Eraserhead Stories

2001

Action / Documentary

4
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 653 653

Plot summary

David Lynch discusses the making of the film "Eraserhead."

Director

Top cast

David Lynch as Self
Jack Nance as Self / Henry Spencer
720p.BLU
783.52 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
29.97 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Michael_Elliott

Lynch on Eraserhead

Eraserhead Stories (2001) *** (out of 4) Back in the day David Lynch was releasing several of his films onto DVD through himself and this "documentary' was produced to go along with the release of ERASERHEAD. I'm not sure if documentary is the correct word to use but we've basically got Lynch talking about how the film got made and how it eventually became a cult favorite.We start off with Lynch talking about his film school, his grant through the AFI and then how he ended up leaving film school. From here we get into the production of ERASERHEAD and we pretty much go through every aspect of its production. We hear some pretty bizarre stories throughout including one dealing with the legendary director buying a dead cat to explore. Some of the best stuff comes towards the end when Lynch talks about a failed Cannes screening as well as the film becoming a favorite on the midnight circle.
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Reviewed by Woodyanders 8 / 10

Lots of interesting stories

Leave in to the ever-atypical David Lynch to make a strange and unconventional, but still engrossing and illuminating sort of retrospective documentary on the making of his debut feature "Eraserhead." Basically an extended interview with Lynch along with plenty of behind the scenes still and a few clips, among the things we learn are that Lynch got the idea for the movie from the industrial landscape in Philadelphia, lead actor Jack Nance was recommended by a friend (of course, we also get the straight dope on Nance's highly distinctive haircut), Lynch almost didn't cast Jeanne Bates because he thought she looked too beautiful, a scene with a nurse in a hospital basement that was never shot, a disastrous screening for Cannes, and how the picture eventually became a huge success on the midnight movie cinema circuit. By far some of the best anecdotes shared by Lynch pertain to cinematographer Herbert Cardwell, who sadly died in his sleep at the too young age of thirty-five. Lynch's stories about first arriving in Los Angeles and attending the American Film Institute are also cool and enjoyable to hear about while his dead cat anecdote rates as super freaky and alarming stuff. Worth a watch for fans of the film.

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