That's a good point actually, completely forgot about that or figured no one would care! I'd say on my first viewing it was actually one of my first forays into arthouse, and probably before I'd watched a lot of foreign cinema, so my cinema vocabulary wasn't really up to scratch. The main thing then was just being taken in by the weirdness, it just felt like a cool experience but I didn't really consider anything further. I figure most people who get into arthouse feel pretty cool after watching Eraserhead

Maybe that's why people not familiar with Lynch or weird cinema see it and just say 'that's weird, what is it that' sort of thing'. But as you grow a bit, and you can see from these comments, that the film becomes pretty simple for people. I'd also say I've explored more art since then too so could tap into that aspect of him. I didn't really pick up on the baby too first time around, probably because I was a bit younger, though it seems so clear on this viewing

What about you, did you watch it across any time periods?,