Eraserhead

I was grinning ear-to-ear when I was showing people this tonight. I was very happy. Yay!This is one of those movies that I could write an entire essay over, but I don't particularly have the time too. There are definitely parts of this movie that are slow, and some of the practical effects (apart from the baby which still looks incredible), are more noticeable now, but I feel that Lynch's style makes this movie stand out as one of my favorites. The way Lynch captures this pseudo apocalyptic world is horrifying, clever, and dryly hilarious. The way this movie captures paranoia is so uncomfortable, using eerie sound design that highly juxtaposed each other, which I felt made Henry's descent into madness more believable. I don't say this lightly: Jack fucking Nance. Its a shame he died so unexpectedly the way he did, because he understands Lynch so well. He gets across Henry's awkwardness while balancing the confusion his character faces. This movie feels like it came from another planet, depicting a world of hell. A hell only David Lynch could have care packaged us. Its not my favorite Lynch film, but its definitely his most quintessential.