I hate it when some shallow pretentious people are trying to criticize Lynch's movies and all they've got to say is words like "Coherent, doesn't make sense, etc". And I feel sorry for them cause Lynch's movies are as clear as DAY! But it is the mind set of the most of the audience that can not grasp and understand its subjects and the way they are presented, and that is not wrong, the wrong thing is to come here and try to show off, while you are just making a joke out of your self.
Hey Mr. Lynch, thanks for Twin Peaks, it's my favourite television series ever, but right now I could come up with a more fucked up yet coherent screenplay.
This was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Lynch takes u on a trip where he shows u things and it makes no sense and then later on that thing comes into the story and it snaps full circle. The scene at the beginning with the neighbor telling Laura Dern 'actions have consequences' makes no sense when u hear it but it basically tells everything thats going to happen thereafter.
@kortick50 Yeah I am with you on the story all being there and coming full circle. One of my all time favorites. And unlike Mulholland Drive I went away feeling not half bad.
It was not as classy as Mulholland Drive i think. Maybe that´s the amateur thing who disappointed me but the movie is still very very good with somes great good scenes. Lynch is all about unconscious and dark memories, crazy fantasy, women, red and black, strange talk, absurd places ... :))
omg please somebody tell me what is this movie about,, i watched it last nights on tv,,, but its weirdly attractive and the understandability is zero please who know reply me
@hmhmym There's nothing to understand from movies made by David Lynch. I've seen all of them, and Eraserhead along with Mulholland Dr. are the only ones I can figure out approximately what they are about, the storyline itself that is. I however still don't understand -alot- of the metaphors from the movies.
As said, there's nothing to understand or "figure out". David Lynch is mentally insane.
i used to have a goldfish that once shat a piece of crap so long, it trailed maybe 5 times its body length behind him. it was the longest piece of shit i have ever seen.. then i watched 'Inland Empire'.
Wow David Lynch is fucking stupid, none of his movies make sense, the only person who understands them are david himself and maybe a few LSD addicts. People say theres artistic meanings and symbolism in his films.... I DONT SEE SHIT!
I wasted a few hours of my time watching eraserhead. There was hardly any dialogue in the whole film and none of it made sense. I watched it 3 times and its still just a bunch of random shit thrown together
So, Lynch is stupid simply because you didn't understand the movie? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The whole beauty of Lynch's movies is that the audience is always in a kind of limbo; you're never entirely sure what's happening, but you're compelled to keep watching. His movies aren't for everyone, but I think there is ALOT to be gained from repeated viewings, as you'll notice new visual and narrative meanings.
@mucasPARTSstudios Just because YOU don't understand it doesn't mean the filmmaker was stupid. What kind of moron are you? He's not trying to be intellectual and assign meanings, he's interested in instincts. Everyone takes from it their own personal meaning. Stay the hell away from Lynch movies. They aren't for close-minded morons like you.
For all those watching this movie, realize it is not about defining or describing its meaning; for it has none. It is the synthesis of human experience, the product of a human's cognitive behaviour woven into a narrative of fluid, ephemeral fabric. Do not expect a concrete, causally propelled linear narrative. Expect a narrative that attempts to reconcile with human memory, emotion and thought. It is surrealism at its best.
you should watch this monstrosity of a film in a cinema. no one going to toilet, no one coughing, no one noshing sth, no cell ringing, doors locked - enter the ultimate mindfuck
In all honesty I thought the movie sucked!!! And anyone admiring this film and calling it so-called art is off their mind. To avoid all arguments at all cost you must categorise that "Inland empire" is not a film nor a movie. The plot? The climax? The Storyline? There was none. And as for The resolution ... Nothing was resolved. It was like a whacky video clip from "The prodigy" except it was 3 hours long. In comparison to a similar movie: Donnie Darko, now thats a good movie.
Thats what art is, art is meant to get an emotional reaction from people and as youve just demonstrated by your opinion, have, in a non direct way, confirmed that this is art
Lol yes in a way thats true, but real art does, the artist has to bring meaning to their creations through research, experience and emotions. You have to try and convey a message. You just cant paint something and call it real art if it there is no purpose or meaning behind it. An artist needs to back up their art with some sort of research. when you look at the rabbit scene of inland empire, there is so much to appreciate from it, from the lighting to meaning. Sorry if I sound like a bore
what if the message is... no message. is that still a message?! i like art. but i dislike this name "art" which is brandied about. it's so nebulous and vague and arbitrary and very very elitist. a tree is a wonderful work of art. i'll agree with you up to a certain point, at which some "artists" just become convinced of their own "genious" and start believing their own bull***!
@the81kid Thats the great thing about post modernism, you dont have to go along with what these elitetist say. you can like something just for the sake of liking something. If you dont like what the "genius" spout about themselves then that is your valid opinion, and any one who says different is still stuck in the modern era.
sorry. "post modernism" is just another waffle word to me. i'm not trying to aggravate you, honestly. but how you just defined "post modernism" to me: people have been liking what they like for all history without caring about "valid opinions"! so the term is meaningless, you're just discussing life!
(but if we must discuss that ridiculous term, i've had conversations in my uni with many students and lecturers who even say the term is a self-contradiction!) sorry dude!
@the81kid no need to be sorry, everyones view is valid, if you dont like the way things are then thats your right, thats what po mo is, not abiding by traditional rules, the thing with art, as you pointed out, is anything can be considered art. The only trouble with that is convincing the majority that you view is valid. Some of the great works of arts, I think are crap too. And wonder what these people who paint them were thinking.
that is the situation, yes. and i even mostly agree with you. i love creativity from people, but dislike the term "art" - it actually has no definition. creativity sounds better.
@the81kid It's not art unless the maker considers it art. If you can make something, call it art, and be able to either interpret it, or make other people begin to interpret/see meaning in it, then yes, anything CAN be art.
@the81kid Can you explain to me why the tissue is art? What's the meaning? Obviously there is none. And if you made something up to fit why it's art, then you're not sincere, and it's not art. Why are we arguing over what art is? I don't give a s**t about art, I just know that I love this movie.
why do i have to call it art? why does it have to have meaning? why does it have to be sincere? i'm being devil's advocate here, but i'm making a point too.
(by the way, if you love this movie, i'm happy for you. but i don't.)
@the81kid If you actually read my post thoroughly, you would have realized that I said that it can also be art if you can apply meaning to it or interpret it. Like not you as the artist, but the viewer.
then i apologize for mis-reading. but i do stand by my point of being able to offer something ridiculous (like snotty tissue) and calling it art. i realise it is subjective, but if we have no limits, we'll be lost.
My apologies. I didn't mean to insult anyone, but never before had a movie made me so angry.
I love Mulholland Drive & Lost Highway, but i completely lost respect for Lynch when i saw a pseudo conference where he was trying to rise millions of dollars for his "Peace Universities". Of course, i started hating him for good after that terrible Inland Empire. That's all folks!
One thing that this movie has taught me is that life is short, and that i should never again waste 3 precious hours of my life watching some piece of pretentious, meaningless crap (or should i say vomit?). I love how sheep-fans actually think for hours and months about the meaning of that little detail or word, when Lynch just threw some "crazy" ideas in the air with no idea about the whole thing in the end. Fans do the job for him, that's kinda hilarious.
actually, as a david lynch fan, I think you are right. I don't think the point of his more baffling movies is to be analyzed or figured out, but rather felt. If you don't enjoy the lynch immersion sensation than I suppose some of his work would be very boring, indeed.
I watched this at about 12 at night and quite honestly it scared the crap out of me. It reminds me of that scene in The Shining when you see the dog-thing-man in a costume giving oral to some random dude. *shudders* one of the creepiest scenes ever. What the fuck is this movie even about?!
yeah the whole film is like that one scene extended out. mind you, The Shining made title cards with days of the week written on them scary. i think what EVP and ITC have found (that the soul realm is reachable thru technology) has already been used since um images on silver and other alchemy was invented. radionics proves a photo can indeed steal a soul.
cant help but notice this cos it says "Inland Empire" but with "Rabbits" in it.. Rabbits 's my favorite Lynch work along with Eraserhead... i havent watch Inland.. so.. hmmm...
Also, I've found that much of Lynch's work (but most especially Inland Empire) seems to almost follow the path of a sort of nightmare, and, whether intentional or not, his films seem to capture this in essence.
Something that people should understand... David Lynch isn't always necessarily about "figuring out" the movie. Yes, there's always a plot there, strange as it may be, but a good deal of Lynch is about the aesthetic and the theme and the feeling and the overall experience. It's more than simply what it's "about." It's art.
Okay, all of you ball lickers raving about what a great signature masterpiece work of art it is - CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE FUCK IT'S ABOUT! Do you even know or you just trying to sound cultured. And while your at it, Lost Highway as well. No clues here!
This is actually one of Lynch's more easier to understand in terms of story.
The girl in the intro watching the television in a motel room is the main character of the film, though she is only shown seldom.
It's a story about a woman who had a fued with her man and their relationship hangs in the balance. She watches a movie that relates a lot to her life style; who's original story dates back to the golden age of old time radio AXXON station, which explains all the scenes in the 20's era...
There is something unique about the story that exceeds in to real life... this is explained by the old lady in the introduction who pays a visit to laura Dern's character. The thing in the script is an affair which transitions in to real life when the Old time radio story is made in to a movie and is never finished because it's leads were murdered...
History repeates itself with the movie remake; Laura dern and her co-star have a love scene which transitions in to real life....
.. Laura Derns characters's husband fins out, who is described to be a dangerous man. Around this time the movie story, and the characters story begin to blur and cross over, which actually leads in to the story of the unseen MAIN characters (Girl Watching the TV in the intro) story.
Basically, she watches the movie made by laura dern, and escaped a cycle that was labeled as a curse, she goes home to her family, and everything is happy.
It's a story within story within story within story.
well.. when watching Lynch work, it's not important to think.. but to "feel" now thats the essence of it, and the feeling of watching his movie is indescribable & rare.. i dont find the same "feel" when watching other movies, but only Lynch. It's 'Lynch Magic'.
This movie is wonderful and terrifying. It is definitely one of those things that can hit you dead center and then you show it to a friend and they fall asleep or laugh...that's often the feeling I get from reading dismissive reviews, but whatever. I spent the whole time in horror and amazement that I was actually watching a spot-on description of feelings I've only dreamed about.
One thing: I like playing movies loud, but something really special clicks into place when you blast this one.
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You are a little right. Sometimes I think that Lynch Doesn't make movies. He is just better in doing one movie over and over. Dune, lost highway, inland empire - that's the same movie.
Laura Dern acting here is wonderful, and this film has a pair of scenes really touching - like that when Laura is seriously injured...but the whole movie was too much for me. I consider this film almost an interesting experiment. By the other way Mulholland Drive was near to perfection...the acting of Naomi Watts to begin with (oh please Academy members: give her well deserved Oscar someday)
I love that scene. I seems to be something else. The action of the movie is behind the frame. There is a guy siting behind the Asian girl, and Muscled black, he is looking at the fountain, where scenario to Vidocq was created as an fusion of Lost Highway, and lightning-theory.
i want to see this soo much! im going to buy it next time im in town. i've only just discovered david lynch (i know shocking isnt it! why only now!) and im developing a wee bit of an obsession haha
The third lynch movie I've seen, Just saw this today.
I saw blue velvet, Mulholland drive, and this.
Well, Mulholland drive prepared me for a deeply abstract video such as this. You need to eralise that each scene doesn't have to be seamed and all put together, it's the big picture that you need to "see." Notice how this movie took place within a movie? But you were still compelled to be interested in the movie, within a movie? that sort of thing, it's really interesting, makes you think.
"In my opinion, Lynch just kid us around with casually written movies! He's a liar!"
The majority of folks in the western world respect David Lych as an 'honest' and highly successful film director of 30-years standing. I dont think some 18-year-old Italian kid calling Lynch a liar is going to phase him or his millions of fans.
Why not show us the movies that you've produced commercially and we can all judge you and your honest efforts.
No, you haven't offended me in the least. But just because your only 18 doesn't mean that you can express your opinion on a public forum by calling a world-renowned movie director a 'liar'. Democracy does indeed exist, and yes, everyone can use it, but its no excuse in this case.
Yeah that guy is right man, lynch is my fave director because he really wants to make a movie, however other directors are just in the business for the cash. Inland Empire was directed by lynch what almost 29 to 30 years into his career, and he spent 7 years on this production, did he get a massive budget for the film NO. Did that stop him producing it? NO. There you go there's your answer, he is truly dedicated and passionate and he did not want comments like yours, u cudn't make this movie.dik
does anyone know this song? i cant find it!! thanks in advance.. p.s. david lynch rocks, im only just getting into his stuff now.. too bad all my family and friends are too shallow to appreciate his work
I would have loved to see heath ledger in a Lynch film. ledger coulda have portayed another dark role and at the same time jump back into the inde scene for a bit.
I see, his movies are unique: ELEPHANT MAN, ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS series, THE APHABET, STRAIGHT STORY, all excellent from start till ending.
I haven't seen this film but am open to most films especially the obscure. With all the great comments about the film why do many film reviewers give it the thumbs down?
I was once alone walking home through the town a bit drunken after a night in a bar on winter. Laughing alone at all the stupid jokes I heard during that night, wondering about life.
That is the closest experience I've had to watching Inland Empire.
Anyone know if they are using "infrasound" to make this movie scarier? Because in the first few seconds of putting it on you feel very uncomfortable.
bill08bill08 2 months ago
"Starring the gorgeous ladies from Mullholand Drive-" So where are they? I just see a couple of over-the-hill scrotum-esque wrinkle-beasts.
KrazyKuKluxKiller 2 months ago
I hate it when some shallow pretentious people are trying to criticize Lynch's movies and all they've got to say is words like "Coherent, doesn't make sense, etc". And I feel sorry for them cause Lynch's movies are as clear as DAY! But it is the mind set of the most of the audience that can not grasp and understand its subjects and the way they are presented, and that is not wrong, the wrong thing is to come here and try to show off, while you are just making a joke out of your self.
tarkovskychild 3 months ago
@tarkovskychild lol u mad that most smart people aren't impressed by LOL SO RANDUMB xD xD like your gullible ass is?
KrazyKuKluxKiller 2 months ago
Hey Mr. Lynch, thanks for Twin Peaks, it's my favourite television series ever, but right now I could come up with a more fucked up yet coherent screenplay.
marsneedstowels 3 months ago
Wow this looks intriguing and original. And possibly terrifying. I am so watching this shit.
Periphery830 5 months ago
@Periphery830 It's a masterpiece. Worth it!
AngusYoungForMayor 3 months ago
what song is this? O.O I want it.
thisis26 6 months ago
@thisis26 i think its called Ghost of Love and is an original song written and performed by David Lynch ( the director and wirter of this film)
MrAlfred1995 4 months ago
@MrAlfred1995 Thanks! :D
thisis26 4 months ago
Thissssssssss Isss so AWEfulSOME !!!!
jussipejulliano 7 months ago
Too much pretense. But still interesting to watch.
dlmyers17 8 months ago
I've heard they're planning a sequel called "Inland Empire Strikes Back".
Whatismynamebrotha 8 months ago 4
This was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Lynch takes u on a trip where he shows u things and it makes no sense and then later on that thing comes into the story and it snaps full circle. The scene at the beginning with the neighbor telling Laura Dern 'actions have consequences' makes no sense when u hear it but it basically tells everything thats going to happen thereafter.
kortick50 8 months ago
@kortick50 Yeah I am with you on the story all being there and coming full circle. One of my all time favorites. And unlike Mulholland Drive I went away feeling not half bad.
mellifluousnebula 7 months ago
Hey Sarah Palmer!
pyrrha2 9 months ago
lol wtf? I live in the I.E.
Jewclops 9 months ago
in the words of david lynch "i don't make films for the audience, i make them for myself"
AUSNick87 9 months ago 7
No. Just no. Now he's just looking what he can get away with.
Subwarriorcrew 9 months ago
Is the movie really just shot with a camcorder and some flashlights? It looks ugly as fuck.
bigstabby 10 months ago
@bigstabby yes (but im not sure about the flashlights). its a stylistic effect.
tjhghghjh 9 months ago
love this brain madness.
waistnotime 10 months ago
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Jesus is future king of earth, repent for his judgement comes. Jesus loves you
bass109 11 months ago
david lynch knows how to fuck with your mind
TheRecknor 11 months ago
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I saw the premier of this movie on my Iphone
TheAgwoodliffe 11 months ago
pretty much
theRADteepee 1 year ago
Clearly, the life of a whore is terrible, and all so often self-imposed.
CrimeReport 1 year ago
is this better then fantastic planet?
Dominic078 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me if the enjoyment of this movie may be enhanced by marijuana?
AndrejKorenic 1 year ago
What song is playing in the background? Please respond!
thedevo01 1 year ago
@thedevo01 Ghost of Love
kevojy 1 year ago
It was not as classy as Mulholland Drive i think. Maybe that´s the amateur thing who disappointed me but the movie is still very very good with somes great good scenes. Lynch is all about unconscious and dark memories, crazy fantasy, women, red and black, strange talk, absurd places ... :))
ThePg45 1 year ago
166 likes 14 dislikes?????
bassmanjoe 1 year ago
wow....what a well-done trailer.
avril14thlove 1 year ago
i think all of you who dont understand should look az it as a dream or a trip... that's about it.
guzsaj 1 year ago
watched the movie.
looks more like an amateur director trying to copy Lynch, rather than Lynch himself directing a movie.
Maynard0504 1 year ago
Lynch is a freaking genius.
atemlos2585 1 year ago
three words: what the fuck
Pupih 1 year ago 29
even though she's only in the film for about 15 minutes, Grace Zabriske is my absolute FAVORITE part of this incoherent mind-fuck of a movie!!
Baphomet417 1 year ago
ABC123IHAZNAME 1 year ago
WTF?
baggedyman 1 year ago
That was simply the must fucked up thing i've seen in my life.... I didn't understand shit about it...
lordacosta 1 year ago
:32 made me just about piss myself.
turtlewings 1 year ago
@turtlewings me too hahah
GalinaSmeke 1 year ago
omg please somebody tell me what is this movie about,, i watched it last nights on tv,,, but its weirdly attractive and the understandability is zero please who know reply me
hmhmym 1 year ago
@hmhmym There's nothing to understand from movies made by David Lynch. I've seen all of them, and Eraserhead along with Mulholland Dr. are the only ones I can figure out approximately what they are about, the storyline itself that is. I however still don't understand -alot- of the metaphors from the movies.
As said, there's nothing to understand or "figure out". David Lynch is mentally insane.
4ngelDust 1 year ago
@4ngelDust i didnt get eraserhead can you tell something about the storyline because i realy didnt understand shit
STRK3R 1 year ago
What the FUCK man D:
BudaTomu 1 year ago
@BudaTomu Seriously WHAT THE FUCK?!
TheDM75 1 year ago
This movie confused the hell out of me. I've seen it two times and still don't get it.
pamlovsy2j 1 year ago
i used to have a goldfish that once shat a piece of crap so long, it trailed maybe 5 times its body length behind him. it was the longest piece of shit i have ever seen.. then i watched 'Inland Empire'.
arbiknoxvillain 1 year ago 5
@arbiknoxvillain It is kind of a real great movie, watch it again.
AngusYoungForMayor 3 months ago
What kind of trailer is this?? Its just 4 random scenes and a guitar in the background. I mean c'mon DAVID! WHAT THE F#CK?
Marty01Mcfly 1 year ago
You know how people sometimes huff paint to get hallucinations? I think this would be a better substitute.
kevluv93 1 year ago
Wow David Lynch is fucking stupid, none of his movies make sense, the only person who understands them are david himself and maybe a few LSD addicts. People say theres artistic meanings and symbolism in his films.... I DONT SEE SHIT!
I wasted a few hours of my time watching eraserhead. There was hardly any dialogue in the whole film and none of it made sense. I watched it 3 times and its still just a bunch of random shit thrown together
mucasPARTSstudios 1 year ago
@mucasPARTSstudios
So, Lynch is stupid simply because you didn't understand the movie? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The whole beauty of Lynch's movies is that the audience is always in a kind of limbo; you're never entirely sure what's happening, but you're compelled to keep watching. His movies aren't for everyone, but I think there is ALOT to be gained from repeated viewings, as you'll notice new visual and narrative meanings.
tristessa56079 1 year ago
@mucasPARTSstudios Just because YOU don't understand it doesn't mean the filmmaker was stupid. What kind of moron are you? He's not trying to be intellectual and assign meanings, he's interested in instincts. Everyone takes from it their own personal meaning. Stay the hell away from Lynch movies. They aren't for close-minded morons like you.
Tigerlily21 1 year ago
@Tigerlily21
And you better stay away from my penis!
mucasPARTSstudios 1 year ago
this video has been sampled in the track "il dr. moebius" by roggy luciano. search it!!!
MerlinoMatto 1 year ago
whats the name of the song?
FedskaTheOne 1 year ago
For all those watching this movie, realize it is not about defining or describing its meaning; for it has none. It is the synthesis of human experience, the product of a human's cognitive behaviour woven into a narrative of fluid, ephemeral fabric. Do not expect a concrete, causally propelled linear narrative. Expect a narrative that attempts to reconcile with human memory, emotion and thought. It is surrealism at its best.
Coldshoulders69 1 year ago 4
Initially, with this film, I was like WTF, but every time I re-watch it, I actually enjoy it more & more.
agwoodliffe 1 year ago
What the hell is this film all about ...? Can't find it anywhere to rent or buy ...
marbananta 1 year ago
I haven't watched this all the way through, but Muholland Dr scared the hell out of me and was a trip. Im going to watch this one right notw.
italeka 1 year ago
this is how it is in the i.e. its a rugged look! siiiiiiiiiiiiiike where the bangers at?
thethrillion 1 year ago
p.s. that was in response to "LuaBloe"
buzzardbeatniks 1 year ago
THe song on the trailer?
pisumusic 1 year ago
wow i live in the inland empire and none of this shit ever goes on
Dapz96 1 year ago 2
you should watch this monstrosity of a film in a cinema. no one going to toilet, no one coughing, no one noshing sth, no cell ringing, doors locked - enter the ultimate mindfuck
hungh0rse 1 year ago
In all honesty I thought the movie sucked!!! And anyone admiring this film and calling it so-called art is off their mind. To avoid all arguments at all cost you must categorise that "Inland empire" is not a film nor a movie. The plot? The climax? The Storyline? There was none. And as for The resolution ... Nothing was resolved. It was like a whacky video clip from "The prodigy" except it was 3 hours long. In comparison to a similar movie: Donnie Darko, now thats a good movie.
shinjiakira 1 year ago
Thats what art is, art is meant to get an emotional reaction from people and as youve just demonstrated by your opinion, have, in a non direct way, confirmed that this is art
ktayor1 1 year ago 4
...then, anything and everything is "art"!
the81kid 1 year ago
Lol yes in a way thats true, but real art does, the artist has to bring meaning to their creations through research, experience and emotions. You have to try and convey a message. You just cant paint something and call it real art if it there is no purpose or meaning behind it. An artist needs to back up their art with some sort of research. when you look at the rabbit scene of inland empire, there is so much to appreciate from it, from the lighting to meaning. Sorry if I sound like a bore
ktayor1 1 year ago
@ktayor1
what if the message is... no message. is that still a message?! i like art. but i dislike this name "art" which is brandied about. it's so nebulous and vague and arbitrary and very very elitist. a tree is a wonderful work of art. i'll agree with you up to a certain point, at which some "artists" just become convinced of their own "genious" and start believing their own bull***!
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid Thats the great thing about post modernism, you dont have to go along with what these elitetist say. you can like something just for the sake of liking something. If you dont like what the "genius" spout about themselves then that is your valid opinion, and any one who says different is still stuck in the modern era.
ktayor1 1 year ago
@ktayor1
sorry. "post modernism" is just another waffle word to me. i'm not trying to aggravate you, honestly. but how you just defined "post modernism" to me: people have been liking what they like for all history without caring about "valid opinions"! so the term is meaningless, you're just discussing life!
(but if we must discuss that ridiculous term, i've had conversations in my uni with many students and lecturers who even say the term is a self-contradiction!) sorry dude!
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid no need to be sorry, everyones view is valid, if you dont like the way things are then thats your right, thats what po mo is, not abiding by traditional rules, the thing with art, as you pointed out, is anything can be considered art. The only trouble with that is convincing the majority that you view is valid. Some of the great works of arts, I think are crap too. And wonder what these people who paint them were thinking.
ktayor1 1 year ago
@ktayor1
that is the situation, yes. and i even mostly agree with you. i love creativity from people, but dislike the term "art" - it actually has no definition. creativity sounds better.
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid it certainly does!
ktayor1 1 year ago
@the81kid It's not art unless the maker considers it art. If you can make something, call it art, and be able to either interpret it, or make other people begin to interpret/see meaning in it, then yes, anything CAN be art.
MSISOAD 1 year ago
@MSISOAD
i just sneezed into a tissue. i'm calling it art. can i be considered for the Turner prize now?
i'm sorry, i'd rather consider my baby sisters drawings (which are pretty awesome, and un-commercial, honest, original works) as art than this tripe!
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid Can you explain to me why the tissue is art? What's the meaning? Obviously there is none. And if you made something up to fit why it's art, then you're not sincere, and it's not art. Why are we arguing over what art is? I don't give a s**t about art, I just know that I love this movie.
MSISOAD 1 year ago
@MSISOAD
why do i have to call it art? why does it have to have meaning? why does it have to be sincere? i'm being devil's advocate here, but i'm making a point too.
(by the way, if you love this movie, i'm happy for you. but i don't.)
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid If you actually read my post thoroughly, you would have realized that I said that it can also be art if you can apply meaning to it or interpret it. Like not you as the artist, but the viewer.
MSISOAD 1 year ago
@MSISOAD
then i apologize for mis-reading. but i do stand by my point of being able to offer something ridiculous (like snotty tissue) and calling it art. i realise it is subjective, but if we have no limits, we'll be lost.
the81kid 1 year ago
@the81kid That's true.
MSISOAD 1 year ago
Watching this movie released an intense feeling of primal fear. Simultaneously it has liberated an extreme longing for something undefined.
hypercotton 2 years ago 5
@hypercotton
sounds like when i woke up this morning... but it passed.
the81kid 1 year ago
i loved this movie's atmosphere. Really. Especially the rabbits.
Foodfast123 2 years ago
My apologies. I didn't mean to insult anyone, but never before had a movie made me so angry.
I love Mulholland Drive & Lost Highway, but i completely lost respect for Lynch when i saw a pseudo conference where he was trying to rise millions of dollars for his "Peace Universities". Of course, i started hating him for good after that terrible Inland Empire. That's all folks!
LuaBloe 2 years ago
One thing that this movie has taught me is that life is short, and that i should never again waste 3 precious hours of my life watching some piece of pretentious, meaningless crap (or should i say vomit?). I love how sheep-fans actually think for hours and months about the meaning of that little detail or word, when Lynch just threw some "crazy" ideas in the air with no idea about the whole thing in the end. Fans do the job for him, that's kinda hilarious.
LuaBloe 2 years ago
actually, as a david lynch fan, I think you are right. I don't think the point of his more baffling movies is to be analyzed or figured out, but rather felt. If you don't enjoy the lynch immersion sensation than I suppose some of his work would be very boring, indeed.
buzzardbeatniks 1 year ago
try watching this movie on K so weird lol
dw070 2 years ago
people still do k?
i'd go as far as w/ weed tho
abcd12345 2 years ago
I watched this at about 12 at night and quite honestly it scared the crap out of me. It reminds me of that scene in The Shining when you see the dog-thing-man in a costume giving oral to some random dude. *shudders* one of the creepiest scenes ever. What the fuck is this movie even about?!
tylerlouisohyeah 2 years ago 5
yeah the whole film is like that one scene extended out. mind you, The Shining made title cards with days of the week written on them scary. i think what EVP and ITC have found (that the soul realm is reachable thru technology) has already been used since um images on silver and other alchemy was invented. radionics proves a photo can indeed steal a soul.
randomlaughingman 2 years ago
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I think his movies are too 1960s ...
rochelimit55555 2 years ago
@rochelimit55555
It's not like the 60's and 70's film were the greatest years for film or anything.
DirkMcgee 2 years ago
that's what I meant, it is so conceptual, it is soooo 60s
rochelimit55555 2 years ago
@rochelimit55555
I thought you meant what you said in a negative way. David Lynch is definity one of the greatest directors.
DirkMcgee 2 years ago
cant help but notice this cos it says "Inland Empire" but with "Rabbits" in it.. Rabbits 's my favorite Lynch work along with Eraserhead... i havent watch Inland.. so.. hmmm...
niksati 2 years ago
watch it! it's amazing, the rabbits episodes are only an extension of what's included as only clips/clues in the movie. :)
limpfnode1 2 years ago
hw whyy's rabbits in there?
tinofpop90 2 years ago
Also, I've found that much of Lynch's work (but most especially Inland Empire) seems to almost follow the path of a sort of nightmare, and, whether intentional or not, his films seem to capture this in essence.
Ccomaffayod 2 years ago
Something that people should understand... David Lynch isn't always necessarily about "figuring out" the movie. Yes, there's always a plot there, strange as it may be, but a good deal of Lynch is about the aesthetic and the theme and the feeling and the overall experience. It's more than simply what it's "about." It's art.
Ccomaffayod 2 years ago
Okay, all of you ball lickers raving about what a great signature masterpiece work of art it is - CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE FUCK IT'S ABOUT! Do you even know or you just trying to sound cultured. And while your at it, Lost Highway as well. No clues here!
UTuber69XXX 2 years ago
This is actually one of Lynch's more easier to understand in terms of story.
The girl in the intro watching the television in a motel room is the main character of the film, though she is only shown seldom.
It's a story about a woman who had a fued with her man and their relationship hangs in the balance. She watches a movie that relates a lot to her life style; who's original story dates back to the golden age of old time radio AXXON station, which explains all the scenes in the 20's era...
fourth1000 2 years ago
There is something unique about the story that exceeds in to real life... this is explained by the old lady in the introduction who pays a visit to laura Dern's character. The thing in the script is an affair which transitions in to real life when the Old time radio story is made in to a movie and is never finished because it's leads were murdered...
History repeates itself with the movie remake; Laura dern and her co-star have a love scene which transitions in to real life....
fourth1000 2 years ago
.. Laura Derns characters's husband fins out, who is described to be a dangerous man. Around this time the movie story, and the characters story begin to blur and cross over, which actually leads in to the story of the unseen MAIN characters (Girl Watching the TV in the intro) story.
Basically, she watches the movie made by laura dern, and escaped a cycle that was labeled as a curse, she goes home to her family, and everything is happy.
It's a story within story within story within story.
fourth1000 2 years ago
ThanXXX 4 squaring me away!
UTuber69XXX 2 years ago
well.. when watching Lynch work, it's not important to think.. but to "feel" now thats the essence of it, and the feeling of watching his movie is indescribable & rare.. i dont find the same "feel" when watching other movies, but only Lynch. It's 'Lynch Magic'.
niksati 2 years ago
My brain lost its virginity to this movie.
Stootoot 2 years ago 95
MINDFUCKED?
BadBillboard 2 years ago
@Stootoot i too have been victimized.
tharbk01 1 year ago
GREAT!!
ShannonAvalon 2 years ago
Fucking stunning film, as haunting, strange and mysterious as life itself.
7lartceps 2 years ago 3
This movie raped my brain.
PresidentRich 2 years ago 5
How very Lynchian.
Raindogs111 2 years ago
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Yaaaawn. Same ol' lynchin...
BanalCarnal 2 years ago
pure mind-fuck
love it
especially the pale faces i get when i mention this film to anybody..
klaunmaan 2 years ago
i would describe this film as "Sinister" siniestro
this film was like an horror movie or a nightmare to me... and really iv seen some insane stuff, but it is very artistic
iamkaokao 2 years ago 2
I agree I have still to make it to the end :P
camperkid 2 years ago
This movie is wonderful and terrifying. It is definitely one of those things that can hit you dead center and then you show it to a friend and they fall asleep or laugh...that's often the feeling I get from reading dismissive reviews, but whatever. I spent the whole time in horror and amazement that I was actually watching a spot-on description of feelings I've only dreamed about.
One thing: I like playing movies loud, but something really special clicks into place when you blast this one.
Flagfoot 2 years ago 8
Live is a Movie.
scheiSSkind77 2 years ago
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You are a little right. Sometimes I think that Lynch Doesn't make movies. He is just better in doing one movie over and over. Dune, lost highway, inland empire - that's the same movie.
globalnywiesniak 2 years ago
How so? I haven't seen all of them, please elaborate :D
StolenBatteries 2 years ago
From watching this trailer, you understand just as much what the movie is about as if you watch all three hours of it :P
Yadoozz 2 years ago 31
Its about the experience of watching the film not the story. Its art rather than commerce.
Chantharat80 2 years ago 3
Laura Dern acting here is wonderful, and this film has a pair of scenes really touching - like that when Laura is seriously injured...but the whole movie was too much for me. I consider this film almost an interesting experiment. By the other way Mulholland Drive was near to perfection...the acting of Naomi Watts to begin with (oh please Academy members: give her well deserved Oscar someday)
Danitech2999 2 years ago
I love that scene. I seems to be something else. The action of the movie is behind the frame. There is a guy siting behind the Asian girl, and Muscled black, he is looking at the fountain, where scenario to Vidocq was created as an fusion of Lost Highway, and lightning-theory.
globalnywiesniak 2 years ago
i want to see this soo much! im going to buy it next time im in town. i've only just discovered david lynch (i know shocking isnt it! why only now!) and im developing a wee bit of an obsession haha
nxtplanet 3 years ago
excellent. prepare to have your mind twisted, in the best possible way lol. :)
limpfnode1 2 years ago
The third lynch movie I've seen, Just saw this today.
I saw blue velvet, Mulholland drive, and this.
Well, Mulholland drive prepared me for a deeply abstract video such as this. You need to eralise that each scene doesn't have to be seamed and all put together, it's the big picture that you need to "see." Notice how this movie took place within a movie? But you were still compelled to be interested in the movie, within a movie? that sort of thing, it's really interesting, makes you think.
cooley12 3 years ago
The more twisted and bizarre David Lynch's movies get, the more I love 'em :)
lilswissmiss88 3 years ago 5
this is el impressivo
danielhl22 3 years ago
I still don't know if I like it or not , it has haunted me since I spent 3 hrs watching it"
elrodeo 3 years ago
Did you understand it? It is very haunting, but i do agree that you have to be in the mood to watch a film like this. Brilliant though.
yingyangboy89 3 years ago
yo this movie is soooooooo freak GEEZ i prefer blue velvet... inland empire is just too weird
MarioLuigi94 3 years ago
Watching any Lynch movie is a plunge into the abstract and the mysterious. Most crowd-pleasing Hollywood movies look hollow by comparison.
TinfishUK 3 years ago 2
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garp90 3 years ago
"In my opinion, Lynch just kid us around with casually written movies! He's a liar!"
The majority of folks in the western world respect David Lych as an 'honest' and highly successful film director of 30-years standing. I dont think some 18-year-old Italian kid calling Lynch a liar is going to phase him or his millions of fans.
Why not show us the movies that you've produced commercially and we can all judge you and your honest efforts.
TinfishUK 3 years ago
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garp90 3 years ago
No, you haven't offended me in the least. But just because your only 18 doesn't mean that you can express your opinion on a public forum by calling a world-renowned movie director a 'liar'. Democracy does indeed exist, and yes, everyone can use it, but its no excuse in this case.
TinfishUK 3 years ago
The freedom to express your opinion doesn't make your opinion any less stupid.
birdofprey160 3 years ago
interesting look at his movies. you may have something.
drkthms1 3 years ago
Yeah that guy is right man, lynch is my fave director because he really wants to make a movie, however other directors are just in the business for the cash. Inland Empire was directed by lynch what almost 29 to 30 years into his career, and he spent 7 years on this production, did he get a massive budget for the film NO. Did that stop him producing it? NO. There you go there's your answer, he is truly dedicated and passionate and he did not want comments like yours, u cudn't make this movie.dik
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garp90 3 years ago
does anyone know this song? i cant find it!! thanks in advance.. p.s. david lynch rocks, im only just getting into his stuff now.. too bad all my family and friends are too shallow to appreciate his work
thomasgoodin 3 years ago
"Ghost of Love" by David Lynch
Goga202 3 years ago
EGADS
Fortozero 3 years ago
I would have loved to see heath ledger in a Lynch film. ledger coulda have portayed another dark role and at the same time jump back into the inde scene for a bit.
KevsHardLemonade 3 years ago
totally agree!
existenz001 3 years ago
Lynch needs to go back to 35mm
Arbow1986 3 years ago
shut the hell up
danibayliss 3 years ago
you rule, man.
that was straight to the point.
lindsunderscore 3 years ago
I agree, but i really have enjoyed his digital forays.
myrkeyjones 3 years ago
Man, at 00:32 to 00:34 I literally shit myself!
Elliotspeck 3 years ago 2
I think this Movie is a tribute to Marilyn Monroe
b2367 3 years ago
i saw this with my friend and his dad just a few weeks ago, great movie, contains every single emotion and it got me into david lynch films
donohuee 3 years ago
0:32 to 0:34: That's Count Smokula.
bapyou 3 years ago
God this is such an amazing movie. one of my all time favorites
TubedUp909Part3 3 years ago
Which genres should this be considered?
Thriller? Horror? Drama?
realeimperobritannic 3 years ago
'Lynch' maybe? I guess David Lynch by himself is a genre.
Morbidous 3 years ago 3
I see, his movies are unique: ELEPHANT MAN, ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET, TWIN PEAKS series, THE APHABET, STRAIGHT STORY, all excellent from start till ending.
realeimperobritannic 3 years ago
lynch?
limpfnode1 2 years ago
I wanna see!
uploadahAkse 3 years ago
someone remember laura palmer ?
israhell78 3 years ago 2
I spy a red lampshade!
briansmartini 3 years ago
no one but Lynch knows what the hell it all means...if anything
starwriter 3 years ago
what a fucking ride this movie is..its like taking some kind of wierd drug..kicks you right at the back of the brain
perricida 3 years ago
Was this ever in cinema in australia?
AntinousIsGod1 3 years ago
I haven't seen this film but am open to most films especially the obscure. With all the great comments about the film why do many film reviewers give it the thumbs down?
IvanAstronaut 3 years ago
I just watched it tonight. The industry reviewers were correct: this film IS a masterpiece. ["Brain-teasing lychian brilliance" - Sunday Times.
"One of the most fascinating pleasures of this year." - Total Film ]
TinfishUK 3 years ago 4
I loved Inland Empire. Though I love how his work looks when he used film, Inland Empire is truly a world of its own.
perpitbla5 3 years ago
this is from the short film called "rabbits", made since a years a go. its so fucking good!!
sparktako 3 years ago
I have not seen this film. But judging from the trailer it looks great! Great music. Good lighting and really disturbing images. Yeah.
JohnMerrick93 3 years ago
ne is klar robert
afsmhsagf 3 years ago
I was once alone walking home through the town a bit drunken after a night in a bar on winter. Laughing alone at all the stupid jokes I heard during that night, wondering about life.
That is the closest experience I've had to watching Inland Empire.
fiveMIRrOrs 4 years ago 6