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Eraserhead is now the single most bizarre film that I have ever seen. Eraserhead has dethroned The Fountain from that spot. It is a film that is filled with a very complex story that is very hard to follow. It is one of those films that some people probably wouldn't like very much because of that. There are people who do appreciate this film because of the art of the film and the way it is filmed as well. I thought it was filmed really well in a very extraordinary way but I just couldn't follow this film at all. Eraserhead is probably the most unrealistic film I've ever watched because of the fantasy/horror/sci-fi story regarding a mutant baby. It is very slow and eerie in a lot of angles but is too bizarre. If the story was a bit easier to understand then I would have liked it more.
Jack Nance was cool as Henry Spencer. It is like all of the events that occur in the film are in his mind. Spencer's hair within the film is the best feature he could have had and that David Lynch could have thought of as well. This film is very well thought of inside Lynch's imagination. Lynch's Eraserhead is like Burton's Edward Scissorhands apart from that Eraserhead is a sci-fi horror film whereas Edward Scissorhands isn't. I admire directors who come up with a story out of their mind and express it in a film.
Eraserhead is a film that I thought was way too complex for my liking. It is beautifully filmed with fantastic cinematography, art direction and visual effects but as I said I couldn't get the hang of the story and I guess I just felt really loose with it because I didn't know what to expect from this. Out of the Lynch films that I have seen I prefered The Elephant Man, Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet over this one a lot more. They are all different stories but all are filmed in a typical Lynch sort of way. I think if I watch again in the future I might like it more.
6/10
