Eraserhead

Okay, so recently I removed "The Wailing" from my top 4 favorite movies, not because it wasn't a masterpiece, but because I had no emotional attachment to it, and don't think I'd ever rewatch it. I wanted a film that I connected with on a spiritual and emotional level. I rewatched films that I thought could be it, "Eyes Without A Face," "The Skin I Live In", and while those were briefly the #4 spot, I eventually removed both of them. I had a serious dilemma of whether to keep "The Skin I Live In" or not, but I ultimately decided to remove it, as I wasn't as captivated by it on a rewatch, not even a fourth of the amount I was on the first watch. I removed "Eyes Without A Face" because while being poetic and elegant and having a dreamlike poetic tone I love, it didn't connect with me emotionally, and it's not something I'm gushing over, and plus, I think I was focusing so much on the idea loving it and it being my fourth favorite that I didnt even focus on actually loving it. Then comes Eraserhead, a film I saw probably around a year ago. When I first saw it, I absolutely loved it. It's everything I love about cinema, its thought provoking with rich social commentary, it's elegant and poetic in a rough way, and it's dreamlike. I am not going to bother giving my interpretations of this film since there are a like gazillion ways you could interpret this film, and nobody truly knows. I think I could see myself rewatching this film every so often; after all, that's a deciding factor of whether it should stay in my top four or not. Here are my thoughts on the movie itself: this is a masterpiece of sound, and the audio itself feels like a separate yet unified piece of art, and the audio feels like a dreamscape itself. This is also a film I can't ever imagine being in color, and I usually gravitate towards films in color, but I just can't imagine a world where this is in color. It EXTREMELY adds to the vibe and thematic content. I think the film's extremely slow pacing isn't a negative because even that fucking adds to the themes. This is one of the most well-thought-out films thematically I've seen. This film feels like a nightmare. I also fucking love social commentary and themes, and this movie dials that up to the extremes, giving us one of the most thematically rich experiences you can find anywhere. I also love how the world is here is also so easy yet so hard to get immersed in. The directing, cinematography, and camera work, mwah, perfecto, it just adds to the themes so well too. It also just feels so personal, and I fucking love it when a film just feels so personal to its creator, and like it had an unheard of amount of care, love, and effort put into it. I also love how every single person who interprets this movie will come out with a totally different interpretation. I truly hope I don't just edit this review later, edit out all the parts where I say I put it in my favorites as #4, since this is truly a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. I admire this film like no other! I truly hope this one sticks as my #4. I think I know I truly think this is my #4 because I wrote this long of a review for it, as my other reviews for Eyes Without A Face and The Skin I Live In weren't even close to this length.