Growing up, I never understood why people loved Eraserhead. I was a Lynch fan, but I kept to his safe movies like Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man. I had a copy of Eraserhead but I never watched it. I'm into weirder stuff now.
I produce a daily video web series called Ricky Shore Sings the Blues. I edit and upload a new episode every night before I go to bed, and I need something to play on the TV in the background. I put in Eraserhead, mute the sound, and listen to music while I edit. I'll look up every now and again and watch a minute of the movie. It's black and white, not much happens, most of it is pretty, it relaxes me. A TV screen is like a canvas, something to look at in a person's home. The beautiful thing about TVs is people can change the image they look at. Probably why flat screens are more popular than paintings. Too bad but oh well.
Someone said to me, "The only movie that's ever scared me was Eraserhead." I don't get that. The baby is gross, sure, and there are a few disturbing images if you look at them cock eyed, but for the most part, Eraserhead is harmless. There's nothing scary about it. It's funny. Or sad.
Bruce Mculloch from Kids in the Hall wrote a song about how sometimes he likes to hole himself up in his apartment for a week with the shades drawn and do nothing but order pizza, get drunk, and watch Eraserhead. So I'm not the only person.
No comments:
Post a Comment