Eraserhead and Star Wars

After watching parts of David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) again online, I've noticed how different the approach to sound design is in that film compared to another film from that year - George Lucas' Star Wars. Being two totally different types of film, these show a good example of how different sound can be in film. While Ben Burtt (Star Wars) focuses on making the various invented sound effects fit naturally into filmworld to give the impression that the filmworld is real, David Lynch focuses on abstract sounds through out Eraserhead to do exactly the opposite - the intensification of sounds that would normally fit fairly low in the atmos track not only symbolises the dullness of the filmworld, but also adds to the film's surreal sense of otherworldliness.