S3E3: INLAND EMPIRE

What exactly is one to make of INLAND EMPIRE? Certainly, it's the kind of film only David Lynch could make. But it's unusual even by his own famously weird standards. It seems to have no plot or maybe three or else a secret design connecting it all together; it deliberately confuses you about its characters' identities, but at least its characters are confused, too; even the symbolism seems to have been sliced apart and glued back together as if to deliberately frustrate the viewing audience. Oh, and it's three hours long! But considered as a work of art, and for Laura Dern's brave (and bravura) performance, INLAND EMPIRE is nonetheless compelling and made for an entertaining discussion in this week's episode. Love it, hate it, or still don't know what you think, listen in as Renan and Bill try to sort out their own thoughts and feelings about it.

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Wikipedia IMDb Lynch / Dern interview at Collider Jim Emerson review at RogerEbert.com Keith Uhlich review at Slant I Talk You Bored "road map" IE out-incepts Inception theory Owl Creek Bridge theory of Lynch Lynch's decision to shoot on DV David Lynch's Rabbits Lynch's cow-supported Oscar campaign McBain movie hidden in The Simpsons

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