Friday 1 February 2008

Eraserhead






Eraserhead is a 1970s horror film by David Lynch. Lynch himself describes the film as a "dream of dark and troubling things." From the video you can see that it is completely surreal and I would describe it as the closet thing to a nightmare. It does not seem to have a linear plot and there have been many different interpretations of the film.

Eraserhead is considered a difficult film to understand and is open to various interpretations. For example, the review at DVD Verdict offers at least three interpretations.[3] The story does not have a strictly linear plot, it is punctuated with fantasy/dream sequences of differing lengths, and the boundary between these sequences and the primary narrative strand is often blurred. Many have interpreted it as a visual-sound experience rather than a narrative or story, a film that is more about conveying a very specific and powerful mood and atmosphere. In an interview on the cleaned and remastered edition of the film (2006), Lynch said he has yet to read an interpretation of the film that is the same as his own.
(wikipedia.org)

There is a specific scene, included in this video, which shows a woman singing 'In Heaven'. The song is happy yet when it is played in this slightly strange, dark situation it becomes eerie and really adds to the disturbing feel of the film.

Eraserhead has a very powerful atmosphere and feel to it. This is what we are trying to create in our video. There will not be a narrative, we are attempting to blur the boundaries of dream and reality.

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