You're Not iN KANSAS ANYMORE

Eraserhead (35mm)

David Lynch once described his stunning debut feature simply as “a dream of dark and troubling things,” but the unclassifiable ERASERHEAD is so much more: an expressionistic headtrip, a Grand Guignol nightmare, a pitch-black comedy of manners, and even a deeply personal allegory about the (post-) nuclear family. Amidst a monochromatic wasteland teeming with smoke and shadows, Jack Nance’s wire-haired wage slave Henry struggles to navigate the horrors of mutant offspring, sinister hallucinations and, most terrifying of all, his new in-laws.

Screening in conjunction with Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary LYNCH/OZ, The Wizard of Oz (35mm) and a number of Lynch’s most haunting films as part of this Summer’s You’re Not In Kansas Anymore series.

Runtime
1h 28m
Year
1977
Director
David Lynch
Format
35mm
First Showing
August 19, 2023