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I hatewatched Eraserhead and im still very angry about it. I don't think it would qualify as "worst" in the sense that you asked but i almost always hate lynch because his movies are designed to make the audience uncomfortable and he's a master.
To destroy my argument i present mulholland drive, one of my favorite movies.
K fuck eraserhead though, forever! I watched you once to say that i had and i hate youuuuuuu
Eraserhead was one of my favorite movies haha, but not something I'd recommend to most people, I enjoyed the production and sound design
Shit yes just the dinner scene alone was such an overwhelming combination of 'wrong' for all the senses that remembering it gives me the willies. Lynch man...
I should like Lynch, but I don't. Lynch-style movies not involving Lynch are things I enjoy. There's something about his movies that's off-putting (and not in the way they're intended). I think it's the campiness of his films just take me out of them. He goes for dark but it feels too kitsch. They're also slow. A lot of time spent lingering a few too many seconds on one shot. Those seconds add up and make them longer films than they should be.
He's not the worst and I wouldn't even use the term "overrated." I think I just don't like him.
You said it better than me. Im not making a claim against the man's skill, certainly not. In fact i wanted to answer ops question in a different way, a movie i think was successful in its intent but was still the worst experience.
I respect Lynch and hate his work
I respect Lynch and hate his work
This is how I feel about John Waters.
He's challenging and an aquired taste for sure. The first time I saw Lost Highway I thought it was shit. It was almost the same feeling I have the first listen through an Autechre album. Then I ended up watching it again and again. On the 2nd viewing I got it but it wasn't till the 3rd that I liked it. By the time I watched it a 4th time I loved it. Inland Empire and Eraserhead are the only two movies he did that I just didn't like. The disney movie was mid.
Totally agree. Eraserhead was dull. Didn't like Inland Empire either. Loved all his other movies.
I saw Eraserhead on recommendation from a colleague, however I had just had my first child. It was an experience that hit home pretty hard. I like Lynch, and I think Eraserhead really hit a certain aspect of parenthood on the nose with a shockingly loud concrete newspaper.