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David Lynch
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David Lynch's Eraserhead
"A dream of dark and troubled things"--Container.
DVD-Video discs
"A dream of dark and troubling things ... David Lynch{u2019}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.
Rapports d'un homme et d'un horrible foetus.
A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The extraordinary special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own.
Didactic drama
Fiction films
Eraserhead is David Lynch's first full-length feature film and was completed over a 5 year period between 1972 and 1976. His post-apocalyptic, dystopian, nightmare vision has amazed and disturbed audiences for over 30 years. In 2000 Lynch underwent the painstaking process of cleaning, restoring and remastered the film frame-by-frame in order to 'obtain the best image and sound quality possible'. The result brings a brand new dimension to a 'cult-classic' that will continue to astonish audiences and dumbfound critics.
Digitally remixed in dolby stereo, experience the perfect nightmare of David Lynch's horrific masterpiece. The film remains as nightmarish, powerful and disturbing as ever.
Eraserhead = Cabeza borradora
A nightmare in Black and White, a surreal mixture of horror fantasy and Blac comedy.
Bizarre and startling film in which special effects create an eerie dream-like world with a logic all its own. Henry is the nerdish central character who shares a dark, squalid apartment with an equally strange girl who gives birth to a horrific monster baby. Other characters include a weird next-door seductress and a singing blonde girl who lives behind the radiator.
Lime green set
"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"--Imdb.com.
Experimental films
Surrealistisch horrordrama over de toenemende ruis in de binnen- en buitenwereld van een jonge vader.
Upon learning that a past romance has resulted in an impending pregnancy, a man agrees to wed the mother-to-be and moves her into his apartment. Their baby is born mutated, a reptilian creature whose cries never cease. She soon flees, leaving him to fall prey to the seduction of the girl across the hall.
An obscure man with a vertical head of hair is living with his spaced-out girlfriend and their fetus-like child. By the end of the film, Henry is decapitated and processed into erasers in this bizarre horror film which closely approaches a nightmare.
Een zachtaardige man zorgt voor een monsterlijk, vroeg geboren organisme en droomt van de zingende vrouw achter de radiator.
The first film by director David Lynch tells the story of Henry, a zombie-like, alienated and sexually retarded misfit, living in a weird decaying industrial city, his weird girlfriend (and her family who are even weirder) and their half-human monster offspring. The film is full of surreal, nightmarish tangents. It an unclassifiable film of mood and texture rather than linear narrative. Horror is mixed with black comedy and science fiction conventions in a nasty and grotesque fantasy.
Harry Spencer (Jack Nance) è un tipografo solitario e non del tutto giusto che vive, poco piacevolmente, in un desolato appartamento nei sobborghi di una grande città. Costretto a sposare la fidanzata Mary (Charlotte Stewart) rimasta incinta, vede che la progenie è una specie di mostro. Ma questo non è che l'inizio. (Mymovies).
Henry Spencer est fiancé à Mary, qui accouche d'un bébé au corps enveloppé de bandes avec une tête monstrueuse et un cou décharné. Cet étrange bébé pleure sans arrêt. À bout de nerfs, Mary s'en va. Henry rêve devant son radiateur d'une femme qui chante une rengaine insipide puis il fait l'amour dans son lit devenu liquide avec sa voisine. Réveillé, il tue le monstre dont le corps ne cesse dès lors de grossir.
A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous.
Video recordings
Henry, alienated and sexually retarded, living in a weird decaying industrial city, fathers a monster of a child in this unclassifiable film of mood and texture rather than linear narrative. Black comedy is mixed with horror and science fiction conventions in a nightmarish fantasy.
Henry, un joven deprimido y asustadizo sufre desde pequeño unas extrañas pesadillas de las que intenta liberarse a través de su imaginación. Pronto verá que su hijo recién nacido es un ser monstruoso.
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.
Dans une ville oppressante, Henry Spencer mène une vie sans histoire. Jusqu'au jour où sa femme Mary met au monde un bébé monstrueux, dont la tête difforme dépasse les langes, et qui pleure sans arrêt. Mary s'en va, à bout de nerf, Henry se retrouve seul. Dans les moments de répit que lui laisse l'enfant tombé malade, il rêve devant son radiateur d'une femme au visage étrange qui chante une rengaine insipide. Revenant à lui, il décide d'en finir avec le bébé....
Horror films
Feature films
Eraserhead
The first film by director David Lynch tells the story of a zombie-like misfit, his weird girlfriend (and her family who are even weirder) and their half-human offspring. The film is full of surreal, nightmarish tangents.
Experimental
Eraserhead DVD 2000
Dans une ville oppressante, Henry Spencer mène une vie sans histoire. Jusqu'au jour où sa femme Mary met au monde un bébé monstrueux... Ayant nécessité cinq ans de tournage, le premier long métrage de David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Sailor & Lula, Blue Velvet...) est un film expérimental fascinant extrêmement abouti. Son univers étrange et cauchemardesque, ses décors industriels influencés la ville de Philadelphie et sa bande-son bizarre en font un classique absolu du cinéma fantastique dont chaque visionnage renouvelle l'interprétation.
"Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child" -- IMDB summary for title, viewed on January 15, 2014.
Eraserhead (Motion picture)
Fiction. Fantastique. Henry Spencer est abandonné par son amie Mary X qui a donné naissance à un étrange bébé prématuré, fruit de leur union. Assailli par cette nouvelle réalité, il s'enfonce dans un univers fantasmatique. Il contemple la "dame du radiateur" et rêve que son cerveau sert à la fabrication de gommes à effacer. Excédé, Henry est appelé à commettre un acte délirant. Avec John Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts.
Henry Spencer, un joven deprimido y asustadizo, sufre desde pequeño unas extrañas pesadillas de las que intenta liberarse a través de su imaginación. Cuando un día Henry es invitado a cenar a casa de su amiga Mary, se entera de que ha sido padre de un bebe prematuro e inhumano. Mary y el extraño bebé se instalan en casa de Henry, donde un escenario iluminado tras el radiador revela la presencia de una mujer
Henry shares a dark, squalid apartment with an equally strange girl who gives birth to a horrific monster baby. Other characters include a weird next-door seductress and a singing blonde girl who lives behind the radiator.
The nightmarish tale of a young man living in an industrial wasteland coming to grips with parenthood.
Follows Henry Spencer on a surreal journey of sex, parenthood, and yearning.
Fantasy films
Drama
A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is ther nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby.
Un collage cauchemardesque d'images qui mélange le grotesque et l'absurde, profondément dérangeant et obscurément amusant. Henry habite dans un appartement sordide avec une fille étrange et leur bébé monstrueux. Les effets spéciaux extraordinaires créent un monde étrange et irréel avec une logique qui lui est propre.
In David Lynch's "dream of dark and troubling things," Henry is left alone in his apartment to care for his deformed baby and has a series of strange encounters with the beautiful girl across the hall and the woman living in his radiator.
A David Lynch fantasy-nightmare in which a man with odd hair spawns a chicken not even a mother could love. English language track.
"Dans une ville industrialisée et polluée, où l'on mange des poulets aux réactions étranges, les enfants naissent malformés. Henry Spencer est fiancé à Mary, qui accouche d'un bébé au corps enveloppé de bandes avec une tête monstrueuse et un cou décharné. Cet étrange bébé pleure sans arrêt. À bout de nerfs, Mary s'en va. Henry s'échappe de cet univers par le rêve, en fantasmant sur sa voisine et en voyant apparaître une chanteuse dans le radiateur. Il ne tarde pas à sombrer dans la folie."--Site commeaucinema.com, visionné le 11 septembre 2013.
"Cult"--Film over een jongeman die vader is van een gedrochtelijk kind.
Eraserhead is a bizarre and startling film that defies categorization; a nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The extraordinary special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own.
Feature film from the USA. Horror. Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant.
Surrealist films
Short films
"Henry, un joven deprimido y asustadizo sufre desde pequeño unas extrañas pesadillas de las que intenta liberarse a través de su imaginación. Pronto verá que su hijo recién nacido es un ser monstruoso"
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