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Eraserhead (1977)
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown round #2”. Read more about that here. Tetsuo You won't read many reviews of this film without mention of Lynch and Cronenberg. Lynch because the industrial black and white feel is reminiscent of Eraserhead. And Cronenberg because of the machine body transformation and sexual stuff. If those two things along with a penchant for some of the more extreme aspects of Japanese culture appeal to you, then check out Tetsuo. If not, then don't even bother. I found it curious but not especially inspiring, but at just a little over an hour long it wasn't too much of a waste to find out what all the fuss was about. Rating: 6/10 "
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A strange comparison
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"I recently saw Eraserhead, after months of waiting for it come back into stock on Amazon.com, and I loved it. It was, without a doubt, the strangest film I've ever seen, surpassing anything I've seen as of yet by far. I watched it with my sister, and she was actually disturbed for several days after watching it and I felt really bad...especially since I found it so amazing. Throughout the film, I kept thinking whether or not it was good that I saw the extremely similar Pi before I had seen Eraserhead. Pi is a very obvious tribute to this movie in more ways than one, and in more ways than the extremely obvious black and white (15mm?) film and the general surreal, bizarre tones. Both films are centered around a misfit, probably early 20s, disillusioned male in worlds and societies that neither of them can really even begin to understand. They both live in small, secluded inner-city apartments with very sexy neighbors that they are obviously very attracted to but are too scared t ... "
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"Non-narrative movies are often such a personal experince it's hard to review them. They are so dependant on personal preferance and style that it's often hard to discuss there merits in the written word. For example, from what I had heard about it, I thought that I would find Koyaaisqatsi boring, but upon veiwing it, I thought it was a masterpiece. As a fan of David Lynch and surrealism in general, I thought I would love Eraserhead but ended up just liking it. How do I describe it? Shot in blue tinted black-and-white, the film is apparently about birth and infancy. The small bit of a story concerns Henry (Jack Nance) who has gotten his girlfriend (Charlotte Stewart) pregnant, although Henry is showing giving "birth". Their baby, born premutre, looks similer to the creature that jumped out of John Hurt's stomach in Alien, only uglier. Most of the film is just series of a surreal images, many of them involving early stage fetus-like creatures. Although the movie is never bori ... "
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Happy Pi day!
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"First of all, I would like to say that Pi Day is the worst holiday ever created, and I hope the creators of it die a terrible death (well, maybe not that bad, but I hope they at least get crapped on by a bird). However, since I recently saw Darren Aronofsky's outstanding film Pi, I figured that this holiday was good for something and that I would write something about it.As you can see, I did a recent post on another of Aronofsky's films, The Fountain, and as you can see, I was not a huge fan of it. As a result, I didn't have enormous expectations in seeing this movie. I mean, I remember that Requiem for a Dream was very good, but I saw that about three years ago, and I only saw the R-rated version, not the full one.Anyways, I found Pi to be an absolutely amazing movie. I was actually convinced of how much I was going to like it by the haunting techno music playing while on the menu screen of the DVD.Sean Gullette is surprisingly good as the lead character, a math g ... "
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Eraserhead vs. Pi
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"I just watched David Lynch's Eraserhead for the first time tonight. I found myself drawing many comparisons to Daren Aronofsky's Pi. There is the obvious link that they are both filmed in black and white. However the use of sound or noise to fill the empty void is in both films. The white out is in both. The sultry neighbor also present in both pieces. There is a unity in the grotequeness of the pictures with the dipection of the "baby" in Eraserhead being dicected, and the brain on the subway in PI. There is a drilling into the skull in each picture. A mechainacal devation in both.I enjoyed Pi more, but have tremendous respect for the work of David Lynch and his first feature seems to have been apperciated (copied) by many of the top directors working today. "
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David Lynch classic!
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"You can definately tell this is the work of David Lynch, apart from the credits at the beginning, it is surreal, bizarre, and weird! "
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"Eraserhead is more than just a film. It's an experience. It's one of those films that it all depends on how and where you see it that decides your reaction to the film. Which is why I find Eraserhead to be one of the scariest films ever made. If you get a chance, see this film in a theatre late at night, or on a good T.V. with a good sound system. This film is way more than just sitting down and watching a film. It's a film that has to be seen in a good environment. So, what other films are affected by where you see them? For one you have to see how the film is shot. The recent film Children of Men is pretty much universally adored by film fans is a film that doe not have the same affect when being watched on a T.V. The film is shot for theaters and the full affect of the climatic 10 minute uncut action sequence isn't half as effective when seen on a T.V. So, for a simple blog entry tonight I say this. If you know you're going to go see a film the audience matte ... "
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I've Never Seen anything Like It
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"I remember that I had seen this in the Artsy Movie Theater when I was in High School, they re-released it in 1984 so I saw it on the big screen in Kansas City. Of course THEN I just thought it was totally insane and was just a screwed up Art Film. But now I realize that it was symbolic of how a man feels trapped and how he wants release, etc. etc. I loved the little radiator Marilyn Monroe with the Califlower Cheeks that just kept singing over and over. The little Dinasaur baby was kind of sad... One of the things I do remember after the movie was over, everyone in the theater was silent and just turned and looked at the person sitting beside them, that was classic. It is a VERY original and different kind of film. I think people should watch it just because it IS so different. "
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Dark Water
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"Caught this one on Sundance the other afternoon after work purely by chance. I'm not a very big 'horror' fan, and I'm sure this would disappoint the 'blood and guts' crowd. I like a movie that can get under your skin with a suggestion of terror rather than the full fledged hatchet to the forehead. Creepy and atmospheric, with some great soundtrack music and sound effects which squeezes a lot of mileage out of a drippy spot on the ceiling and a child's little red plastic purse. I haven't seen the remake that came out this past summer, but I heard it was pretty soggy (don't you love movies that write their own reviews? - "all wet", "all washed up", "limp as a wet dishrag"). Other recommendations of good creepy psychological thrillers: Repulsion, The Others, Eraserhead, The Haunting, Rosemary's Baby "
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Industrial Nightmare
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"Incredible film about suffocating city life. A must for B&W fans and sound nuts. Check it out for the crazy effects ranging from a hideous mutant baby, a dancing bean/worm, mini-chickens that don't want to be eaten, and a disfigured woman who lives in the radiator (who sings about Heaven). "
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