Baby Daddy Blues: Eraserhead (1977)

About this episode

A discussion celebrating David Lynch's Eraserhead, exploring its themes, symbolism, and sound design.

To celebrate the life of visionary director David Lynch, we present to you a discussion of his masterpiece of uncanny parental anxiety, Eraserhead. We break down the making of and symbolism associated with this midnight movie classic. We also do a couple of impressions, read through every line of dialogue in the film, and even find the time to rank our favorite pieces of sound design. Topics include: Chucko, Buster, Pete, Bob, and Dan

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Ludwig, Elena Gibson

Topics covered

• David Lynch
• Eraserhead
• parental anxiety
• film symbolism
• sound design
• midnight movies

Keywords

• Eraserhead
• David Lynch
• film analysis
• parental anxiety
• sound design
• midnight movie

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eraserhead

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