This 26-minute retrospective documentary offers an engrossing and informative glimpse at the making of David Lynch's gloriously bizarre cult sensation "Eraserhead." Cinematographer Frederick Elmes talks about how he first met Lynch at the American Film Institute. Actress Judith Roberts reveals that Lynch never had anyone audition for a role while Charlotte Stewart points out that she played Mary X as a sickly and miserable person. Camera assistant and assistant director Catherine E. Coulson by far has the best stories to share: Coulson not only was married to lead actor Jack Nance at the time, but also did everything from holding the boom microphone to making sandwiches for the cast and crew. Moreover, we also learn that David Lynch wore several ties during the lengthy six year production period, parts of the picture were shot on short ends, the movie didn't have a script in the traditional sense, Nance's crazy hairstyle caused all kinds of continuity issues, everybody got paid for working on the film, and the bulk of the movie was shot at night on a miniature sound stage. Recommended viewing for fans of the film.
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Working Eraserhead
Michael_Elliott26 June 2016
2014: Eraserhead (2014)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
This twenty-six minute featurette can be found on the Criterion Collection's release of David Lynch's ERASERHEAD. It features interviews with cinematographer Frederick Elmes, Lynch's assistant Catherine Coulson as well as actresses Charlotte Stewart and Judity Anna Roberts. If you're a fan of the film then you'll certainly enjoy this well-produced featurette that has all four people talking about their experience working with the cult filmmaking. One of the repeating subjects was the lack of money while making the picture and all of them tell some great stories about not eating well or not getting paid or in some cases them having to buy film from Kodak so that they'd have something to shoot that night. There are a lot of great stories told throughout this and fans will surely love it.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
This twenty-six minute featurette can be found on the Criterion Collection's release of David Lynch's ERASERHEAD. It features interviews with cinematographer Frederick Elmes, Lynch's assistant Catherine Coulson as well as actresses Charlotte Stewart and Judity Anna Roberts. If you're a fan of the film then you'll certainly enjoy this well-produced featurette that has all four people talking about their experience working with the cult filmmaking. One of the repeating subjects was the lack of money while making the picture and all of them tell some great stories about not eating well or not getting paid or in some cases them having to buy film from Kodak so that they'd have something to shoot that night. There are a lot of great stories told throughout this and fans will surely love it.
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