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The ending (spoilers)
posted by rudely_murraySTAFFMOD on September 25, 2017 at 10:38 AM
While the entirety of Eraserhead is nightmarish, nothing prepared me for the last few moments. The moment where Henry snips open the mutant baby's swaddling, then scissors its exposed organs as it cries dreadfully is quite horrendous to watch. One of the most disturbing endings I have seen - yet deeply moving, very sad as well as troubling. I came close to tears, not a reaction I ever expected to have to a David Lynch movie that is not The Elephant Man.
I have read that while Lynch has never revealed the meaning behind this film, no interpretation he has ever read comes close to the one in his head. I'd love to her anyone's thoughts on this, surely one of the great debut movies and one of the pinnacles of surreal filmmaking.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on August 8, 2021 at 2:54 PM
I saw and see this part of the film somewhat at face value... Henry definitely feels that there's something wrong with his baby (or whatever the baby represents), and moves to resolve the problem with those scissors, if you will. Now, what's wrong with the little one? I don't know. Lynch's thinking is too opaque for me to figure out in that respect.
Great debut film, BTW.