Quote Originally Posted by Missy


It is rubbish. I watched it years ago and sat their thinking what's this shyte? It ain't scary, it's arty artschool let's try and be as weird as we can for the sake of it.
That pretty much sums up most of David Lynch films (although I did enjoy Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet).

.although this film did have a purpose. Supposedly Lynch grew up in either Pittsburgh or Detroit...can't remember but anyways he loathes the mechanized world. This film was his vision of the future...a future in which everything is controlled by machines.
The creature in the begining of the film pulls the lever which controls child birth. We see the character, Jack Nance, wandering around this grim, drab, wasteland of factories.
That bird-like anamoly that is supposed to be his child is really symbolic of his male organ (if you know what I mean)...it nags at him day and night and controls his life. In the end, he kills it and is freed.

Yes it is a bit overrated, but when your in the mood for something different, it does the trick.