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Posted by MF DU on 2006-09-09 01:03:11 +0000

hey! Where did the ther pics go?

Posted by MF DU on 2006-09-11 13:21:44 +0000

(triple Lorbering) whoa. they're back.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-06 16:17:34 +0000

NYT's take and interview w/ DL here. "A nightmare vision of the dream factory, “Inland Empire” belongs to the lineage of Hollywood bloody valentines that runs from “Sunset Boulevard” to “Mulholland Drive.” In one scene a character, stabbed in the gut with a screwdriver, runs down Hollywood Boulevard, leaving a gory trail on the Walk of Fame. Like “Mulholland Drive,” the film is at once a tribute to actors, especially those chewed up and spit out by the industry, and a study of the metaphysics of their craft."

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-06 16:28:58 +0000

Hopefully the film will be unlike "Mulholland Drive" in that it has a plot.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-06 16:39:05 +0000

Fuck you,'MD' ruled.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-06 18:42:43 +0000

Buzzorhowl channeling BQ3K from across the pond.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-07 03:59:33 +0000

I remain unconvinced re: Lynch. Sorry, dudes.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-10 13:00:22 +0000

David Lynch is going all DIY w/ the DISTRO: Seeking to explore new methods of distribution, David Lynch has secured the rights for the US and Canada to his first digital video feature, INLAND EMPIRE. Reaching an agreement with Studio Canal, Lynch proclaims, "It's a whole new world out there, even when it comes to distribution." The film's producer Mary Sweeney concurs stating, "David's decision to explore a new model of distribution is consistent with the fearless way in which he made 'INLAND EMPIRE.'"

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-11 17:38:10 +0000

Pretty good (no spoiliers either!) review from a viewer who went to the premiere here sounds like Twin Peaks season 2 might fianlly be coming to DVD,too, which is always a nice.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-10-11 18:28:52 +0000

There is one scene in particular in MD which I absolutely adore. But my legal counsel has advised me not to describe the scene on RSD in case under-age pages are lurking.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-11 18:41:54 +0000

I think i know the scene you mean. heh.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-10-11 19:58:22 +0000

I was very impressed, especially coming from a male director.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-01-08 18:04:22 +0000

Finally saw Inland Empire this weekend @ Trinity College's indie cinema in Hartford CT - CINESTUDIO The place is an old style theater complete with balcony and "horizontal smileish" ruffled velvet movie curtains that makes its motorized vertical ascent moments before showtime. The events' organizers knew their shit and had a vast array of Lynch soundtrack music playing before the film started including lots of Angelo Badalementi stuff. Cinestudio's retro surroundings combined with being semi lost on a deserted gothic looking Trinity campus certainly added to the film I was about to witness. If Lynch confounds you, IE mos def won't change your mind. All the Lynch goodies are here: Fascination with red curtains, electricity, strobe lights, fragmented women, red lipstick, constant ambient noise, and a reliance on familiar faces from past Lynch endeavors (H Dean Stanton, L Dern, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Grace Zabrieskie, voice of Naomi Watts) are all here. New to the world of Lynch: -actors Willam H Macy,J eremy Irons Mary Steenburgen, Julia Ormond -Bunny head TV family (don't ask) -violated Polish Prostitutes -non Angelo Badalementi score (aside from the drone-ish score, my ears picked out Beck, Nina Simone, Dave Brubeck, and various 60's tracks such as The Locomotion on the Soundtrack) I have seen and heard the criticism of IE being an over-indulgent train wreck, mostly as a negative or as a put down. I would also call it a train wreck, but would mean it as a compliment. *I am avoiding plot synopsis in my impressions altogether, but if you are curious, there is a link at the end of this that will give you the gist. This is adventurous filmmaking based on ideas and visual moments, not linear subject/story matter in the beginning/middle/end sense. I will definitely be checking this out again on DVD... *The best thematic breakdown (although it is supremely geeky and overanalytical - and I also mean this as a compliment) I have so far seen is here.

Posted by tgl on 2009-01-16 00:14:26 +0000

It should not take nearly three hours to tell me that reality is an illusion.

Posted by MF DU on 2009-01-16 11:19:19 +0000

Fair enough - I know it is not going to please everyone or even more than a small # of rabid Lynch fans. What can I say? it is an indulgence in the surreal. Seeing IE in the theater without distractions helped for me - I would never get through the film uninterrupted at home and I can't imagine any of Lynch's images having the same impact on my smallish tv.

Posted by tgl on 2009-01-16 13:02:55 +0000

That's part if it... I can imagine it's a better cinematic experience.

Posted by MF DU on 2009-01-16 15:05:17 +0000

You think 3 hours is bruising - Too bad the DÜ doesn't live closer - we could go to see the ~ 370 minute Soderbergh Che film that just came out...