Eraserhead (1977) – WTF?
It’s not often I find myself doze off and wake up crying during a movie. But David Lynch’s Eraserhead manages it. Multiple times.
Lizard babies and broulesque dancers
A half man/half moon walks for about 15-20 minutes to reach the dinner party of his ex-inlaws. After the rather boring party he is giving custody of a lizard baby. He takes it home, puts it to bed, and listens to the ugly lizard baby sounds it makes. Then the neighbour girl comes by. They yell at each other. She leaves. And he continues to listen to the ugly lizard baby sounds. Then a fat broulesque dancer gives him a little show in the radiator oven. Then he listens to the ugly lizard baby sound some more. And then he kills the baby.
Unfortunately this wasn’t a short synopsis. This was a complete summary; in detail.
Crime against humanity
To even remotely suggest that anyone should see this movie would be a crime against humanity. Watching this movie is like watching really boring paint dry. While it makes anoying lizard baby sounds.
But what am I saying. This is an ‘art movie’, or at least, that’s what it tries to be. But in my opinion this is as much art as a poodle leaving diarrea on the carpet. I don’t care what the intentions are, it’s still crap.
I’d rather have Josef Fritzl babysitting my children than having to watch this movie again.
Tags: diarrea, half man/half moon, Josef Fritzl, lizard baby, Lynch