The 10 most eccentric experimental movies of the 1970s
A decade of excess and originality.
Eraserhead
The first movie that “disturbed” Kiernan Shipka: “I was sick when I watched it”
A creepy masterpiece.
Mel Brooks’ hilarious prank on Werner Herzog: “The bastard sits there and grins and chuckles”
An unlikely friendship.
Siouxsie and the Banshees names the one “insanely frightening” horror soundtrack
“Imagine a Martian let loose to experiment in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop…”
David Cronenberg on his favourite David Lynch movie: “It had a big impact on me”
Nothing else like it.
How a projectionist became David Lynch’s harshest critic: “It just triggered something”
“I would do something to him inside.”