Eraserhead (1977)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

David Lynch

Guionista:

David Lynch (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 septiembre 1979 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Fantasía | Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

In Heaven Everything Is Fine.

Plot:

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Plot Keywords:

Factory | Radiator | Apartment | Imagery | Mutant Baby

Premios:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not really a movie in the classic sense...

Reparto

Jack Nance	...	Henry Spencer (as John Nance)
Charlotte Stewart	...	Mary X
Allen Joseph	...	Mr. X
Jeanne Bates	...	Mrs. X
Judith Roberts	...	Beautiful Girl Across the Hall (as Judith Anna Roberts)
Laurel Near	...	Lady in the Radiator
V. Phipps-Wilson	...	Landlady (long version)
Jack Fisk	...	Man in the Planet
Jean Lange	...	Grandmother
Thomas Coulson	...	The Boy
John Monez	...	Bum
Darwin Joston	...	Paul
T. Max Graham	...	The Boss (as Neil Moran)
Hal Landon Jr.	...	Pencil Machine Operator
Jennifer Chambers Lynch	...	Little Girl (as Jennifer Lynch)

También conocida como:

Eraserhead 2000 (USA) (DVD box title)
Gardenback (USA) (original script title)
Cabeza borradora (Argentina) (video title) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

89 min | USA:108 min (approx.) (premiere version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby (re-release) | Mono (original release)

Clasificación:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | Singapore:PG | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Denmark:7 | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Portugal:M/16 | Chile:14 | UK:18 (video rating: 1986) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Ireland:18 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Québec)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Compañía:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Trivialidades:

To date David Lynch has refused to say a word about the film in any kind of public forum, preferring that viewers make up their own minds about what it all means. The only comment he’s made is on the 2000 DVD release of the film. He states that no one has come close to the true meaning of the film.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Camera shadow visible as it tracks in to the light towards the end of the film.

Citas:

[first lines]
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall: Are you Henry?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (1984)

Banda de Sonido:

In Heaven

Not really a movie in the classic sense...

I've watched Eraserhead countless times. In theaters. Off of the infamous Japanese-subtitled VCR copy. Off of the recent Lynch re-release. From around the late 70s onward. Yes, that long.

I have friends who won't let me recommend movies to them any more.

Anyway, the capsule summary, "Can't be summarized," is pretty close.

First, it is not a movie. It is not a film.

It is a piece of art.

All of the comments I read that attempt to describe it as a movie fail for precisely that reason. If you read the ones that can handle it, they handle it as an art review.

So don't even think of it as a movie. Don't recommend it as a movie. It doesn't work.

I'll also admit that I sat in a haze for decades, absorbed in the imagery. In awe of the impressions. And finally, an image crystallized, an image of what this was a portrait of. (And, of course, I expect this image may change with repeated viewings...) And as I watch it, with this in mind, a continuity appears.

We are living in hell, we just don't realize it.