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07 September 2006

David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE Along the way we meet a desperate, homicidal woman (Julia Ormond) with a screwdriver embedded in her stomach who later turns out to be Billy’s wife; we keep cutting back to the family of rabbit-heads (one voiced by Naomi Watts) who spout annoying Pinteresque non-sequiturs; and we are introduced to some girls who later turn out to be hookers, and who dance in formation to The Locomotion

post by: matteo at: 12:09 | 11 comments

It sounds like he's cobbled together some of the short pieces he did for his website. I've got about 8 or 9 of those "Rabbits" shorts on a VCD... they're cool for what they are, but this movie sounds like a mess.

posted by BoringPostcards 07 September | 12:18

...but this movie sounds like a mess.

Yeah, but I think you could say that about most of David Lynch's stuff, if you just read a synopsis. I could write a very unflattering review of Mulholland Dr. that would be very deceiving as to the movie's true worth.

posted by muddgirl 07 September | 12:25

Ok, actually reading that review, I don't know what to think.

posted by muddgirl 07 September | 12:26

That's true, muddgirl. And I'm a huge Lynch-head, so I'll be checking it out even if it were to suck.

(I still wish he'd make One Saliva Bubble, though.)

posted by BoringPostcards 07 September | 12:28

I've always been sort of iffy on David Lynch, but anyone who likes 'The Locomotion,' is OK with me.

posted by jonmc 07 September | 12:29

I hate it when I get a screwdriver stuck in my stomach.

posted by Specklet 07 September | 12:33

This reviewer sounds like ones of those people who sincerely believes Eraserhead is a meditation on parental guilt. Those people are assholes.

The description sounds quite good, though I'm kind of regretting reading it now as I wanted to go into this one cold.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 07 September | 12:37

anyone who likes 'The Locomotion,' is OK with me.

The "I've Told Every Little Star" song in Mulholland Dr is one of my favorite parts of that movie.

posted by BoringPostcards 07 September | 12:49

"I hate it when I get a screwdriver stuck in my stomach."

Here is a man who swallows stuff like that. Look what it did to his stomach. Warning: Gross medical images, and a 9-11 memorial.

posted by sarah connor 07 September | 13:13

Whatever. Dune is the only worthwhile thing Lynch ever made.

Everything else has just been weirdness-for-weirdness'-sake.

posted by dersins 07 September | 13:56

Bullshit.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 07 September | 15:35

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