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With INLAND EMPIRE, David Lynch--creator of such mind-bending works as ERASERHEAD and LOST HIGHWAY--delivers his most avant-garde, abstract, and impenetrable vision yet. A three-hour fevered nightmare of a motion picture, INLAND EMPIRE takes the basic structure of Lynch's 2001 masterpiece, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, and spins it even further out of control. A blonde actress (Laura Dern) is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star (Justin Theroux), she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish production, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. And that's the only the beginning. Soon, a seemingly endless onslaught of indescribably bizarre situations flashes across the screen: a sitcom featuring humans in bunny suits, a parallel story set in a wintry Poland, a houseful of dancing streetwalkers, screwdrivers in stomachs, menacing Polish carnies, and much, much more. By the time the film's electrifying closing-credit sequence arrives, even diehard Lynch fans will be gasping for air. What most glaringly differentiates INLAND EMPIRE from Lynch's previous work is the format on which it was shot. This is the first time that he has chosen to shoot on digital video, as opposed to film, and while the decision is jarring at first, the grainy imagery nonetheless casts a creepy, haunting spell. Laura Dern's multi-fractured performance is downright heroic. She gives the film the human grounding that it so desperately needs. Not for the fragile or timid, INLAND EMPIRE is a full-blown assault to the senses.Product Identifiers
ProducerDavid Lynch, Mary Sweeney, Laura Dern
EAN5055201801838
eBay Product ID (ePID)62080348
Product Key Features
ActorHarry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen, Justin Theroux, Ian Abercrombie, Jeremy Irons, Julia Ormond, Terry Crews, Naomi Watts, Diane Ladd, William H. Macy, Scott Coffey, Grace Zabriskie, Nastassja Kinski, Laura Dern
Film/TV TitleInland Empire
DirectorDavid Lynch
LanguageEnglish
Run Time172 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsTotal Film - Lynch's obsessions simultaneously demand and defy interpretation. A captivating, baffling nightmare-puzzle, Sight And Sound - Explosive and fascinating....It's one of the rare films that teaches you -- obliquely -- how to watch it, Box Office - There's considerable overlap with MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Parallel worlds are created....There's a meaningful pattern beneath it
ScreenwriterDavid Lynch
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleInland Empire
Director of PhotographyOdd Saether
Consumer AdviceContains strong language, moderate violence, sex and sex references