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A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Eraserhead (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Absurda (Firm)
Other Authors: Lynch, David, 1946-, Nance, Jack, Stewart, Charlotte, 1941-, Joseph, Allen, Bates, Jeanne, Roberts, Judith Anna, Near, Laurel
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [England?] : Absurda, [2002]
Subjects:
Experimental films.
Parent and child > Drama.
Surrealist > Feature > Videodisc.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A nightmarish collage of images which blends the grotesque and the absurd, the deeply disturbing and the darkly humorous. Henry is the nerdish central character who lives in a squalid apartment with a strange girl and their monstrous baby. The special effects create an eerie, dream-like world with a logic all its own.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Running time from booklet.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Special features: Stories -- Trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.)
Format:DVD; Dolby digital PCM stereo.
Production Credits:Camera and lighting, Frederick Elmes, Herbert Cardwell ; picture editing, David Lynch ; Lady in the radiator song composed and sung by Peter Ivers ; pipe organ, "Fats" Waller ; special effects photography, Frederick Elmes ; DVD produced by Spike Allison & Brian Johnson.