Eraserhead, The David Lynch Files: Volume 1 (hardback): The full story of one of the strangest films ever made.

Godwin, Kenneth George (Author)

ISBN 10: 1629335401 / ISBN 13: 9781629335407

Published by BearManor Media, 2020

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268 pages. 7.00x0.63x10.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eraserhead, The David Lynch Files: Volume 1 (hardback): The full story of one of the strangest films ever made.
• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629335401
• ISBN 13: 9781629335407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

"An invaluable resource on the making of Eraserhead, Godwin's book includes interviews with the cast and crew conducted when memories were still fresh." - David Lynch & Kristine McKenna, Room to Dream

As a young artist working with minimal resources, aided by a dedicated cast and crew, David Lynch spent four-and-a-half years making his first feature. The result was a completely unique, darkly comic nightmare called Eraserhead. Carefully nurtured by distributor Libra Films, Eraserhead gradually developed a passionate audience despite a very mixed response from critics. It took four years for the film to reach Winnipeg, Canada, but when it finally did it took hold of writer Kenneth George Godwin's imagination. Determined to understand the nature of the film's power, Godwin wrote the first in-depth analysis of Eraserhead. That essay led to a commission to write an article forthe magazine Cinefantastique. For the first time, the secretive Lynch agreed to tell the full story of the film's production.

Gathered together in this volume are the original essay, the complete, unedited production history, and full transcripts of all the interviews Godwin conducted with Lynch himself and members of the cast and crew of Eraserhead.

"Among the commentaries which Eraserhead has inspired, it is worth mentioning George Godwin's most interesting comments ... a must for the Lynchmaniac"

- Michel Chion, David Lynch

"David Lynch's first work has become a cult film, but its bizarre imagery has never before received a cogent interpretation" - Film Quarterly