Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 240

wendybeth · 08-27-2007, 05:34 PM

I just found out yesterday that Lynch is from Spokane- he was born in Montana, but lived a large part of his life in the PNW. No wonder he's so weird.

innerSpaceman · 08-27-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Please - somebody buy or rent the DVD of David Lynch's Inland Empire. I loved it and want to discuss it here, but I'm not ready to either pontificate or deliver a monologue.

Ok, I put it in my Queue, and moved it near the top.

No guarantee when I will get around to watching it.

If I was "meh" about Mullholland Drive, am I likely to hate "Inland Empire?" The So.Cal title commonalities make me nervous.

wendybeth · 08-27-2007, 05:48 PM

Haven't seen it, iSM, but the term 'Inland Empire' is also applied to the Spokane region. Hopefully, the movie isn't, because you'll likely fall asleep.

CoasterMatt · 08-27-2007, 06:33 PM

Dude! I'll watch anything by David Lynch, I just have to double up my medication first, for proper viewing.

Prudence · 08-27-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Haven't seen it, iSM, but the term 'Inland Empire' is also applied to the Spokane region. Hopefully, the movie isn't, because you'll likely fall asleep.

Well, Spokane has to do something to try to appear relevant.

(I have to watch what I say, since I just might end up there. Maybe I should rent the movie as homework.)

Snowflake · 08-27-2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hollywood has officially lost all semblence of originality. The lastest in the endless remake news is Keanu Reeves starring as Klatu in a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

THUD (jaw hitting floor)

Snowflake · 08-27-2007, 07:11 PM

I'm ashamed to say, the last Lynch film I saw was Wild at Heart.

CoasterMatt · 08-27-2007, 07:20 PM

I watched Eraserhead for the first time in high school - while recovering from a bad bike accident - a dear teacher gave me videotapes of that, A Clockwork Orange, and Koyaanisqaatsi.

mousepod · 08-27-2007, 09:44 PM

iSm - sorry to say that if you didn't dig Mulholland Drive, you probably won't like Inland Empire. The seemingly disjointed and surreal style that Lynch dared only in the last 1/3 of Lost Highway and second half of MD is all of IE. I certainly don't want to give anything away before you all see it, but I just want to warn you: don't look for a plot. There is one (or many) there, but Lynch's experimental narrative style demands (at least for me) two viewings: one passive, just to let it all soak in, and, following lots of pondering and discussion, at least one engaged viewing, just to see how the hell he did it. I think it might be my favorite movie so far this year.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 08-27-2007, 10:00 PM

Twin Peaks - Firewalk with me scared teh crap out of me. The "Bob" lurking around just sent chilles.

08-27-2007, 05:34 PM	#2391
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08-27-2007, 05:48 PM	#2393
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Haven't seen it, iSM, but the term 'Inland Empire' is also applied to the Spokane region. Hopefully, the movie isn't, because you'll likely fall asleep. __________________
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Dude! I'll watch anything by David Lynch, I just have to double up my medication first, for proper viewing. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I'm ashamed to say, the last Lynch film I saw was Wild at Heart. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	I watched Eraserhead for the first time in high school - while recovering from a bad bike accident - a dear teacher gave me videotapes of that, A Clockwork Orange, and Koyaanisqaatsi. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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08-27-2007, 09:44 PM	#2399
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	iSm - sorry to say that if you didn't dig Mulholland Drive, you probably won't like Inland Empire. The seemingly disjointed and surreal style that Lynch dared only in the last 1/3 of Lost Highway and second half of MD is all of IE. I certainly don't want to give anything away before you all see it, but I just want to warn you: don't look for a plot. There is one (or many) there, but Lynch's experimental narrative style demands (at least for me) two viewings: one passive, just to let it all soak in, and, following lots of pondering and discussion, at least one engaged viewing, just to see how the hell he did it. I think it might be my favorite movie so far this year. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Twin Peaks - Firewalk with me scared teh crap out of me. The "Bob" lurking around just sent chilles.
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