Eraserhead redux

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2002)

From the beginning of the movie, I kept thinking this reminded me of those movies college friends with movie producing aspirations would bring friends over to watch at their apartments or which got screened in Cinema 101. This, by the way, is commenting on the QUALITY of the movie -- before I knew it would also take a globally nutball Eraserhead spin. Then, as one another poster noted, it borrowed heavily from other films, or, to me, from Eraserhead. As if David Lynch was saying, "I'm now going to make Eraserhead in color, not black and white, and put real stars in it." Especially the scene in the theater -- no bando or whatever -- same exact feel as the girl tap dancing in Eraserhead. Alright, we all know boxes are "spooky" and, ever since, was it Hellraiser, we know they are a device for supernatural "wierd" things. This hardly added much to this otherwise college effort movie. Yes, Watts was good. Liked the wierdo cowboy too. Liked the heavy woman fighting the hitman with such force. But so I liked the crying baby in Eraserhead and the girl who had seizures at dinner. Similar movie--3 decades later with polish. Sorry, but lesbo seen was only thrown out there to feed the ducks.