After re-watching the episodes, it seems that the conversations at some point did make sense but the lines were cut up and moved around. Lines may be in response to another line in the 7th episode in example.

The audience laughs at references to time because they're mocking the rabbits for even bothering to keep track. Time is flowing completely randomly, or maybe not at all.

poilord

Germany3252 Posts

December 04 2008 17:51 GMT

#23

I don't get it, but hey, to each his own

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

December 04 2008 20:11 GMT

#24

There's no concrete meaning of these short films - they're meant to portray an emotion, not a specific statement. It's not just open to your own interpretation - I think we're all in agreement that they convey a sense of darkness, foreboding, oppression, dread. It reminds me of Vanilla Sky, in which numbers stations, which really have no meaning for most of us, were used to "create a sense of confusion". To me, these videos are a far cry from meaningless modern art where people just throw random shit together, these videos obviously took editing and time and although they aren't that great it seems better than the average youtube video or tv show. And, seriously, play Yume Nikki.

HnR)hT

United States3468 Posts

December 04 2008 20:53 GMT

#25

I have a tradition of watching David Lynch stuff when I'm really sick. Usually won't touch it otherwise though ;P

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 04 2008 20:57 GMT

#26

inland empire is the greatest movie ever made

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 04 2008 20:58 GMT

#27

also the rabbit scenes make logical sense after you watch inland empire. I can't imagine them making any sense without Inland Empire because everything the rabbits say ties in directly with the plot in Inland Empire.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 04 2008 21:01 GMT

#28

i wrote a blog about inland empire here http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=57200

PanoRaMa

United States5070 Posts

December 05 2008 04:22 GMT

#29

wtf everytime zulu posted i thought it was inc posting

god damn ultra icon

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

December 05 2008 04:35 GMT

#30

On December 05 2008 05:58 zulu_nation8 wrote:
also the rabbit scenes make logical sense after you watch inland empire. I can't imagine them making any sense without Inland Empire because everything the rabbits say ties in directly with the plot in Inland Empire.

I believe that Rabbits was done before Inland Empire, but they are connected.

I think they can exist apart from each other though.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 05 2008 18:00 GMT

#31

they were indeed done before inland empire but every one of those scenes is also in the movie.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 05 2008 18:01 GMT

#32

So maybe they were just a teaser of some sort to inland empire. The dialogue in the shorts, like its after midnight, i have a secret, did you get any calls today, the man in the green jacket, etc, relates directly to inland empire, I don't know how you would interpret it without having seen the movie. For example there is an actual man in green jacket, and the phrase after midnight is repeated throughout the movie.

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

December 05 2008 18:05 GMT

#33

wut da fux up wit the monsta in vid 2?

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 05 2008 18:20 GMT

#34

oh yea and i forgot there is a scene in Inland Empire where in the transition between a scene taking place in reality (sort of) and one of the rabbit scenes, the three members of the family morphs into the three rabbits. However the voices of the rabbits are by laura elena harring, naomi watts and scott coffey which probably stands for something.

Ancestral

United States3230 Posts

December 05 2008 18:24 GMT

#35

On December 05 2008 01:46 pirate cod wrote:

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I saw this a couple years ago (there's 6 in the series I think). If you don't get it, you don't get it. I don't get it - I refuse to believe that anyone but Lynch himself understands what exactly he was attempting to convey, if anything that is. What I do understand is that art that portrays seemingly nothing is done that way for a reason and I personally believe it is to inspire and evoke introspection. I'll never understand what goes on in David Lynch's head but I can't deny that I haven't come up with conclusions that at least work for me and maybe that's the point.

I think David Lynch basically said he doesn't understand 100% of what happens in Inland Empire. A lot of his ideas come from meditation, and he said he doesn't always know what they mean.

Also, he said for Inland Empire, he just had a lot of separate ideas and then tied them together with an underlying "story" to make a film. Excellent movie in any case.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 05 2008 18:32 GMT

#36

I actually wrote down what I think happens exactly in Inland Empire and it is consistent with almost every line in the movie. There's also a fansite that explains pretty well what happens. Like with Mulholland Drive, which had a much clearer storyline that could be understood in a few views, Inland Empire has one specific story. Surrealism tells a tale, the core is very clear, but the expression of surrealism is illogical and difficult to interpret because it mimics the unconscious.

Tensai176

Canada2061 Posts

December 05 2008 18:33 GMT

#37

I really was frightened almost to the point where I wanted to stop watching (because i don't like scary things) but it was just human-noid rabbits... like wth?

The laughter broke the tension but the conversation just makes me scared again.

kAra

Germany1424 Posts

December 05 2008 18:46 GMT

#38

kinda remided me of al bundy

AnWh

Sweden220 Posts

December 05 2008 20:09 GMT

#39

Felt kinda old and been-done.

Add rabbit-coustumes to make it feel surreal, some creepy music with the oh so contrary laughter for mysterious effects. So yeah you can sit and wonder and be introspective, but all in all i think it's all about Lynchs name. Twin Peaks and mulholland was fresh, this is not.

zizou21

United States3683 Posts

December 05 2008 20:47 GMT

#40

ok i am high why did i click on a david lynch thread