It would be churlish at this stage to fail to acknowledge
that David Lynch repertoire was brought to my attention later into my twenties.
I remember the Richard Greig, the brother of my good friend
Alan, being quite the fan of Twin Peaks – however, I think I was a bit too
young to appreciate (understand) it at the time.
I owned Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Wild At Heart (which I
have still never watched) on VHS when I was at university. I somehow believed
that by having these videos on my shelf, that I would appear to be cool and
women would find me attractive.
Neither of these ploys brought success on any level.
Over the last 6 or 7 years, I have become a fan of David
Lynch – ruing the fact that I owned the aforementioned VHS but never actually
watched them; appreciating them now for the fine cinema they are.
Written and directed by David Lynch, Inland Empire tells the story of an actress
(Laura Dern) who has landed her biggest role yet but through a strange turn of
events (it is Lynch after all) it would appear that her life is all too similar
to that of the character she is portraying.
After assuming the lead role in the movie, Laura Dern learns
that the script is based on an unfinished Polish film – due to both lead actors
being murdered.
The film then takes its Lynchian cues as expected, with
talking rabbits, pimps, people with funny accents....but yet somehow remains
cohesive and watchable.
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