, 2003
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- Runtime34 minutes
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