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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
July 29 2007 23:00 GMT
#1
Anybody seen it? I watched Blue Velvet, Muholland Drive and Inland Empire all in the past couple of days. Muholland Drive is the best but I like Inland Empire more. The surrealist elements in Blue Velvet feel nascent compared to the two later films. Muholland Drive and Inland Empire have some similar themes. Both films mix familiar objects and characters into unfamiliar settings. Both have contrasting realities. David Lynch is the master of a natural, original surrealism that is unparelled in cinema. I really think Inland Empire is one of the greatest art films of all time. I wanna discuss it but I don't know where to start so I'll just ask something. I bought the italian DVD which only has italian subtitles for the scenes with Polish so I have no idea what they were talking about. Can anyone tell me what was going on in those scenes? If you want to understand Inland Empire better I suggest watching Muholland Drive, the symbolism in that is clearer and easier to pick up. And some of the symbols are the same in both movies.

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vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
July 29 2007 23:43 GMT
#2
mOOholland drive
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SuperJongMan
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Jamaica11586 Posts
July 30 2007 01:03 GMT
#3
Bly, what the fuck are you talkin about?
It sounds interesting, hit me up on MSN and drop a lesson.
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FireBlast!
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United Kingdom5251 Posts
July 30 2007 08:39 GMT
#4
biggest 3 hour mindfuck of my life. loved it
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bine
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States2352 Posts
July 31 2007 11:39 GMT
#5
Saw it in a theater here in Chicago on a night when it was like -10 degrees. It was absolutely gorgeous.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 02 2007 00:23 GMT
#6
I watched again today very very very carefully. If you've seen it I urge you to see it again at least one time and get it when it comes out on on DVD. There's no other way to describe it but to call it a surrealist masterpiece, I don't even mean it in a praising it kind of way. Surrealism is using symbols and fragments to tell a story devoid of causality and logic which stems from and is in itself a metaphor for the unconscious, which is a part of us that has very complicated stuff going on at all times but which we are unaware of and those stuff is only revealed to us through dreams in hints.

Inland Empire actually tells a very complicated story which pieced together correctly makes perfect sense and is quite beautiful. It's just told in a surrealist expression, using symbols, absurdities, bits and pieces, fragments, clues, etc, etc, etc, in a manner only David Lynch can. If you watch it again, pay attention to: the red lamp, what blue and red means. the different realities. The different characters that Laura Dern plays, when she is Nikki, when she is Sue, the Polish woman, etc. Who the Phantom is, what his motive is. Who Laura Dern's husband is in the different realities, what his motive is. The title of the play, "High on Blue Tommorows", what it means for the play to be cursed. Who the assistant to the director is, who "Mr.K" is. Who the Rabbits are rabbit is, what role do they play. What they have to do with "Those that have a way with animals." The lady with curly dark hair with her back turned and how one of the girls asks the audience, "Who is she?"

And the most important stuff. What the phrase "If today was tommorow, then..", "If yesterday was tommrow..." "Actions do have consequences". What the old lady says in the beginning to Nikki, the little boy who walked out into the world and caused a reflection, which left evil behind, the little boy. The numbers, 47, the time, 9:45, after midnight, what after midnight means. And most importantly of all, the mentioning of time, yesterday, today, tommorow.

The ending scene is not just awesome but holds meaning too. All of those things mean something, and together they tell a story. You have to really pay attention and figure stuff out in order to find out what most of them means. So watch it again please if you already have.

I found out the polish scenes were subtitled in Chinese so I was able to finally understand what they were saying which was so essential to the viewing. David Lynch's every shot, every zoom on an object, every frame that lasts a couple seconds longer than it should, was planned. They all mean something. If you want to talk about it please post here, I would love to talk about it.
condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 06:47:05
July 10 2010 06:45 GMT
#7
Just watched it for the first time, mind was blown.

Definitely need to rewatch it at least once more, it's too complex to even comprehend the main idea behind the plot, not even mentioning the details.

This movie is one of the best works of art I've ever seen, even when I couldn't understand the meaning of something I just sat back and watched with my jaw dropped. Will definitely look for a subtitled version, couldn't understand half of the things they were saying in Polish.

Haven't seen a movie this good in a very long time.
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