☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Inland Empire (2006) -- D. Lynch
My original (very
brief) review was as follows:
"Horrible, beautiful, pulsating, ugly". I stand by this but add the following: David Lynch made this by gluing together a
number of short films he made for other purposes (or for no express purpose)
and eventually the sum reached 180 minutes.
It isn't coherent but your mind, trained as it is, wants to make a
narrative out of the parts. You can't
make it work because Lynch uses "dream logic" but it is never dull
trying (although I'll admit it does grow long).
The intensity of experience (and Laura Dern's performance) is what is so
compelling here and there are allusions to the (much greater) Mulholland Dr,
given the framing story is set on a Hollywood set. But this is largely an
experimental film and no one should go into it expecting Twin Peaks. Inland Empire still stands as Lynch's last
feature and he may not make another.
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