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Saw David Lynch's "Inland Empire"
Dec. 31st, 2006 05:11 pmAs expected: Enjoyed, but cannot generally recommend. This is not an accessible film. I have some notions of the story that the completely exploded narrative assembles into, but that's it. I look forward to reading other peoples' interpretations later on; I know that I didn't appreciate Mulholland Drive until I read John Cooper's take on it.
It is somewhat similar in structure to that earlier movie, having two distinct parts, one distinctly "realer" than the other. After a completely surreal prologue, Inland Empire follows a basically linear and solid narrative for about an hour, but then one of the characters passes through a door that she shouldn't have. Out comes two hours of completely disjointed storytelling and phantasmagoria, leading to an uncertain ending.
Far be it for me to say, but I think it could have been an hour shorter. I started feeling some real fatigue at the 90-minute mark, and then impatience. This was relieved occasionally by some of the scariest shit I've seen in a movie theater, even though it was basically variations on actors making faces at the camera, boo. I shivered a lot.
Off to go party larty farty. Happy New Year, y'all.
It is somewhat similar in structure to that earlier movie, having two distinct parts, one distinctly "realer" than the other. After a completely surreal prologue, Inland Empire follows a basically linear and solid narrative for about an hour, but then one of the characters passes through a door that she shouldn't have. Out comes two hours of completely disjointed storytelling and phantasmagoria, leading to an uncertain ending.
Far be it for me to say, but I think it could have been an hour shorter. I started feeling some real fatigue at the 90-minute mark, and then impatience. This was relieved occasionally by some of the scariest shit I've seen in a movie theater, even though it was basically variations on actors making faces at the camera, boo. I shivered a lot.
Off to go party larty farty. Happy New Year, y'all.