really weird beautiful czeck surreal film. i found out about it when reading a review of the soundtrack. so i downloaded and fell in love with the music and then watched the film. its really good

i watched Ichi the Killer ystrday
yuck, ew , etc

Combing the underground!

Different places and different ways. Friends of friends reccomend stuff. In the case of Lady Terminator, I'd heard about it years ago and some guy I know in real life recently brought it up so it sparked my memory. So, I netflixed it.

Fugazifan, I'll check that movie out. FACETS always releases interesting stuff..

heh.

It's funny to see how this film still keeps confusing indies in such a profound way. :-)
Not specifically directed at you, btw.

We've already gone over this a few times, but INLAND EMPIRE is a pretty simple story shown to you in an unorthodox way. Also, I love it.

Yeah.. didn't find Inland Empire confusing. In fact, it's probably too simple, especially after the beginning. Just an overlong summary of the themes Lynch has been exploring for years... There's just not much too it. Decent film though. I've watched it 5 1/2 times myself, so I definitely have a fondness for it...

I don't want to get into this again, but you'd probably think different if you knew where Lynch is coming from. This film has a big FUCK YOU written all over it towards mainstream filmmaking and Hollywood.
There's a good reason for him vowing to never use 35mm celluloid again.

This film is a menace that will come back and haunt everyone for years to come, but that's just my opinion.

Yeah, the reason is because it's cheaper to shoot on digital, and he shot 100's of hours worth of stuff for this movie, which would have been impossible with film.

The entire film is one big improvised experiment. That's cool. I guess it's aesthetically pleasing to some people, I dunno... I know there's rumblings on the internet about how Lynch made it look cheap (and feel cheap) to "inspire" people. Like, "Hey! Get yourself a $2000 DV camera, and you can make a film as good as this!" While that theory is cute, he spent years making this film, not knowing what he wanted it to be, since it was his first REAL experiment with digital video making. He pieced the film together and well....... eh. I have high hopes for his next film, however.

...Also, I'm pretty sure I know where Lynch is coming from, he's been one of my favorite filmmakers for 10 years of my life and I've seen every thing he's ever done (Hotel Room, Dumbland, On the Air, all his commercials -- EVERYTHING). Inland Empire is a pretty cool film. Not much more.

There's nothing more dull than Hollywood, so I guess that explains it.

Edit: You mentioning it being dull.

Yeah, I edited that part out because I didn't want to debate over the film's merits.

As I said, I have a fondness for it, but I don't feel like it was all that successful, all in all. It was lacking the energy and complexity I look for in Lynch's films. Writing the script on napkins the night before shooting principle scenes probably wasn't the best idea; that's why the film feels so empty and drab. Damn, trying not to debate its merits! I've explained myself elsewhere regarding this film so...

But, yeah, if you want to look at it as an attack on Hollywood, sure. I think Mulholland Drive was more successful in that area.

samesies.

Let's face it, nobody can make films like David. Not even the big boys that can permit themselves to splash out millions. They lack the imagination and skills of being true and honest filmmakers.

He's been attacking Hollywood ever since he made Dune because they didn't keep their promises in supporting him with his dream projects after that.

The reason I rated it ?/? was because I'm not sure how to rate it. Did need to be 3 hours? No. Could it have been 15 minutes? Yes. But then it wouldn't be a David Lynch masterpiece. Also, I've never been a fan of the "shooting a movie within a movie" thing and this one is no exception. However, Laura Dern's face on the the guy near there in is probably one of the creepiest things he's ever done.

Not rated because it's a personal favorite and I totally could have lived on the film set indefinitely. Tim Burton + 18th century Upstate New York + lots of black=win

last movie I saw was Fast Food Nation...though right now I'm curious about After Last Season, which looks like it was filmed in someone's garage over one weekend for $10.

whoa. I'll have to check that out. No budget cinema is my speciality..