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I read the legacy section and was a bit skeptical regarding two things:
- the book reference and what is said in the beginning does not match at all. Here is the text which it is referencing (I own the book but you can find pdf files too if needed for verification):
Stanley Kubrick is one of my all-time favorite filmmakers, and he did me a great honor early in my career that really encouraged me. I was working on The Elephant Man, and I was at Lee International Studios in England, standing in a hallway. One of the producers of The Elephant Man, Jonathan Sanger, brought over some guys who were working with George Lucas and said, “They’ve got a story for you.” And I said, “Okay.”
They said, “Yesterday, David, we were out at Elstree Studios, and we met Kubrick. And as we were talking to him, he said to us, ‘How would you fellas like to come up to my house tonight and see my favorite film?’ ” They said,“That would be fantastic.” They went up, and Stanley Kubrick showed them Eraserhead. So, right then, I could have passed away peaceful and happy.
David Lynch nowhere mentions meeting Kubrick.
- also the emphasis on hypothetical influence of the film on The Shinning. Which is a rumor, it deserves a mention maybe, but it is still a rumor, and the paragraph is quite misleading by being a bit too affirmative on that part (it is impossible to find somewhere any proof nor origin of those claims).
I know you consider this FA, but I hardly see how some of these things went unsaw. Because this: While working on The Elephant Man, Lynch met American director Stanley Kubrick, who revealed to Lynch that Eraserhead was his favorite film. is straight up unsourced and false. The ref provided doesn't says that.
I think the name should be returned to title case.
The Beautiful Girl Across the Hall is a character from Eraserhead. She lives in the apartment across from Henry's and delivers the telephone message inviting Henry to dinner at Mary X's house at the beginning of the story. She serves as an object of desire for Henry.
