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 Inland Empire (DVD)
 Inland Empire (DVD) ... at Optimum Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL / Though Inland Empire's three hours of befuddling abstraction could try the patience of the most devoted David Lynch fan, its aim to reinvigorate the Lynch-ian symbolic order is ambitious, not to mention visually arresting. The director's archetypes recognizable from previous movies once again construct the film's inherent logic, but with a new twist. Sets vibrate between the contemporary and a 1950s alternate universe crammed with dim lamps, long hallways, mysterious doors, sparsely furnished rooms and, this time, a vortex/apartment/sitcom set where rabbit-masked humans dwell, and a Polish town where women are abused and killed. Instead of speaking backwards, mystic soothsayers and criminals speak Polish. Filmed on video, the film's look has the sinister, frightening feel of a Mark Savage film or a bootlegged snuff movie. Constant close-ups, both in and out of focus, make Inland Empire feel as if a stalker covertly filmed it. A straightforward, hokey plot unravels during the first third of Inland Empire to ground the viewer before a dive off the deep end. Actor Nikki Grace (Laura Dern) is cast as Susan Blue, an adulterous white trash Southerner, in a film that mimics too closely her actual life with an overbearingly jealous and dangerous husband. When Nikki and co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) learn that the cursed film project was earlier abandoned when its stars were murdered, the pair lose their grasp of reality. Nikki suffers a schizophrenic identity switch to Sue that lasts until nearly the film's end. Suspense builds as Nikki's alter ego sleuths her way through surreal situations to discover her killer, culminating in Sue's gnarly death on set. Sue's actions drag on because any sign of a narrative thread disappears due to idiosyncratic editing. Non-sensical scenes still captivate, however, such as when Sue stumbles onto the soundstage where she finds Nikki (herself) rehearsing for Sue's part. In this meta-film about identity slippage, Dern's multiple characters remind one of how a victim can become the hunter in their fight for survival. Lynch's portrayal of Nikki/Sue's increasing paranoia is, in its own confusion, utterly realistic. Laura Dern has created her own Lady Macbeth, undone by her guilt over infidelity. Even though Inland Empire is too long and too random, Laura Dern's performance coupled with Lynch's video experiments make it magical. --Trinie DaltonNewest Review: ... (played to an impressive standard by Laura Dern) we now enter into Nikki's world. She is clearly very rich and slightly ... more ... snooty but welcomes the Grace Zabriskie character when she calls round unexpectedly, to meet her new neighbour. She is apparently from the Baltic region and her strange way of talking in riddles and omens soon leaves Nikki bemused. Nikki is an actress who has auditioned for a part in a film, but this neighbour seems to know all about Nikki even though they have just started to make small talk, she knows she will get the part and, despite no murder being in the script, there WILL be a murder. She also warns Nikki that '...more |
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Inland Empire (DVD): The realism of dreams at the expense of meaning (1655 words)
by - written on 28/10/07 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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The beauty of the work of David Lynch is that his films work on so many levels; as pieces of surrealist art, as entertainment, and, notably, as extremely accomplished technical achievements also. His debut, Eraserhead, is the ultimate director's film. Lynch drenches his films in atmosphere, menace and mystery, and has always been brilliant in that his darker films are so graphic yet so inexplicit. His work, though inaccessible and superficially puzzling, engages the imagination in this way, and it's often been the case that the films play on the mind long after the final credits have rolled. But despite intense critical appraisal, his newest project, Inland Empire, falls ... Read the complete review
Life Imitating Art (993 words)
by - written on 16/01/08 (Very useful, 103 readings)
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David Lynch's latest voyage is an unusual, mind numbing combination of experimental film-making, typical Lynch style traits and headache inducing digital video imagery. As a David Lynch fan for nearly 30 years his latest movie leaves me cold, while the story, acting, and experimentation may have been good the camerawork destroyed any chance this movie had of endearing itself to me. Laura Dern stars as a popular actress, who through certain strings pulls off the opportunity to star in what could be the biggest movie of all time. No sooner has the movie began rolling however than certain similarities occur mirroring her own life, its at this point that the ... Read the complete review
Inland Empire (DVD): Following the white rabbit won't take you to Kansas (997 words)
by - written on 01/10/07 (Very useful, 171 readings)
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Inland Empire is the first feature-length film from Lynch since Mulholland Drive back in 2001. For those of you who haven’t seen his previous films, Lynch takes the viewer into Alice in Wonderland (dreamlike) worlds mixed with disturbing nightmares and scenes which struggle to make sense. This film is in my mind his most ‘out there’ one of all and while it’s very confusing and more than one viewing is needed to fully appreciate the film, on the whole I found I enjoyed the experience even though my backside didn’t. Plot wise or what there is of one follows actress Nikki (Laura Dern) who lands the part of Susan Blue in a film entitled ‘High in Blue ... Read the complete review
Bunny Rabbit Nightmare (1363 words)
by - written on 21/08/09 (Very useful, 156 readings)
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Inland Empire, produced in 2006, was director David Lynch's first feature length film since Mulholland Drive in 2001 and is shot entirely in standard definition digital video. The cast comprises many Lynch regulars such as Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, and Grace Zabriskie. There are also contributions from Jeremy Irons, Diane Ladd, Nastassja Kinski, William H. Macy, Laura Harring, and Ben Harper. The DVD was rented and disappointingly there were no extras apart from a trailer. Nor is there the option of jumping to different chapters of the movie. Nikki Grace (Laura Dern) is a film actress who's just landed a new role playing Susan Blue ... Read the complete review
Inland Empire (DVD): Inland Empire: "This is a story that happened yesterday. But ... (932 words)
by - written on 08/08/09 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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Recently I reviewed the film Lost Highway and stated that I found it to be director David Lynch's most confusing film, I think I spoke to soon. I've finally got round to watching his most recent offering, Inland Empire and let's just say it's in a league of its own. It makes Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive seem like the most clear cut example of storytelling in comparison. Released in 2006 it could once again loosely be described as a surreal psychological thriller, with a strong stress of the surreal part. Giving a plot outline is quite the difficult task, as I'm still not sure of what was going on in parts, but simply put it stars Nikki Grace (Laura Dern) ... Read the complete review
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