Inland Empire

Ya pensaba que David Lynch no me podía sorprender con nada. Durante mucho tiempo dejé esta como la última película que aún no había visto de él, y la espera para ver Inland Empire en una pantalla grande definitivamente valió la pena. Aunque la gente seguía saliendo de la sala y el constante abrir y cerrar de las puertas era un poco molesto, tuve literalmente una experiencia trascendental. No se lo puedo recomendar a nadie, sin embargo, con la actitud adecuada, realmente estás preparado para una "experiencia completa de David Lynch". [LFŠ 2024] (04.08.2024)

Las películas de David Lynch tienen la misma firma creativa, pero todas y cada una de ellas son diferentes. Con la excepción de Inland Empire. Esta película es solo un collage de cosas «lynchianas» ya vistas y algunos trucos para enredar más la historia, escalarla y cerrarla. Es básicamente una versión de club más larga de Mulholland Drive sin hermosas actrices, escenas eróticas picantes, una duración razonable y efectos visuales convincentes, que se reemplazan aquí con un granulado digital abominable. Inland Empire es un diluvio de material a medio cocer que quedaría mejor en un DVD junto con una colección de cortos excéntricos del directo. ¿O estoy demasiado mimado por sus otras películas? (04.09.2007)

The film certainly cannot be denied having an atmosphere of apprehension and fear of what is to come. That is the hallmark of almost all David Lynch films. Musically, as usual, there is nothing to fault and Laura Dern's performance is great. It's just that the story is so hard to grasp that I get absolutely lost in it and I don't know if I want to wade through it again to get more into the essence of the idea the director wanted to convey. Even though the ending intrigued me, who knows, maybe sometime in the future, under a more suitable alignment of stars, I'll be able to better understand what has remained forbidden to me so far. (26.07.2020)

Watching David Lynch films in sequence is hell. When I watched Inland Empire again after some time and saw the image from that ugly digital camera, I thought that I just didn’t understand what is so admired about this film. Is it the atmosphere? It’s great, but his previous films are much better. The acting? That is essentially expected. The lack of plot and its fragmentation into scenes that seemingly and eventually really have no connection? Oh, come on, it's Lynch's trademark. What about turning inward? In that case, the title is almost self-explanatory. Unfortunately, it seems to me that Lynch, intoxicated by his ego and his unique worldview, created something that no longer makes sense to understand. I love his movies, but not the ones he made in the new millennium. What I appreciate about the film is the manipulation of sound, which is simply fantastic, but that's a hallmark of every Lynch film. (24.03.2014)

Lynch's surrealist games appeal to me, and in the case of Mulholland Drive or Lost Highway, I did not hesitate to give those films the highest rating. But this time David unpleasantly surprised me. A film should entertain, make you laugh, cry, or provoke, but it should never bore, and no director has given me such a full plate of boredom for a long time. Lynch's traditional puzzles and games completely got out of hand this time, resulting in something unwatchable with an unnecessarily extended runtime. Inland Empire is one of those films that are remarkable primarily for their ratings and comments. The vast majority of reviewers complain about the film, only to then give it at least three stars. Perhaps it's also about conformism... If it wasn't a cult director, but someone unknown and starting out, the film's rating might have hit rock bottom. Overall impression: 20% for the cast and a few, but really only a few, scenes where you can clearly feel the director's touch from better times. (20.09.2010)