Inland Empire

Saw Inland Empire yesterday, which is the latest film by David Lynch. Man, I still don't think I can fit it all together. There was definitely some nice camera work and interesting production. Also, there were bits of dialogue that I thought were funny - though not obviously jokes.

However, what the whole storyline was supposed to be about might be a little beyond me. It centres on an actress who gets a role in a film. Or does she get it? Or does she already have it? There's much talk about whether it's today or yesterday or tomorrow.

And then there's the old Lynch trick of switching another actor/character for the one that we've been following along in scene after scene. And when a character shifts from interacting with one set of characters to another set - some of whom may be played by the same actors, although it's not clear if it's actually the same actors - it's more than enough to cause me to scratch my head and say "HUH?"

In several scenes of this long - it's almost three hours, kids, so be sure to visit the restroom before the film starts - I couldn't help but think: "umm, how is this moving the story along? what is this contributing exactly?"

So, I'd say Inland Empire was a good, interesting film, but at almost three hours and being difficult to follow, I'd understand if anyone gave it a pass.