Even early on, Lynch was a creepy dude. Thumbs up though.

The clearest evidence prior to "Eraserhead" that David Lynch possesses a singular ability to masterfully manipulate sound and image in order to concoct a world of mystery and nightmare.

Some pretty creepy shit here, but I adore the dense-void style. Bed-wetting has never been this shameful before.

Odd & Beautiful.

Rich and strange. You can totally see visual motifs and themes that continue to develop in Lynch's later work -- the "Monty Python in Hell" aesthetic in _Eraserhead_, and, more generally, Lynch's embrace of the darkness in everyday life

Too experimental. Even stanger than Lynch's later work.

Weird. Very typical Lynch movie. It was quite good. Matt! Matt!

Overlong, but distinctly "Lynchian." Well worth a look.

So now I know how Lynch grew up. As if I had any doubts.

This movie was surreal. I would say my favorite elements of this movie was the use of shadow and color. The boy seems happiest in the shadow and in black and white. When the color orange appears in the film his life gets really bad, from bed wetting to abuse from his mother and father, the color orange is very prevalent in this. The boy uses magic seeds to plant a large potato like capsule that in essence gives birth to his grandmother, his only friend in the film. Sounds are top notch.

I see the seeds of Eraserhead being planted here. Lots of odd images that somehow spark an emotional resonance. By the end I was definitely moved even though I didn't know exactly what I had seen. I like Lynch's use of all different styles of shooting and his use of bizarre music and sound effects. It all comes together to form the kind of peculiar world that only Lynch can create.

Very good, but I feel if he'd ended it at the part when the kid imagines (?) killing his parents, then smiling at his grandmother it would have been more effective. Everything after that makes it feel too long.

#839 - 02 Eylul 08, 03:53 & guclu, urkutucu bir lynch kisasi. Sanirim Lynch'in diger kisa filmleri arasinda en guclusu, en rahatsiz edici ve de en basarilisi bu.

Really weird, just what I expected.

Already strong Lych stuff. I like all of the characters in this weird story.

Expectedly weird, but not as visual as I expected and would've liked. Also for some reason fails at delivering as strong mood as Lynch usually does.

It's Eraserhead Jr, bizarre and creepy, but nothing so disturbing or haunting.

quite disturbing short

The line of reality and imagination is merged again through the twisted mind of David Lynch, this time, in a young boy's perspective. A lot of what I love about Lynch is established here, but it could probably have worked better at half the length.

My personal favorite of Lynch's shorts. It's creepy, got some cool effects, and has that unrefined energy of a talented director still learning the ropes and feeling out his cinematic niche.

I knew where babies came from, but had always been a little curious as to where grandmothers came from. Thanks David!