David Lynch interview! \ Wrapped in Plastic No. 65 $4.95 US ERASERHEAD Wo®KD®j] fa [pi Produced, written, and Vol. 1 #65 www.wrappedinplastic.c edited by CRAIG MILLER Special Eraserhead Issue! 2 David Lynch Interview JOHN THORNE In the second and finalpart of our conversation with Lynch, the director discusses Eraserhead/ 6 Watching Eraserhead Very, Very Carefully We go wherefew have dared: we try to figure out Eraserhead. It took us over nine thousand words to get there, hut we think may have succeeded. Mostly, anyway.... 18 Charlotte Stewart Interview The actress who played Maty X in Eraserhead and Hetty Briggs in Twin Peaks talks about working with Lynch. 24 Catherine Coulson Interview Lynch has described Catherine Coulson (the Log Lady in Twin Peaks) as “the heroine of Eraserhead. ” Coulson tells us about her participation in the project. 29 X-Files Extra We toldyou XF would return to these pagesfrom time to time. OccasionalSUI? contributorfohn J. Bierce reviews Martha (The Passion of David Lynch,) Nochimson’s new book on screen couples that includes a chapter on Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. 35 The World Spins Okay, this issue actually ends at page 34. So Welljust say here that long-time Aland Comics fan Mark Frost has been hired to unite the screenplay for the upcoming Fantastic Four movie! WIP 66 will have a real news section.... An Interview with David Lynchs This is the second andfinal part of a David • - an sculpted. 1 >., • some of the film ’s cinematographic precision best technology available to produce a j sound of astonishing clarity. In this cm •ints were good. T was suppc>sed tc> g<> t<> terview, we discuss the film itself Fans of Lynch know well that he, "explain" what hisfilms. 'ecauseit can alter the way you seethefilm, and . of' >«"ks and "behind-tbe- ” specials are everywhere, some fans might find irange and mysterious as F.raserhead. Yet we 'an appreciate 7 finch ’.r thinking and a film such as -.raserhead would not be the same kind of exhilarating experience that it isfor a viewer if he vent into it knowing what the director intended t of people saw Eraserhead at Knowing all of this ahead of time, we did not look right and to sound that way, so a lot of ‘How didyou make the ‘babyPome to life?"and rho is the Man in the Planet supposed to be?" nation of the film and the efiect it rr. We hope readers find Lynch ’s responses as We spoke to David Lynch by phone on cb 27. John transcribed the interview, and Craig and John edited it. We thank David Lynch for the generous amount oftime he gave us. (Special RPfc' -v f * 1 r --'yt ^ i comfort elsewhere, like with the Lady in the Radia- r. How do you coi is humor in Eraserhead. Henry is a fascinating character. He is m reality, and things have got Eraserhead; l didn’t thin kit ” IF^Eraserhea comfortable and secure in his room but then finds that space invaded by the baby, and he must seek yourfilmmaking style? Do you ever wish you could take that kind of time relieved or disappointed that it was over? DL: Any idea conjures up a world. It The Elephant Man would not be the same film in color. Blue Velvet would not work in beautiful process with ideas and getting has its own thing, and you can feel it. When idea and the feel, and there you go. CM: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. DL: You bet. Thank you, guys, for all your S3 Watching Eraserhead— “Henry is very sm In Wrapped in Plastic 52, w Anyone who has seen Eraserhead will That said, unlocking the m; not complex, its use of peculiar (and sparse) images, oppressive sounds, and uncom- dering affair. Subsequent viewings may not third (fourth, if one counts Six Men Getting different. It would probably be im Sick) film ever? One cannot necessarily expect a perfect, fully formed vision with does hold a special place when compared to >t. Generally, the books about probably more possible with Eraserhead Lynch have been content to summarize the plot of the film and offer a few simple explanations as to what may have moti- predation,” Cinefantasiique Vol. 14 #4/#5 3See Wrapped in Plastic 19 for details about The Alphabet and The Grandmother, Lynch’s put difficult ideas into wri films that immediately precede Eraserhead. Short Films DVD available through davidlynch.com. third combines the first tv Hollywood (University of Texas Press, 1997), Midnight Movies (DaCapo Press, 1991), p.