David Lynch Presents: ERASERHEAD & SUNSET BOLEVARD November 6, 2010

David Lynch Presents: ERASERHEAD, 1977, Absurda, 89 min. Antagonistic reviews of [David Lynch’s] first feature prompted midnight movie distributor Ben Barenholtz to strategically roll out the film over the course of two years, literally “cultivating” its audience. Shot in dilapidated industrial settings, seething with rumbles and hisses, peopled with disfigured and eccentric characters and featuring a famously indefinable creature described as a premature baby, the film propels viewers into a shocking, black & white dreamscape.
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SUNSET BOULEVARD, 1950, Paramount, 110 min. Speaking at his AFI tribute in 1989, Billy Wilder concluded his speech with thoughts on working for the studios: “Remember, they have the power, but we have the glory.” That glory was never more evident than in SUNSET BOULEVARD, a poison pen letter to Hollywood and the living ghosts of silent film. Today SUNSET BOULEVARD stands as a perfect encapsulation of the work of Billy Wilder — vivid, acidic and thoroughly modern.

Director David Lynch will be speaking between films.

Get your free tickets at www.afifest.com starting October 28th. Not available on Fandango.
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