Eraserhead
‘My original image was that of a man's head bouncing on the ground, being picked up by a boy and taken to a pencil factory.’ David Lynch had no idea where this image came from, but it nevertheless formed the basis for the film with which he broke through: Eraserhead, a piece of body horror as surreal as it is alienating and shocking. Besides directing, Lynch was also responsible for the production, editing and score. Consequently, it took him five years to complete the film. Initially, people didn't want to know about the film, but slowly it gained a huge cult status.
Henry Spencer lives in a dilapidated house in a desolate, industrial town. Unbeknownst to him, his girlfriend Mary has given birth to his child, a child with a very strange face who will not eat and cries incessantly. For Mary, it becomes too much; she leaves Henry and leaves the child with him. A curious bond develops between father and child.
