I'd probably have to go with Last Temptation. I kinda think Eraserhead is ultimately overrated.
qft.
Last Temptation is a much better film
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: TVC15 on October 21, 2007, 09:29:24 PM
You should watch Eraserhead, but you should save it for when you are in a specifically Lynchy mood. It's a good movie to have conversations about, probablya good movie to watch while baked, but otherwise, it's a curiosity.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on October 22, 2007, 12:33:36 AM
I can hardly sit through Eraserhead anymore. A friend of mine came over last April and wanted to watch it and my first reaction was "are you fucking serious?" I used to like the movie a lot more than I do now....I just don't have the patience these days. The movie does have some great Lynchian scenes, like when Henry goes over to Mary's house for dinner and when the lady in the radiator breaks out in her song and dance but....ugh....don't make me watch the film again all the way through.
Better than Inland Empire though.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: TVC15 on October 22, 2007, 12:37:55 AM
Yeah, even I won't defend Inland Empire. It starts off kind, well, tolerable, but it doesn't stay that way for very long.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 22, 2007, 12:47:14 AM
Both films are pretty boring, but at least Temptation of Christ was watchable.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: TVC15 on October 22, 2007, 01:07:56 AM
Both films are pretty boring, but at least Temptation of Christ was watchable.
I can at least sort of get why Last Temptation of Christ is a noteworthy film. Eraserhead it's like, yeah, everything in here Lynch has done better elsewhere, and there are better dreamlike movies out there, even if they don't have the same visual asthetic (which is, while nice, only really present in a few noteworthy scenes).
This is why I recommendedyou not check out Eraserhead when you were trying to get into Lynch, FoC. I think it was you, anyway.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 22, 2007, 01:14:27 AM
I felt like I had to watch it because I was reading Lynch's book at the time.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: TVC15 on October 22, 2007, 01:15:13 AM
What book? His newish one?
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 22, 2007, 01:28:10 AM
The one where the chapters are like 2 paragraphs each. I think its his newest. My girlfriend (before I met her) got him to sign it.
Title: Re: Eraserhead or Last Temptation of Christ
Post by: Bloodwake on October 22, 2007, 12:45:24 PM