DVD
Eraserhead
Call Number
- DVD SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (WSQ)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Laurel Near, Jeanne Bates, Allen Joseph, Judith Anna Roberts.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (89 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (63 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that is inescapable, Henry Spencer lives in a building that, like all the others, appears to be abandoned. The lights flicker on and off, he has bowls of water in his dresser drawers, and for his only diversion he watches and listens to the Lady in the Radiator sing about finding happiness in heaven. Henry has a girlfriend, Mary X, who has frequent spastic fits. Mary gives birth to Henry's child, a frightening looking mutant, which leads to the injection of all sorts of sexual imagery into the depressive and chaotic mix.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director David Lynch ; "Eraserhead" stories, a 2001 documentary by Lynch on the making of the film ; new 2K digital restorations of six short films by Lynch: Six men getting sick (1967), The alphabet (1968), The grandmother (1970), The amputee, version 1 and version 2 (1974), and Premonitions following an evil deed (1995), all with video introductions by Lynch ; new documentary featuring interviews with actors Charlotte Stewart and Judith Roberts, assistant to the director Catherine Coulson, and cinematographer Frederick Elmes ; archival interviews with Lynch and members of the cast and crew ; trailer.