David Lynch's new film: INLAND EMPIRE
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Bell is a good singer and sexy as hell. She performed on Austin City Limits, back when she was with 8 1/2 Souvenirs, and it was one of the hottest performances I've ever seen.
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from dark horizons:
"Inland Empire" Eyewitness Report
Posted: Tuesday August 16th, 2005 2:12pm
Source: Dark Horizons
Author: Garth Franklin
'ME' just completed two days as a featured extra on the new film, "Inland Empire" directed by David Lynch and starring Harry Dean Stanton, Laura Dern and newcomer Terryn Westbrook. Here's his full report:
"The film has been filming since 2003, at which time my sister-in-law was an extra. Having taken off time from work to have a baby, she only did the couple of days In Dec '03 when Lynch shot for several days just out of LA (most of the film was shot in Poland) and did no more. When the opportunity arose for extras again - she declined, but I decided to look into it. What do you know? I got two days work.
I didn't get the script, we were only given a BREAKDOWN of our scene, and that's all. Lynch said very LITTLE to us on both days. The DP was more sociable, and the casting director was lovely. What I can gather is that it's a Twin Peaks-like mystery about a woman that dissapears near the San Gab mountains.
We did auditorium scenes - crowd, typical red-robed curtains behind lounge act - which went over three days, though I was only available for two. The task was to basically sit, in awe, of the performance in stage - played, comically - though I'm assuming my smile will be overshadowed by my look of awe. Not that you'll see my in the finished cut, I'm row P - right-back, near entrance. It's a REALLY dark theatre (though not theatre, just a set near San Gabriel mountains here) too.
We do hear music BUT it's not coming from the singer's mouth. She lip-synches, and I believe they fix it all later - - - or something. I didn't recognize the singer/actress. An older man was there directing ? her music.
The film was shot on Digital Video, so I imagine it's going to look VERY cool. It's an experimental film for Lynch, so it is hard to say how it will go (and at one stage I believe it was going to be made for DavidLynch.com only), but it will be interesting to see the finished product - no less.
Laura Dern was on the set on the second day, I think she's going to be playing a role in the film too - maybe even a starring one? - and Kyle MacLachlan (barely recognizable, because of his SILVER hair!) turned up too late afternoon on the Thursday.
The DP, who I'd met at lunch on the Wed and talked to a group of us (he was GREAT!) said David and Kyle are thinking about doing some "Dale Cooper" telemovies - the dude he played on TV. Nothing to do with Twin Peaks, I guess, just that character."
"Inland Empire" Eyewitness Report
Posted: Tuesday August 16th, 2005 2:12pm
Source: Dark Horizons
Author: Garth Franklin
'ME' just completed two days as a featured extra on the new film, "Inland Empire" directed by David Lynch and starring Harry Dean Stanton, Laura Dern and newcomer Terryn Westbrook. Here's his full report:
"The film has been filming since 2003, at which time my sister-in-law was an extra. Having taken off time from work to have a baby, she only did the couple of days In Dec '03 when Lynch shot for several days just out of LA (most of the film was shot in Poland) and did no more. When the opportunity arose for extras again - she declined, but I decided to look into it. What do you know? I got two days work.
I didn't get the script, we were only given a BREAKDOWN of our scene, and that's all. Lynch said very LITTLE to us on both days. The DP was more sociable, and the casting director was lovely. What I can gather is that it's a Twin Peaks-like mystery about a woman that dissapears near the San Gab mountains.
We did auditorium scenes - crowd, typical red-robed curtains behind lounge act - which went over three days, though I was only available for two. The task was to basically sit, in awe, of the performance in stage - played, comically - though I'm assuming my smile will be overshadowed by my look of awe. Not that you'll see my in the finished cut, I'm row P - right-back, near entrance. It's a REALLY dark theatre (though not theatre, just a set near San Gabriel mountains here) too.
We do hear music BUT it's not coming from the singer's mouth. She lip-synches, and I believe they fix it all later - - - or something. I didn't recognize the singer/actress. An older man was there directing ? her music.
The film was shot on Digital Video, so I imagine it's going to look VERY cool. It's an experimental film for Lynch, so it is hard to say how it will go (and at one stage I believe it was going to be made for DavidLynch.com only), but it will be interesting to see the finished product - no less.
Laura Dern was on the set on the second day, I think she's going to be playing a role in the film too - maybe even a starring one? - and Kyle MacLachlan (barely recognizable, because of his SILVER hair!) turned up too late afternoon on the Thursday.
The DP, who I'd met at lunch on the Wed and talked to a group of us (he was GREAT!) said David and Kyle are thinking about doing some "Dale Cooper" telemovies - the dude he played on TV. Nothing to do with Twin Peaks, I guess, just that character."
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from dugpa.com:
INLAND EMPIRE NEWS
It seems that we have some news from the Venice Film Festival Website. INLAND EMPIRE will be 168 minutes long. There is also an article up on NOW Playing.com where Justin Theroux drops some details about the film. No word yet on an official release date.
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I love Lynch's movies but this flick better be damn good to support a 168 minute run time.
INLAND EMPIRE NEWS
It seems that we have some news from the Venice Film Festival Website. INLAND EMPIRE will be 168 minutes long. There is also an article up on NOW Playing.com where Justin Theroux drops some details about the film. No word yet on an official release date.
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I love Lynch's movies but this flick better be damn good to support a 168 minute run time.
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This flew under my radar...I hadn't heard about it until just now.
I'm always up for a David Lynch film. He's the only filmmaker that confuses the hell out of me yet keeps me captivated and fascinated at the same time.
I'm always up for a David Lynch film. He's the only filmmaker that confuses the hell out of me yet keeps me captivated and fascinated at the same time.
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Same here - can't wait to see the film.
And yes Chrysta Bell is gorgeous and a great singer - I also saw her on Austin City limits years ago and been looking for a recording of it ever since
If anyone has a recording IM me!
And yes Chrysta Bell is gorgeous and a great singer - I also saw her on Austin City limits years ago and been looking for a recording of it ever since
If anyone has a recording IM me!
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168 minutes long! Damn!
I saw Mulholland Drive 5 times when it came out. Lynch has been one of my favorite filmmakers for as long as I can remember. He's the last true surrealist in cinema. I cannot wait for this one.
I saw Mulholland Drive 5 times when it came out. Lynch has been one of my favorite filmmakers for as long as I can remember. He's the last true surrealist in cinema. I cannot wait for this one.
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from Indiewire:
A Polish woman looks, intently, into someone or something ... an actress (Laura Dern) is warned that her new movie is cursed ... a rabbit-headed family perform sit-com actions on a stage set as if engaged in a solemn ritual ... Such are just a few of the elements and recurrent motifs of The Inland Empire, a mesmerizing surge through countless looking glasses that lands us on the far side of the land of nightmares. Lynch's first foray into high-definition video is just as visually stunning as his work in 35mm, but the long gestation period of his new film (he shot on and off over two years, and wrote as he went) has allowed him to give his own uniquely epic form to many of his primary concerns: the exploitation of young women, the mutability of identity, the omnivorousness of Hollywood.
A Polish woman looks, intently, into someone or something ... an actress (Laura Dern) is warned that her new movie is cursed ... a rabbit-headed family perform sit-com actions on a stage set as if engaged in a solemn ritual ... Such are just a few of the elements and recurrent motifs of The Inland Empire, a mesmerizing surge through countless looking glasses that lands us on the far side of the land of nightmares. Lynch's first foray into high-definition video is just as visually stunning as his work in 35mm, but the long gestation period of his new film (he shot on and off over two years, and wrote as he went) has allowed him to give his own uniquely epic form to many of his primary concerns: the exploitation of young women, the mutability of identity, the omnivorousness of Hollywood.
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Despite the fact that it wil be filled with 168 minutes of WTF? moments, I'm so there. I enjoy how I still get lost in his films. He remains one of most unique filmmakers I've encountered.
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Lynch invades an 'Empire'
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"I'm writing as I go," he says. "I believe in the unity of things. When you have one part, and then a second part that doesn't relate to that first part, it's very curious to find that they do relate after all. It's a most beautiful thing."
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Lynch invades an 'Empire'
...
"I'm writing as I go," he says. "I believe in the unity of things. When you have one part, and then a second part that doesn't relate to that first part, it's very curious to find that they do relate after all. It's a most beautiful thing."
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I dunno... I like Lynch a lot, but this sounds kind of like Lynch-by-the-numbers. Seems like a pastiche of a number of his previous films:
Just reading that review makes me feel like I've already seen the movie.
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Just reading that review makes me feel like I've already seen the movie.
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Since this movie takes place within the movie business itself, it could be seen as a follow up to Mulholland Drive. Dern's character is more or less doing the same thing Watts' character was attempting, that might be a hint. Perhaps
I know it sounds fucked up and illogical, but it's Lynch, and for all I know it could be right!
If Lynch's next movie takes place in Hollywood as well, then I think it will be safe to assume that he is making a weird trilogy of some sort about tinseltown. He would never admit he was, but leave his fans to make the connections.
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If Lynch's next movie takes place in Hollywood as well, then I think it will be safe to assume that he is making a weird trilogy of some sort about tinseltown. He would never admit he was, but leave his fans to make the connections.
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Rabbits (w/ Naomi Watts and Harring on his website) was so damn weird.
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this month's entertainment weekly has an article that said studio canal couldn't get a distributor for the USA so Lynch is going to do it old school and do a "circuit" for it and basically distributed out of the trunk of his car. He's hoping that the profits from some of the things he will be launching like coffee bean blends, a book, a dvd set and some other stuff I can't remember will be used towards having this film shown.
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here is the article:
http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1564529_1_0_,00.html
there is also a review for the film somewhere in there as well.
http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1564529_1_0_,00.html
there is also a review for the film somewhere in there as well.
#49
There's some release information on the film's website. Also a trailer. Real shame that he's being forced to do it this way in the states. Maybe we should have some DVDTalkers with a serious home theater set up host a weekend run .
www.inlandempirecinema.com
www.inlandempirecinema.com
#50
I'm the biggest Lynch fan you'll find but I dont think it’s a shame or that he's forced to self-distribute. The facts are that the film got pretty lukewarm (to be kind) festival reviews and most of the distributors who approached him asked if he could re-cut the movie (I assume they wanted both something more coherent and, mainly, shorter because it is hard to book 3 hr+ head scratchers). Its an expensive medium, and if no one wants to dump hundreds of thousands to a million dollars or more marketing a hard sell art film, I can hardly blame them.
I say this, loving all things about Lynch and creative freedom, but lets be realistic, folks. Besides, in the end, I think Lynch taking the film on the road himself just continues the experimental nature of the project. Its actually kind of fitting.
I say this, loving all things about Lynch and creative freedom, but lets be realistic, folks. Besides, in the end, I think Lynch taking the film on the road himself just continues the experimental nature of the project. Its actually kind of fitting.