Eraserhead (released in France as The Labyrinth Man) is a 1977 film written and directed by David Lynch and starring Jack Nance. The film has become a cult classic due to its surreal imagery, strange soundtrack and its generally dreamlike aura. Lynch has described his film as, 'A dream of dark and troubling things.' In 2004, the film was deemed 'culturally significant' by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.