Over the course of his career, director David Lynch has created unforgettably surreal films such as Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. He made his last feature film to date in 2006 with the cryptic 3-hour nightmare Inland Empire.
The uniquely bizarre trip split even big fans of the master director. If you don’t know Inland Empire yet, you can now get the horror experience in a new Blu-ray edition. As an extra you get an exciting bonus film.
David Lynch’s Inland Empire is an intense, never-ending nightmare
The “plot” of the film revolves around actress Nikki (Laura Dern), who wants to tie in with long-gone heydays. However, during the rehearsals for her new film, which is to be a remake, strange things quickly occur. When Nikki and her film partner Devon (Justin Theroux) learn that the original film could never be completed because the previous stars murdered several levels finally mix into a bizarre chaos.
David Lynch has always followed a special (nightmare) dream logic for his films, which led to outstanding surreal moments. However, Inland Empire’s narrative has become so mysterious and disturbing that everything here seems like one single, never-ending 3-hour nightmare.
In addition, there is the optics, which at least takes some getting used to, for which the director had the film filmed in cheap digital optics. The barely existent screenplay (Lynch wrote many scenes on set spontaneously before shooting started) finally made sure that Inland Empire overwhelmed or even annoyed even hardcore fans.
Inland Empire on Blu-ray with another bonus film
In addition to the main work, the new Blu-ray edition of Inland Empire comes with a bonus film on an extra disc, among other things. More Things That Happened is its own 75 minute film that from Deleted Scenes by Inland Empire was cut together. A special extra for Lynch fans.
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