Eraserhead

Author

David Lynch

Call Number

• BLU-RAY SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved Blu-ray 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

1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (63 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"A dream of dark and troubling things... David Lynch's 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director David Lynch, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack ; "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.