Sometimes, technology can be extremely limiting. It can also evolve and help you recapture your vision. David Lynch’s phantasmagoric psychological epic Inland Empire is arguably the filmmaker’s most challenging and complicated work to date. Starring Laura Dern as an actress landing a highly coveted role, the actress begins to take on the personality of a character she plays in a supposedly cursed film production. The film’s free form and vague narrative proved to be years ahead of its time, but Lynch finds it challenging to return to Inland Empire for a specific reason. When asked in an interview with AV Club about revisiting Inland Empire before the remastering experience, Lynch explains that he only rewatched the film once but “became so depressed because [he] was watching a DVD and some scenes were so dark [he] couldn’t see them.” Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 19 April, 2022