Inland Empire

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David Lynch's latest, wretchedly underdistributed, all digital flick. Thoughts?

Briefly:

1. In many ways this was the scariest movie I have ever seen. The theatre expereince was akin to a bad acid trip.

2. What Mulholland Drive is to Hollywood the business, Inland Empire is to Hollywood the city?

3. Polish prostitute folktale subtext...why?

4. Rabbits?

Cheese comes FROM milk...

― Ryan McKay (Ryan McKay), Saturday, 3 February 2007 04:48 (eighteen years ago)

I'm talked out on it for now. Having never had the proverbial acid trip, nightmare will do.

IE is still (on one level) about the biz.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 February 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

Inland Empire is not a psychedelic film

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

I blogged some of my reflections (the article-in-progress they are drawn from spirals ever outward):

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

― davelus (davelus), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 04:15 (eighteen years ago)

to respond directly:
1. scary, hopeful, intense.
2. I don't agree, but I'm not sure that I really disagree, either.
3. I obliquely address some aspects of the Folktale thing in the posts linked above. as for prostitution, it's Lynch reflecting further on the role of women (and maybe all actors) in Hollywood.
4. Yes. Rabbits. (just to fuck with you).

also, its underdistributed because DL is distributing it himself.

― davelus (davelus), Wednesday, 7 February 2007 04:19 (eighteen years ago)

five years pass...

four of the six critics who voted for inland empire in the s&s poll were spanish

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:14 (thirteen years ago)

yea whats the deal w/ that

― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:15 (thirteen years ago)

I really like the reaction faces Laura Dern does on this film.

― wolves lacan, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:27 (thirteen years ago)

Spanish = heroes

― Eric H., Friday, 24 August 2012 17:58 (thirteen years ago)

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