[Jef Mertens]

Do you want to see!

Checked out INLAND EMPIRE yesterday and was pretty amazed by the fucking beast. I wanted to start a new thread to express my genuine feelings about, in my opinion, one of David Lynch's best work.
The fact he used DV adds to the mystique and wonderous world of the movie. I can't even begin to think about how many mood swings it has. So many details like using vinyl crackle with certain scenes, the amazing soundtrack (Black Tambourine from Beck was quite a surprise), and what Lynch has achieved with certain shots is stunning (certainly for DV).

I think Tokolosh will be quite pleased with this adventure, although I would die knowing I had to wait till April till the movie runs in Holland

[Tokolosh]

I'm looking forward to seeing it. Mostly because it's shot with DV, and I'd like to see what he came up with.
In a recent interview, Lynch vowed to never use 35mm again.
Nice to hear that he has used Beck's Black Tambourine. Mike Patton will be a little disappointed, considering that he has expressed his desire to compose something for Lynch.

Expect some serious bashing on this thread, over the coming days...

[Jef Mertens]

Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Expect some serious bashing on this thread, over the coming days...

What I was hoping for buddy!
I'm so glad David Lynch is on to something again with this moniker. Like I said in the other, already bashed, thread: he's pushing the fucking envelop again

[toxic johnny]

 

Well there will be no bashing from me... I was lucky enough to see it last week at a special screening in London with a Q + A with the great man himself afterwards... and I am left panting for more... I can't wait to see it again and again and again... no other director does this to me...

 

I don't want to analyse it too much at this stage... that will come later after more viewings... I will say however that Laura Dern delivers an extraordinary performance... and the 3 hours duration flew by faster than a jugganaut chock full of treats en route to sensory overload heaven.

 

[maggot brain]

INLAND EMPIRE is released in the UK tomorrow, i cant wait!

[foxforce5]

You should dig up the old thread - it was interesting.

[maggot brain]

i shall

[!@#$%!]

well im glad you guys liked it. i was bored to tears and had to fight the urge to sleep. i agree laura dern's performance was magnificent (though she spent most of the 3 hours on "scared" mode), but the movie as a whole didn't cut it for me at all. perhaps (perhaps) in a future viewing-- i fell asleep to eraserhead too the first times i tried to watch it. and while the dv worked for some things it was just blah for others. but then again-- im not claiming everyone should agree with me-- so just you know-- im saying that's how it impacted me. i wish i could have enjoyed it! i would have been so happy. but no-- next time i'll have 3 double espressos before i sit to watch. maybe i'll have david lynch brand coffee, as a matter of fact.

[Iain]

I am really looking forward to seeing this. It's not on here until the end of April though. I am tempted to travel across the border to Bristol where it opens tomorrow.

[jon boy]

i still havnt seen it and i love it!

[Katy]

I'm going to see it this weekend.

Makes me almost wish I still took drugs.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by jon boy

i still havnt seen it and i love it!

i dont know why this rubs me the wrong way. kinda like watching christians on tv.

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Originally Posted by Katy

I'm going to see it this weekend.

Makes me almost wish I still took drugs.

the only drug you'll need is david lynch brand coffee, to stay awake.

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and by the way, i'm going to watch the thing a 2nd time. masochism? no-- curiosity, and lynch deserves another chance. but this time i'm drinking a lotta coffee upfront.

[Katy]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

the only drug you'll need is david lynch brand coffee, to stay awake.

Damn. I gave up coffee too when I gave up drugs.

Maybe I'll just take a pillow...

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Katy

Damn. I gave up coffee too when I gave up drugs.

Maybe I'll just take a pillow...

ha ha-- not even tea??

[Katy]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ha ha-- not even tea??

Only non-caffeinated herbal infusions.. it's all very sad.

[Bertrand]

Mulholland Drive being my favorite movie, I was more than eager to go see DL's latest.
I had read bad reviews, heard tons of bad things and so on.
Most of them said that the film was too long and that you couldn't understand it at all.
5 years ago girl I knew said she hadn't appreciated Mulholland because she had not understood it. I found that it was not a valid reason to dismiss the film. You FEEL things, and your brain clicks.
Do I try to understand movies whenever I see one? Yes, I do. Sometimes I don't find anything to understand 100% of it (Arizona Dream), but as long as there's coherence and that I feel pleasure-related things, I let go.
Did I find any coherence in IE? Well, yes; two days later. I felt the need to save something from it. What it brought me was : great expectations, and boredom. I felt cold. Some of you have written about sleep. I find the film too long but... considering it's a three hours picture, I was surprised when the film ended. Which means that the good (for me) parts last longer than they seem.
Don't read the rest if you plan to see for yourself as I'll spoil it. Well, if you read indeed, I'll put in some improper stuff.
Great scenes, here and there, with Grace Zabriskie. I had goosebumps. Jeremy Irons is fine. Theroux's voice seems deeper than in MD and he's really well. Laura Dern is a mystery to me. Lynch said she was fabulous, and I can't see why. The answer ain't on the screen. Or it's hidden.
The film is extremely raw and looks a bit like a remake of American Psycho.
In American Psycho, the book, coherence blows up from the moment the character named Price leaves his pals. Coherence comes back with him.
Justin Theroux played in Mary Harron's American Psycho. He was playing Price (named, for obscure reasons Bryce). In IE, the coherence explodes when he disappears. The reasons for his disappearance are in the movie, in the scene I liked the most.
Now that I've rebuilt some coherence, do I like it more? Nope. On the whole I felt disappointed.
But, maybe, surely, time will partly erase the redundant scenes.
Typing that, I think of some the good critics I read. They made me think that their authors had gathered their brain cells to create something from what they had seen in order to say that it was good, when they, in fact, had not been touched that much.

[foxforce5]

Originally Posted by Bertrand

Most of them said that the film was too long and that you couldn't understand it at all.

Your post was too long and I didn't understand it but when I feel inclined I tell people, "God, it was amazing" and also how you are "Incredible. Really just incredible."