Synopsis
A woman in trouble
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Inland Empire
2006 Directed by David Lynch
Cast
Laura Dern Jeremy Irons Justin Theroux Karolina Gruszka Krzysztof Majchrzak Jan Hencz Grace Zabriskie Ian Abercrombie Amanda Foreman Peter J. Lucas Harry Dean Stanton Cameron Daddo Neil Dickson Diane Ladd William H. Macy Stanislaw Kazimierz Cybulski Henryka Cybulski Julia Ormond Jordan Ladd Kristen Kerr Mary Steenburgen Masuimi Max Robert Charles Hunter Terry Crews Nastassja Kinski Laura Harring Scott Coffey Naomi Watts
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Studio Canal Fundacja Kultury Camerimage Festival Absurda Asymmetrical Productions Inland Empire Productions
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INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch for some reason is insistent on the capitalisation of the title) is an experience to say the least. Whether you view it as one of Lynch's best movies or an elaborate joke on the audience depends on how you view the director’s work as a whole. I am unapologetic in my love of Lynch and whilst I am not quite blind to his faults I am very much a fanboy. For this reason, INLAND EMPIRE is a work of mind-fucking brilliance.
It is one of the most indulgent, mental and disorienting films I have ever had the pleasure of watching. It is a film that demands and contradicts interpretation which means it works best when letting the…
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"I'm trying to tell you so's you'll understand how it went. The thing is, I don't know what was before or after. I don't know what happened first, and it's kinda laid a mindfuck on me."
Inland Empire is the most experimental and nonlinear of David Lynch's already experimental and nonlinear body of work. The fact that the most popular review of it here on LB at the moment is just a question mark says a lot about how accessible it is (i.e. not at all). The easiest way to describe it is as a movie about an actress who takes a role that makes her begin to question and then eventually lose her sense of the difference between performance…
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i’m.. not sure what the fuck i just watched, but it’s a bombastic technicolour nightmare. that closing credits sequence is really something.
laura dern is fucking fantastic, same with justin theroux. there’s about 3 movies happening at once which all splinter into other rando vignettes. the constant hum is unsettling. random titties appear.
who are those rabbits?
come on baby, do the loco-motion.
i liked this movie, but i’m having trouble articulating why. david lynch sure is a majestic weirdo.
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I mean I'm never gonna forget it but holy fucking shit this might be the weirdest film I've ever actually sat through and it's three hours long.
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why is the scene of the prostitutes dancing to the locomotion in the pink room not universally recognised as the most iconic moment in film history
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After this 2nd viewing I can still say without a doubt that I don’t know what happened. Lynch at his most unhinged. Probably Laura Derns best performance and easily her most terrifying. I will never EVER forget her twisted, stretched, grotesque face at the end of this film. It’s the only image in a film that legit makes me want to tear my skin off.
Another brilliant and horrifying existential crisis of a film from the master of atmosphere and the weird.
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An excelent display of filmmaking. With great authoral resourcefulness.
However, I might return to it in the future because its languaje was almost incomprehensible for me although enjoyable on a purely visceral level. It is similar to Mulholland Drive but its heavier enfasis on experimentation makes it harder not only to follow, but also to enjoy it on more aspects.
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First watched about ten years ago...I think on vacation, in a hotel with a portable DVD player. Even then I thought it was mesmerizing.
Never understood how fans of Lynch's style wouldn't thrill to 3 hours of absolute immersion in it.
Those mixed-up faces at the end chill me to the core.
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