Eraserhead: Oh, I Don't Know Much Of Anything
Henry Spencer...trapped in a hell of his own design Written & Directed by: David Lynch Original Release Date: March 19, 1977 Thoughts on Eraserhead While I'm actually old enough (sigh) to remember when David Lynch's “Eraserhead” was new, I didn't really discover his work until a little later in life. I'd read various articles and pieces on “Eraserhead”, back when no one really had any idea who Lynch was or what he was about. “Sci-fi”, “horror”, “midnight movie fare”, even in those days no one could resist trying to pigeonhole it. I watched it when it was first released on DVD and my initial reaction was, of course, “what the hell was that?”. Like with much of Lynch's work, however, certain details reveal themselves upon repeated viewings, thus I took another trip through Henry Spencer's dark and twisted reality just to see what my impression was all these years later. Knowing a bit more now regarding David Lynch than I knew during my ...