To me,Eraserheadfeels like Lynch had a dream that he found fascinating and decided to make a movie about it. The movie never makes it clear how literally we’re supposed to view its events, and I guess it’s possible that it depicts a society so degraded and suffused with toxins that l...
Eraserheadis a landmark picture, but its original release in 1977 was slow to reach an audience. It gained its must-see reputation only after the film was picked up to run on the midnight movie circuit that was popular on college campuses and in the big cities at the ti...
Packed with movie references, TV series pitches and even a new religion, Goodfellow’s mysterious hero knows he’s a Background guy but somehow, in SLEAZELAND, ends up the romantic lead. Is that a Hollywood ending? No spoilers but as Goodfellow reminds us: “Stars aren’t born, they’re...
I wondered whether it had something to do with that movie’s prologue. We’re being told the story by a corpse, someone who might be “dreaming” or inventing the entire film for us. Maybe, yeah. You’ve gotta reach for it! Obviously, there’s gotta be something similar because I lov...