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Jeffrey Apfel <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:25:26 -0700
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You wrote:
 
>I hope to add some info to the food topic and to request info
regarding
>Lynch's *Eraserhead*:
[snip]
 
Thank God ""food and film in ERASERHEAD" is two separate topics.  I'm
not sure I could stomach an entire thread devoted to food in *that*
movie.
 
>On *Eraserhead*:
>
>I am currently researching interpretative strategies on the film and
neither
>my professor (UCB) nor I have come up with any hearty resources.  I'm
>surprised that such a recognized film has so little written on it.
Besides
>some short reviews and a few chapters (I've been advised to look up J.
>Hoberman's *Midnight Movies* and D Perry's *Cult Movie*) I have found
almost
>nothing.  If anyone could refer me to some other books or
dissertations on
>the work, please post me a message.  I am especially interested in
>interpretations relating the film to technology, psychoanalysis,
memory,
>allegory, and semiotics.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>
>Tamao Nakahara
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There are several very good articles in a Cinefantastique magazine from
the early 1980's.  I don't have the citation with me, but it's not hard
to find if you can find old Cinefantastiques--they only published a few
times a year so there's not much to look through.  Perhaps you could
call them for the citation.  I remember it was pretty early since the
articles were discussing Lynch being hired to direct Dune.
 
I have had my own "explantions" of some of the goings on in this movie,
tied no doubt to how my own unique unconscious makeup responded to some
of the ambiguous imagery (no doubt, too, that effect was part of
Lynch's intent).  But the articles in the magazine do a pretty good job
of interpreting a particular psycho-sexual take on what is going on.
The main article is pretty long and extensive, too, and goes into a lot
of detail not only about the content of the film but on issues related
to the crazed production of it.  It's probably what you are looking
for, although not quite an academic piece.
 
If you have a real hard time, let me know since I know I can track it
down in a library in the area.
 
Your interpretations of what's happening in this film are welcome, too.
 
Jeff Apfel
 
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