David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty.
In an industrial town, Henry (Jack Nance) lives in an abandoned building amidst constant noise and smoke. He finds solace in the Lady in the Radiator’s (Laurel Near) music. His girlfriend, Mary X (Charlotte Stewart), has fits and gives birth to a terrifying mutant child, injecting sexual imagery into the chaotic mix.
With its mesmerising black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film.
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