Eraserhead

[HMC]

<p>First off, has anyone actually seen this movie? It's kind of obscure.<br>
Anyway, the film is the subject of fierce debate over its intended meaning- much like the meaning of life (yes, it is that deep). One scene, in particular has been giving me a hard time in interpreting its metaphorical undertones. I'll give you the background:</p>

<p>Henry is this guy living in a dystopian landscape amid the reckage of urban decay and the constant humming of machines. He receives a dinner invitation from a girlfriend whom he hasn't seen in a while (and who he thought had broken ties with him). He accepts the invitation and arrives at her parents' house for dinner that night. [This is around where the scene is]. Soon he finds out she had just conceived a mutated, reptilian-like baby after an extremely short pregnancy. It turns out to be his as well and he is obligated to marry her. </p>

<p>Here's the link to the scene in which he is asked to cut the dinner meat. I have no idea what it means and I probably don't want to. Tell me if you have any thoughts:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twR7brgBXoE%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twR7brgBXoE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck with that</p>

[Drew00]

<p>GREAT MOVIE. David Lynch is a god.</p>

[Fides_et_Ratio]

<p>ERASERHEAD is a must-see. I bought my DVD copy direct from DavidLynch.com when the site first went up. </p>

<p>The story behind the film is pretty cool, too. Lynch made it for around $20,000 over a period of six or seven years, while he worked full-time at a key-makers booth. Apparently he was pretty depressed!</p>

[HMC]

<p>yeah, I also heard that near the end of filming, Lynch had to get a paper route to fund the thing.</p>