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Eraserhead (1977) © AFI

ACMI presents

Eraserhead

David Lynch | USA | 1977 | M
Film

Tickets

Full

$20

Concession

$16

ACMI Member

$14

When

Thu 6 Feb - Fri 28 Feb 2025

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A young father discovers the abject horrors of parenthood in David Lynch's cult debut feature born from the American underground.

After receiving an invitation out of the blue, Henry (Jack Nance) meets his girlfriend’s family over a chicken dinner. There, Henry is accosted and discovers that he has become a father. He finds his life immediately changed as he must adjust to parenthood with his horrifically inhuman infant.

Curator's note

Born from the American underground and largely inspired from David Lynch’s time living and studying fine art in Philadelphia, Eraserhead is the director’s assured feature film debut.

Aside from Lynch’s short films made before and during the film’s production, Eraserhead is the filmic genesis of the director’s pervasive obsessions with industrial cityscapes, smoky billows and mid-century aesthetics which echoed through his entire career.

With surreal visuals and nightmarish horrors that aren’t easily forgotten, the film also features an industrial soundscape by Lynch and Alan Splet that creeps in and doesn't let go.

– Reece Goodwin, Curator (Film & TV)

Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: Janus Films
Courtesy: Janus Films
Runtime: 89 mins

Event duration

89 mins

Rating

M

Contains moderate violence

Where

Cinemas, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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Kelly is an award-winning composer, musician and sound designer for theatre, dance and film, recognised internationally for creating immersive and multi-layered musical landscapes for the stage and screen. His recent focus has been to establish a music driven theatre/performance practice, where musical composition not script is the driver behind a work. ANIMAL directed by Susie Dee and THE BACCHAE directed by Adena Jacobs (Melbourne Festival and Dark Mofo) are the first of these works and were received to public and critical acclaim. He is composer for the six-part TV series MORE THAN THIS with Paramount + with launched in 2022. He is the recipient of 4 green room awards and multiple nominations in both Melbourne and Sydney.


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