Eraserhead by David Lynch Script Transcription and Annotations (in Bold) by David Johnson FADE IN: EXT. SPACE – HENRY AND THE PLANET Henry Spencer's upper torso floats horizontally in space, looking bewildered and frightened. His hair stands up straight...
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Eraserhead by David Lynch Script Transcription and Annotations (in Bold) by David Johnson FADE IN: EXT. SPACE – HENRY AND THE PLANET Henry Spencer's upper torso floats horizontally in space, looking bewildered and frightened. His hair stands up straight from his head (like a scared, surreal cartoon figure and a human representation of an eraser on a pencil) and he wears a dark suit with pocket protector containing pens and a large eraser. His figure is transposed over the dark and textured planet. (The planet's shape is very similar, if not the same, as that of the Baby's head—the two are linked—both are fear, both get destroyed in the end.) Henry floats away and we zoom in on the planet. We pan over the dark crevices and valleys on the planet's surface, until we go into complete darkness. (The first of many times we will make a camera movement into darkness in the film. The crevice is v-shaped—- vagaina--represents one of the “parents” of Henry's fear. It awaits the spermatozoon creat
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