Eraserhead DVD news (1 Viewer)

[Josh Pounds]

To those interested...

Apparently Eraserhead is in production now. Mr. Lynch has approved the digital transfer and the wait for this ethereal film will soon be over. I do pray the wait was worth it.

Regardless of the 54.something dollars it takes to ship and buy this wonderful piece of cinema, I'll enjoy spending every penny. Let's make them put it on backorder again, like the Short Films DVD. We want more from David.

 

[Jon Sheedy]

I'm so looking forward to Eraserhead on DVD! Thanks for the update Josh.

 

[Chris Xolotl]

$54? It's just like his movies, he'll make your head tear in all different directions.

 

[SteveGon]

Josh, thanks for the heads-up. While I do think the asking price for this disc is a bit steep, Eraserhead IS a one-of-a-kind piece of cinema. I'll be happy to own it.

 

[Sean Patrick]

let's hope for $54 it's anamorphic!

 

[Dave Gorman]

Yikes! I suppose it would be too much to hope that Netflix or other rental places would have it available... I'd love to see this, but I'm not about to pay that kind of money for a blind purchase!! ...for that matter I can't think of any movie I've seen that I could justify a $54 purchase.

 

[Mark Cappelletty]

It's $39.95 + shipping, same as the Short Films disc. It's worth it in my opinion.

 

[Marc_Savoie]

It's $39.95 + shipping, same as the Short Films disc. It's worth it in my opinion.

unles you live in Canda like me, where it ends up costing about $80 for the DVD with the international shipping + taxes + exchange rate. :frowning: Regardless, hopefully after a bit of budgeting I can consider afording tis wonderfu film, and the Short Films DVD (which I assume will still be available for purchase for a while yet....)

 

[Andrew Walsh]

For that much, he should bring it to my house and explain it to me.

 

[Sean Patrick]

he might come over to your house (he seems like a friendly enough guy), but i doubt he'll explain the movie to you. he doesn't do commentaries

 

[DonaldB]

Are you sure the shipping for this will be $14? I thought it was "only" $9 to ship the short films disc.

 

[Mark Bendiksen]

For that much, he should bring it to my house and explain it to me.

 

[streeter]

he doesn't do commentary, but he might tell stories just like on the Shorts disc.

 

[Ronald van den Kieboom]

According to www.dugpa.com it will be available around September.

 

[Mark Bendiksen]

Any word at all on this disc? Does anyone who is a paying member of davidlynch.com have any info they could share with us?

 

[Tony Mirra]

Lynch said he has to start over from scratch with this disc. Apparently there were problems with the test discs that he received and they weren't correctable. (I'm not sure what the exact problems were, but it had something to do with the compression of the film and it being black and white.)

So they're going to go back and redo the film, frame-by-frame, and hope that the transfer works this time.

But I thought it took 2 years to clean it up originally, so who knows how long it's going to take.

 

[John CW]

He's not going back frame by frame again, he's just restarting the compression process (read: squeezing it onto a DVD). Shouldn't take TOO long.

~ John

 

[GregoryP]

I just saw this on www.dugpa.com

Seven failed compression attempts, and a completely new HD transfer later, I've got it on good word that the Eraserhead DVD is planned to ship in 2 weeks. Check the online store in the coming days for the announcement.

WOO HOO! I'll now be able to order his short films DVD also. I've been holding out to save on shipping.
Gregory

 

[Anthony Thorne]

Could someone please supply a direct link to Lynch's online store? I know of the main site URL but on a 56k modem it's sometimes hard to navigate my way around it.

I have no problem with the listed price. I also doubt the film will be anamorphic as it's a 1.33:1 production. Looking forward to this release...

 

[Patrick Larkin]

there is no direct link. its all done in flash so the URL never changes. this is closest you can get:
http://www.davidlynch.com/go.html