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Eraserhead

Jan 18–24, 2007

MoMA

Filmed over the course of five years as financing and conditions allowed, Eraserhead was David Lynch’s first feature-length film. It is an intensely felt, deeply troubling view of a dystopian world, more nightmare than movie, and one which Lynch has steadfastly refused to clarify or explain since its release nearly thirty years ago. This is the premiere of the Museum’s restoration, which has been completed in cooperation with the filmmaker, and generously funded by The Film Foundation/Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Organized by Steven Higgins, Curator, Department of Film.

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