Zone1 Happy Birthday to David Lynch..................

[bluzman61]

The famed director turns 77 years of age today.

 

[strollingbones]

damn i wasnt aware he was still alive....he did some weird shit....i cant make it thru easerhead

 

[1srelluc]

His Eraserhead was the biggest pile of hot steaming garbage I ever had the misfortune to watch.

That said he more than made up for it with The Elephant Man.

Then he screwed the pooch with the remake of Twin Peaks.....More hot steaming garbage.

 

[luiza]

Eraserhead -- not an easy watch but worth revisiting , imho .

The ending to this David Lynch movie is as surreal and symbolic as everything that comes before it. Eventually, Henry removes the baby's bandages and finds that the baby doesn't have skin. Its internal organs spill out, and — frustrated and horrified — he cuts its organs with the scissors. A series of disturbing images follow, ending in a warm embrace from Erasherhead's Lady in the Radiator.
it's possible to see the baby as a representation of Henry's fear of fatherhood. Based on Lynch's work and style, this sort of interpretation is likely — and it's also much less disturbing than taking Eraserhead's events in a more literal way.


Through this kind of figurative lens, when Henry kills the baby, he's not literally doing so, but killing his fear. He then embraces the Lady in the Radiator, who is his happiness (more specifically the kind of happiness that can be attained by a parent who finally learns to embrace the terrifying vulnerability and uncertainty of their new role). In this way, the true meaning of Eraserhead may very well be about living in a world of fear, with the David Lynch plot conveying that escape from such emotions is possible.

 

[strollingbones]

blue velvet was kick ass however

 

[luiza]

blue velvet was kick ass however

Am relieved to hear that .

Elizabet Taylor was such a good looking young woman .

 

[Michelle420]

I'm very upset with David Lynch.