David Lynch’s remarkable first feature is a true original and a cult classic. Like a surrealist film, it has its own dream-like logic, mixing black comedy, horror, science fiction, and pure fantasy. The social outcast Henry, living in a sordid city of smoke, steam, and debris, is forced to marry his girlfriend when she pronounces him to be the father of her deformed child. Best seen as a dark nightmare about sexuality and parenthood, Eraserhead astounds through its expressionist sets and photography, startling industrial soundtrack, and relentless imaginative fluency.1976; 89 min.
Part of the David Lynch Cinema 101 film appreciation course!

Loree Bldg. #024 (Near corner of Nichol Avenue and George Street), 72 Lipman Drive,
Douglass College Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
$7=General; $5=Students+Seniors; $4=Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends.

All films are subject to change. Call our information number the week of the show to confirm titles.
Tickets are available on a “first-come-first-served” basis only and can be purchased at the door beginning a half-hour before the start time. Registration for the David Lynch Cinema 101 course programs – which feature screenings and commentary by Rutgers University Cinema Studies Professor and NJ Film Festival Director Albert G. Nigrin — is on a “first-come-first-served” basis and can be obtained in advance by using the registration form on the NJMAC Spring 2008 Worskhop page of this website (Cost for the entire course is $55 =General; $40=Students+Seniors; $35=Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends) or at the door for individual programs beginning a half-hour before the start time if seats are available. Seating is limited.