Interviews with the cast - ERASERHEAD

[@markandresen1]

Imagine shooting 'The Little House On The Prairie' by day and 'Eraserhead' by night. Nope. Neither can I.

[@Kjt853]

It seems like a “Lynchian” thing to do. 😅 (btw, I’ve thought the same thing myself!)

[@Johnconno]

It makes perfect sense given who's involved.

[@spankyx8606]

yeah, merlin oleson will mess you up.

[@zweddington]

I actually can. But then I do film and video for a living. The experience of filming things is very similar across different projects, no matter the subject matter. When I worked for Comcast, I was filming CEOs talking in a multi million dollar studio during the day, (even Steve Jobs one time), and then making documentaries about things like dumpster diving on nights and weekends. I also live in Philadelphia

[@kribke]

@@Kjt853 I was going to say, it's Lynch in a nutshell

[@chickmcgee1000]

When this film came out, my friends and I watched it in amazement the first time. The next few years, I don’t know how many times we all watched it. But there was something captivating about it. So glad I ran onto this this afternoon. I’ve already forwarded it to one of those friends. I know he will get a kick out of this.

[@verbalwright3887]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much for uploading this. Eraserhead is my favorite movie and I love learning about the history of the film and it's long production. This is great because there isn't too much in depth talk with the crew and cast because most of them are dead now. There is not much "Behind the Scenes" stuff because it was such an old, low budget movie. This has been a real treat. Thank you so much.

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

How David drew the intrest of these people and kept them in the project for 6 years....Individuals who became a creative family with the possibility of no real return for their hard work...Yet they saw that dreamy, disturbing beautiful quality of Davids...making madness normality in his vision of the world....He really was a singular art and talent and mind....none ever again like David Lynch....."In Heaven Everything is Fine.."

[@brianjay9811]

For me, Eraserhead was about deep fears and anxiety, especially pertaining to a man's experience with work, females, and babies. The baby part was truly fascinating. In an unconscious way, a newborn can appear hideous to a first time father. The infant's fragility, combined with an often odd shaped head, folds of new skin, oozing and eruptive fluids, rashes, terrible smells, and ear-shattering sounds can trigger a sense of repulsion and outright terror in a man. Though most males push through such feelings, it's interesting to note they actually do exist. Eraserhead pokes at the subconsciousness, in ways few films ever have. It was the work of a genius...

[@OhanaFilms]

Seeing this film as a suburban teenager changed my life. Those moments only happen a handful of times so I cherish it.

[@applejellypucci]

David's kindness to his cast and crew, for me, is the essence of what will be missed about Mr. Lynch. Art Life, forever.

[@jasonoldham1215]

Heard of this film for decades & finally watched a couple of years ago with a 103 fever & a head full of tussionex. It was a cinematic experience that I’ll never forget. The constant droan of factory machinery in the background.. it was something else.

[@nazfrde]

RIP Catherine Coulson. She was amazing. And of course RIP Jack and David.

[@pressureworks]

10 times the amount of people worked on this interview project than the amount of people who worked on Eraserhead.

[@benbrill3617]

When I think of how the movie affected me psychologically, to this day, I can’t imagine a child watching it, her brother was right to be ticked. The movie, the end result, was totally unique. Not sure how it affected others but to me it caused existential terror. Lynch, the mad genius (RIP).

[@alisonandresen1539]

I watched it as a child, I was eleven. My brother showed it to me at home. I was by myself, he left. I loved it.

[@benbrill3617]

That’s what makes Lynch movies great. How they affect people in different ways. I recall debating the meaning of Mulholland and Twin Peaks with friends for months. Those were the days. See Siskel and Ebert debate Blue Velvet, Ebert after years finally got Lynch's genius. Oh and while I'm here, I loved Lynch's Dune, make what you will of that.

[@lidbass]

@@benbrill3617 I also loved Dune. Yes, it's flawed, yes, I can see how it could be improved, but just the sheer courage of taking on a major film like that at that point in his career is worth the ticket money. Not to mention the design...

[@Jungleland33]

That film scared the bejaysus out of me when I saw it first in the 80s.

[@PerryLisa]

Yes, I was frightened by it, also, but that made me watch it many times, and with some that include abuse or torture, I cannot watch. Lynch, though, was a wonderful filmmaker. If you need something less nightmarish to prove that, see The Elephant Man, which was glorious. I have to say that the visuals always grab me, among other things. Lynch has always been a favorite of mine. His death is a sad loss for all of us as well as those who loved him.

[@oriraykai3610]

That's funny because I saw it as a droll comedy.

[@kipling1957]

Sound was an enormously important part of this movie and wasn’t mentioned at all.

[@davy_K]

I only noticed that when I saw it in the cinema years after watching it at home. Would have been good to hear about that but maybe lynch himself knew about it.

[@pikeflowed]

Pardon ? :P

[@casandrabullock9497]

I love the sound of this film. How cool is David Lynch to give royalties on a student film! Oh I will miss him! 🫴🏼☕🎬

[@casandrabullock9497]

​@@pikeflowedhello? Belltones?😉

[@pressureworks]

Yes it was briefly..for instance the sound of jumping off of the radiator.

[@shoebillsrcool]

David Lynch is a rare example of a person who has ZERO EGO. Eraserhead Forever ♾️

[@paulthew2]

Saw it when it first came out in one of Sydney's art house cinemas. Brilliant. Don't ask me what it's about, I have no idea, I just loved it.

[@cpt.indiglowanderlustIII]

In my life, i can honestly say, that there was a definitive B.E. and a definitive A.E. (Before Eraserhead) (After Eraserhead)

[@deeliciousplum]

Thank you for uploading this. A joy to listen to the experiences of the cast. A love from the 1980s brought me to see this film as it played at a Montréal repertory cinema. As far as I could see, the whole theatre left with a new outlook on art films. 📽

[@jesco_biafra]

Aw man I wish they'd filmed the scene of the Mary and Henry with the nurse!!

[@MickPosch]

Who would have thought that behind such a creepy movie there were such nice people...

[@sclogse1]

I had no idea the cinematographer also shot The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie. That amazes me.

[@nin114]

Yeah pretty wild. Worlds collide! What a time for films...

[@nickpemberton543]

Another director who was utterly unique, John Cassavetes.

[@moimoimoiiiiiii32221]

Thanks for uploading this. Very interesting.

[@randyj420]

Wonderful post/share! Thanks - great stuff. Rest EZ, maestro Lynch. Many forget how much of a painter and artist he was - his lifelong passion. Most things I see are on his films. But Criterion - currently - and 2 other sites are currently offerning "The Art Life" - a great doc about his art. There's a little bit at the end on Eraserhead - a couple great behind-the-scenes images, etc. - and some other stuff that touches on Eraserhead during the doc. Highly recommended.

[@TeslaTales59]

Great video! I still own the VHS and CD!

[@brianschwartz5357]

I never realized that Pete Martell was Jack…Amazing… this is why I love Lynch!

[@ohioskane363]

As a young woman I was always ambivalent about becoming a mother. Watching Eraserhead clinched that decision for me.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Imagine if every woman thought like that…if your own mother was a solipsistic cypher then you wouldn’t be here. Well um, Enjoy the endless trays of cat poop i guess.

[@shoresofpatmos]

Indeed. Creating someone is horrifying indeed.

[@ohioskane363]

@shoresofpatmos "They're still not sure if it is a baby!" 😳

[@brianschwartz5357]

The sound alone creeped me out!

[@SamSung-nf6tr]

I watched this movie one night when I couldn't sleep. It kept me awake

[@prakkari]

The eraserhead hairstyle later came to be Davids personal hairstyle it seems.

[@Bodyknowledge77]

I thought of Lindsey Buckingham when she mentioned musicians having the hairstyle. This was Mr Buckingham's do when he participated in the "We Are The World" session.

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Thanks so much. Great channel. 👍🏼

[@albertoamoruso7711]

Thank you! Now waiting for the YT copyright strikes to wear down

[@donsurlylyte]

there was a fringe of art in the late 70s that this all just fits right in with. there was something in the air, maybe smog.

[@ReallyVerySomething]

Wonderful film.

[@jeremyseymour7905]

Sure wish Jack were here in this great YT video. So sad..

[@misanthropiq]

Amazing people 🖤

[@jessicagilbert1974]

Charlotte Stewart aka Miss Beadle, I adore her❤

[@TheBeezusjones]

A.k.a. Mrs. Briggs❤❤❤

[@keatonthecretin3080]

You could say that during the filming of Eraserhead, at AFI, there would be trouble until the robins come

[@postrock12]

Damn,he had a really dedicated crew.

[@TheBeezusjones]

David is , at heart , an abstract artist ; the form is the content.

[@dadablue]

In heaven everything is fine

[@bcrater6400]

still got my VHS copy....and nobody's getting it....

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Me too!

[@lextron-audio]

Eraserhead completely opened my mind to the art of film and breaking conventions

[@brianfergus839]

11:39 of course David had a paper route in the middle of the night

[@absoluterefusal]

That was beautiful! Thank you!

[@RobertWinkelmann-e3z]

Micheal Landon by day, David Lynch by night. That had to be weird.

[@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz]

Thanks for uploading

[@ternovanimagery]

Excellent movie although dark and disturbing ...

[@champagnebulge1]

Don't know this movie at all but have heard a ton about it. Frankly every time I see that main star guy I think it's Randy Quaid.

[@TheLeevoy]

I am so incredibly happy this film got made.

[@cuda426hemi]

You could turn the picture off and just LISTEN to this movie and it would be almost as good. The audio is an important cast member in this trip, I mean film. 🎬

[@drmarkrieke]

Afternoon seeing this, I never wanted to have kids🤣

[@Vince-l4k]

They never repeat this film on TV since it was first shown

[@moonchildjs59]

Too bad they didn't talk about the making of the baby or the girl in the radiator. But I guess some things are better to stay a mystery than exposing it. One of the most important movies that are imprinted in my memories.

[@BurleyFuzz]

Imagine having to help your Director with his paper route for free, while making $25 a week! Maybe that was David's way of testing their loyalty to the project?

[@EricGray-zr2es]

That's the Dead Silence acteress, Judith Anna Roberts

[@leechild4655]

He got the idea to make this film from a time he happened to pick up a bible and reading a line in it. When asked later what the line was he had read he wouldnt say. Partly, or mostly, if he did it would take the sort of mystery of the film away and give it resolve, which he didn`t want. He wanted to leave it up to the viewer to come to their own idea of what the film was about. After seeing it myself a few times I think I know what it was about, although not sure what line in the bible he read that inspired him in the first place. If you were to ask me what I think it was about, I would refer to a line in an Eagles song Already Gone wherein it`s sung: `well often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key` That`s what it seemed to mean to me after a few times looking for some hidden meaning.

[@rosskstar]

Fascinating

[@jeremyseymour7905]

Movie changed my life fundamentally (I think. No...) My favorite DL film.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Shame they couldn’t interview goiter lady

[@rogkeista1]

what about the baby? Where did they get it from? What was it exactly?

[@TheoConway]

they shouldve interviewed it tbh

[@zampiangel3871]

THIS IS AWESOME

[@egx161]

I would have worked for David Lynch free of charge.

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

3 neckties 🤔 just wearing 1 is torture to me

[@mercster]

"I did Little House on the Prairie in the daytime, and Eraserhead at night." Well, that explains that!

[@pressureworks]

The Log Lady.

[@oriraykai3610]

I want to know if it was mocking "the patriarchy".

[@I_0..0_I]

Che bello, grazie :)

[@ethanwimsett]

Summary is at 21:02

[@guythecookingsam2588]

I had the argument with my English professor in college that was trying to tell us what a long dead poet meant . I just feel it meant something to them but put it out there for everyone to make it their own. I'm glad David stuck to that philosophy.

[@kevincarlson668]

Imagine breastfeeding the Eraserhead baby or changing its diaper.

[@michaelandrew964]

Meaning: sex-guilt nightmare?

[@buffplums]

A very strange film… saw it on Channel 4 and was instant.y depressed BUT a had to watch it to the end… think I’ve seen it a couple of times since… such a nightmarish experience

[@christianmoreton9326]

So nice to see Catherine Coulson out of character. Smiling.

[@webstercat]

One click away from going viral. < You are my target audience… Thank You

[@spiderbass65]

Worst movie I’ve ever seen.

[@kennysilvers-z4x]

One of the most boring and pointless movies ever...even on LSD

[@hanswissller]

I saw Eraserhead in the theater with my stepfather a few times between the ages 4 and 6 years old. I do think i may have experienced some damaging psychological effects from viewing it at such a young age. I remember lying in bed at night thinking about the movie and what I interpreted the plot to be about. I’m not quite sure how it effected me in the longterm but I wouldn’t recommend that parents take their young children to see the film. I believe it caused me to be a bit fearful of fatherhood, something I’ve not experienced for myself and am unlikely to at my age. The movie still churns up a lot of mixed emotions for me although I’ve only watched clips recently and haven’t watched it in its entirety since I was 6 years old. It was also strange seeing it with my stepfather at the time because he was a new person to me and hadn’t children of his own till I was almost a teenager among other reasons. I saw a lot of other weird movies as a kid too. I can’t say there were any quite as strange as this one though.

[@albertoamoruso7711]

Yes, that's certainly not a movie for kids.

[@ootfan5]

My dad showed it to me around 12 or 13. I can distinctly remember being uncomfortable and weirded out and I can remember asking him to turn it off towards the end when the baby gets sick.

[@Grindstaff09]

My goodness!! You saw it several times?

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

This is one of the few films I was never able to fully get through because of the baby.

[@jasondelvaux3036]

My daughter didn't like it -- though she adores Twin Peaks -- but she wasn't negatively affected by it. But she's very strange already, like her dad. She's very artistic, too.

[@Aspiring-Hobo]

I never connected the Mary actress was also on LHOTP, I watched both=. The teacher right? Mrs. Whoever

[@gasparucciox9706]

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