Kermode's spot on with his Fire Walk With Me comment, amazing film.
@RobKirbyson145 жыл бұрын
Inland Empire is a surreal art form. It takes you through time and space.... in someone elses reality. You just watch it...It's amazing.
@nebojsajaric1844 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the first time I saw it, my brain hurt big time, had no idea what I've just seen, but I knew I had to see it again, it was so great. Took me like 10 viewings to understand it fully.
@PollisDrake10 жыл бұрын
Some people don't recognise food unless it's served up on a plate.
@frostychickenprods9 жыл бұрын
That's one of the best ways to put it. I'm so using that
@greglynch3913 жыл бұрын
No, some people are just left *utterly* cold by his films. Like me. It doesn’t mean we’re stupid
@PollisDrake3 жыл бұрын
@@greglynch391 That's true. Some folks dislike his films for other reasons, many legimate!
@gamemonzster9 ай бұрын
Or maybe the film is just shit
@PollisDrake9 ай бұрын
@@gamemonzster It's always a possibility!
@CGilsonIII10 жыл бұрын
Inland Empire was an interesting experience, a great film for midnight viewing....
@grant27074 жыл бұрын
what makes you say that, please no spoilers haha
@el-jayenglish95484 жыл бұрын
Midnight viewing! Exactly. But why such a weird time to watch a movie. It reminds me when I first watched Twilight Zone the Movie and it played late nite on tv- and it felt like I was watching sthing Alien. Check this out, pls. Thanks. 👉🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrdaqSqdrV2fKM
@dominic99837 жыл бұрын
Ulysses is to Finnegans Wake as Mulholland Drive is to Inland Empire.
@johnrobinson69457 жыл бұрын
I haven't read Joyce but I understand, and possibly agree.
@ambervase42456 жыл бұрын
woah, yess
@zakkziegler1115 жыл бұрын
What a great analogy.
@TeaDrinker30005 жыл бұрын
I always thought this
@lelmath4 жыл бұрын
Perfect analogy
@BLMeredith879 жыл бұрын
Sick of this film being called pretentious. and also me being called pretentious for liking it. It strikes a chord with me like any artform does to anyone. Lynch is up there with Kubrick for me already and have only seen 3 of his films.
@raycooper19438 жыл бұрын
I agree. I think the film is great.
@fred2992jackson7 жыл бұрын
You know its a masterpiece when the audience is split 50/50. half love half hate it. Some of us are tuned into the music which a large amount of people just can't seem to hear.
@TerryLightfoot7 жыл бұрын
Definitely.
@ethidian34447 жыл бұрын
Kubrick is probably the best filmmaker ever. He saw what the art form could do if it was pushed and he pushed it.
@LeshaAnn7 жыл бұрын
R. M Not *every* Kubrick film is a masterpiece, but I generally agree.
@azluan11 жыл бұрын
Inland Empire is MORE than a film, it is essentially a film in the same way we view what we call reality, the way Lynch handels space and time and its geometries is magnificent, it's my favorite film ever.
@davidperez50892 жыл бұрын
Love the abstract and DL. Favorite scene? Mine Is the ketchup part.
@EasternRomeOrthodoxy2 жыл бұрын
Yes it is more than a stupid film, it is also a pile of pretentious boring garbage 🤦♂️😅
@EasternRomeOrthodoxy2 жыл бұрын
@@davidperez5089 "abstract.."🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣
@azluan2 жыл бұрын
@@davidperez5089 There are many memorable moments but I think my favorite is when the realities merge at the end when the Laura Dern character meet the Lost Girl with the music in the background.
@eirikwegga12 жыл бұрын
Few seem to be aware that Lynch used a bad camera on purpose. He could easily afford a better digital camera and still enjoy the same freedom. Camera operator Ole Johan Roska (who is also the Norwegian cam. op. in the actual movie) explained this in an interview. Lynch thought the ugliness of a low quality camera image enhanced what he as going for. He was also partially inspired by the Dogme 95 movement.
@el-jayenglish95484 жыл бұрын
I always wonder why some people insist on complaining about the image quality of IEmpire. I immediately got the otherworldly image he was trying to portray. If you’re still here, check this out. My image is bad- that’s not on purpose but it does accidentally emulates the weirdness of Lynch’s movies 👉🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKrdaqSqdrV2fKM
@lewisbirkett4428 Жыл бұрын
I definitely feel worse camera quality adds more realism and creepiness. Like Tetsuo is shot black and white low quality camera but it makes it adds to the atmosphere
@Kevon420 Жыл бұрын
I do think it’s funny that now he thinks it looks bad and used an AI upscaling method to make the footage look nicer.
@fire.walk.with.me.430 Жыл бұрын
i think it was mainly used for convenience tbh, digital = endless retakes and no finite supply of film as well as being more consistent in picture, often 2 prints of the same film can look totally different
@poop_storm9 ай бұрын
Somehow I never made the connection between Inland Empire and dogme-95, that seems so obvious now
@distantj12 жыл бұрын
Mark Kermode has actually explained the plot perfectly there. It's so simple, there's nothing else to get. A cursed story which spans generations, everybody getting involved in it gets lost in darkness and confusion. That's all there is to get. If you think you understand Inland Empire, you don't understand Inland Empire. The whole idea is that the curse is to lose yourself and get lost in a maze of confusion. If you understood, it wouldn't have done it's job. The terror is in the confusion.
@balls2442 Жыл бұрын
Shut up liberal
@HalSamuel8 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite cinema experiences of my life.
@Corn_Pone_Flicks11 жыл бұрын
I think it's been a while since this guy actually saw Lost Highway. Fred turns into another character while waiting in a cell on death row, not by going into a dark corner in his bedroom. The "darkness" he says Laura Dern goes into in this film would be more helpfully described as a "film set." It's the set of the home Dern's character lives in.
@youandwhosearmy63394 жыл бұрын
Zappa once said you can't really talk or write about music, or words to that effect. I believe the same to be true of this film (I'm English, we say film). Talking, reviewing, analysing, anything other than just watching this piece of genius is totally pointless. It just is a weird, mind-bending and totally incredible experience to sit there and watch Inland Empire. Anything that has you questioning whether someone has slipped something naughty into your tea when you weren't looking deserves attention (in my book), but this work of art is something else. I watch it several times a year. It is SUPERB.
@nebojsajaric1844 жыл бұрын
It is an experience, yes, but I always like to read other people's interpretations once I have formed my own. It's like seeing a whole new story sometimes. Unfortunately, in case of Inland Empire, most of them boiled down to some superficial things: she's in an afterlife watching her own life and letting go, or Sue is her reality, so she copes by imagining being Nikki, etc. It seemed stupid to me, so I recorded my own interpretation and analysis, because I interpreted it much more deeply. The point is, talking about it can give us a whole new insight into something we've already seen, for better or for worse, which is why I'm all for it.
@Silagepunk-772 жыл бұрын
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is the quote I heard….Inland Empire seems to require a story that the viewer supplies.
@RastaMouseOG2 жыл бұрын
RIP frank zappa
@paperacrobat23192 күн бұрын
Appreciate you saying film
@gedrooney930511 жыл бұрын
Still one of the greatest films I have ever seen, I hope he gets back into cinema again soon.
@terriblecrayon11 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@nebojsajaric1844 жыл бұрын
His greatest work if you ask me. Even though it's not for everyone.
@adampoo49284 жыл бұрын
@@liamcairns5503 what?
@skeletonshorror51843 жыл бұрын
Same, it blew my mind.
@RhinocerosProductions2 жыл бұрын
good news for you, it has been remastered and is back at the cinema
@djw4579 жыл бұрын
There are pretentious artsy movies that are a waste of time, Inland Empire is not one of them. This is possibly the best film he's done, unless he has another one in the works. Not for everyone obviously, but what a boring world if all films pleased all people.
@therightsofthereader60948 жыл бұрын
>^..^
@mellonclarinet43033 жыл бұрын
I'm watching it now and am fucking terrified that mark kermode is going to appear in it now
@stevebob24010 жыл бұрын
This is certainly an interesting film. I like Kermode's introduction to the audio clip, because yes, that's really the only semblance of the plot given through dialogue. This is absolutely like having a glimpse into Lynch's mind. He gives some explanation for that in how he filmed it. Lynch had an idea, then filmed it. Later, the pieces were "put together". I personally love how well Lynch captures the feeling of a dream in his movies, though I absolutely understand why not everyone would like his films.
@gordonsloan433212 күн бұрын
re listened to this with the sad news of lynch passing - i vividly remember watching this film in the cinema - such an amazing experience and wonderful film (and tv) maker ❤
@frostychickenprods9 жыл бұрын
I loved Fire Walk With Me as well.
@puscifer100008 жыл бұрын
it's funny how divisive this film is, even for Lunch fans. I absolutely love it and consider it his masterpiece and one of my favorite films. I watch it at least once a year. But it's just not for everyone.
@tenzinsmith4 жыл бұрын
I’m a big lunch fan. Lynch is pretty cool too.
@SpookNukem3 жыл бұрын
What about breakfast and dinner fans?
@mellonclarinet43033 жыл бұрын
@@SpookNukem I'm with you on this one
@ethanlustig2 жыл бұрын
What about second Lunch? I don’t think he knows about second Lunch
@in608710 күн бұрын
I love the barbecue scene where instead of using ketchup for blood, it looks like they’re using blood for ketchup.
@ajs417 күн бұрын
Yeah, that's the bit I always remember.
@eirikwegga11 жыл бұрын
I love The Straight Story. There's a lot more to that movie than meets the eye.
@botero016 жыл бұрын
My favorite Lynch film, by far his best (I think) I don´t feel like it´s hard to see. Either every second of it is pure pleasure or you´re not getting it.
@123rockfan4 ай бұрын
It’s possible to “get” this film and still not like it lmao. What are you on about it
@botero014 ай бұрын
@@123rockfan I don't agree. If you understand the basics of how it functions you will at the very least be in awe of it, or respect it, since it' s such an original, complex and potent vision. It' s like the work of Picasso, if you don' t respect it, you don' t get it.
@123rockfan4 ай бұрын
@@botero01 ok now we’re just dealing with semantics. Because I didn’t like Inland Empire at all, but I definitely respect what David Lynch was going for. However, the movie didn’t leave me “in awe” at all. Because the themes in this movie rehashes everything he’s done before.
@botero014 ай бұрын
@@123rockfan everything he does adds up to one work, everything pretty much is the same film, changing hues. Many artists, most artists, work this way. INLAND EMPIRE is pure future, it' s the zenith of his career (for my money) so fucking fancy and cool. I don' t mean to insult you, but I sincerely think you cannot understand it really and disdain it at the same time.
@123rockfan4 ай бұрын
@@botero01 I didn’t disdain the movie lol. It seems like it’s impossible to talk about movies with you, because you keep putting words in my mouth
@TeaDrinker30002 жыл бұрын
My favourite Lynch film, and an all time favourite film too
@kamaal_i2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@xtradelite90310 жыл бұрын
What David Lynch said was that the film is about a woman who gets lost in the market place; not just that she is in trouble.
@terriblecrayon11 жыл бұрын
Nope. "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" is indeed, his masterpiece.
@foxybingo11128 жыл бұрын
I really like this film, but i think Kermode is absolutely right. If you do not like David Lynch films, you will despise it. Laura Dern should have one the best actress oscar.
@123rockfan4 ай бұрын
I’m a massive fan of Lynch and I still hated Inland Empire
@valmarsiglia7 жыл бұрын
Mulholland Drive is his masterpiece. That and Blue Velvet. Twin Peaks: the Return will also have its place at the top.
@leighfoulkes72979 күн бұрын
For me, it is David Lynch's best movie and definitely one my top five favorite films.
@davidperez50893 күн бұрын
Favorite scene?...
@zakarydenton56557 жыл бұрын
I've seen it maybe 6 times. Most recently in a cinema for the first time. This is more of a "Motion Picture" than a "Movie". Right? It's art, open to the viewer feeling what they might. An esoteric work of staggering genius. Most people would think it garbage; it's just not meant for them. Don't worry, I like Fast and Furious too!! LOL
@sebulon198511 жыл бұрын
Not my favourite Lynch film but I've probably seen it more often than any of his other movies. I really like it but it's so hard to get people to sit down and watch it =/
@johnfrum80697 жыл бұрын
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. I understood very little of this film after the first 20 minutes, but it affected me on a subliminal level, that's for sure
@mellonclarinet43033 жыл бұрын
Subconscious meanings
@colinrumford22652 жыл бұрын
Love David Lynch movies, even if I don't understand them. Currently watching this gorgeous 3rd or 4th time.
@edlabonte7773 Жыл бұрын
Haven't seen it yet. And it's been a while since I saw Lost Highway. I just rewatched Mulholland Drive, and realized that I'd forgotten the bulk of it. Sounds like a great movie night! I am a hard core Lynch fan.
@Abbadonhades Жыл бұрын
To this date the scariest movie experience I've ever had. I started watching it in the middle of the night, and kept falling asleep during, only to be woken up from time to time by warped images, and industrial screamlike noises blasting from the speakers. The end result was that when the movie was finished I was unable to sleep for the next 4 hours because of the trauma. I love everything else that I've seen by David Lynch, but frankly speaking I never ever want to revisit the Inland Empire experience.
@zamiadams4343 Жыл бұрын
Such an AMAZING film, just watched it last night and loved it.
@vince__2k2 жыл бұрын
Inland Empire is a not-so-great attempt at following up Mulholland Drive.
@commieRob4 жыл бұрын
I would put this film at #1 on my "Movies I Hate People Not Liking" list.
@Nathan-gd7xq9 ай бұрын
I would put this at #1 on my list of "Movies liked by insufferable bores who think raving about their niche interests is a substitute for having a personality."
@commieRob9 ай бұрын
@@Nathan-gd7xq ha! Because nothing says "having a personality" like dropping into a 3-year-old comment to insult someone you don't know for liking something you don't like. You must absolutely ooze personality.
@Nathan-gd7xq9 ай бұрын
What a comeback. You took the thing I said and said it to me. How will I ever recover.
@randomkiliinterviews94532 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that my favourite film critic likes my favourite director
@FractalKrystian Жыл бұрын
Ive seen in old theatre in Central London. Saturday night(PremiereWeek). So Special.
@NeilMcGuiness11 жыл бұрын
Mark, you're great! Thank you for voicing this opinion and for pointing out how boring normal Hollywood films are, and one more thing, I am one of the people that know exactly what you're talking about :)
@tatehildyard53329 жыл бұрын
In regards to that comment about having to be asleep to get it, I can tell you from experience that's not the case. I liked it but I started it way too late at night and passed out half way through (I'm not a night owl BTW). The only thing I remember after going down was her on Hollywood Blvd. I still liked the portion of the movie I've seen though.
@ClichéGuevara-28144 күн бұрын
"I'm looking forward to Norbit, myself..." Hilarious in hindsight.
@tedthecommenter53642 жыл бұрын
The rabbits scenes is what got me into lynch, i saw it as a kid and couldnt stop thinking about it
@evetrue2615 Жыл бұрын
It is his best (most precise) film in my opinion. Hypnosis is the recurring theme here. There are a lot of important details that you can mistake for imperfections due to the video quality. One cue is the scene of misunderstanding between the director and Bucky J played by Lynch. There is a squeal of the door as the old witch enters the house and says hello. A bird flies right above as Nikki enters the studios. And so on and so on. BTW I hated it the first time I saw it.
@mjanderson43 жыл бұрын
One of the clearest explanations I've ever heard of Inland Empire lol. If you have never seen a David Lynch film watch his other 8 films before Lost Highway and Inland Empire and it'll make a little bit more sense.
@ebbanjenkins59605 жыл бұрын
He never saw Lost Highway..even if you hated it I doubt you'd forget seeing it lol!
@mousehead200012 жыл бұрын
good for you mark kermode. it takes a brave person to sit through this and even braver one to say they liked this movie. mayo's responses during this review are the usual close-minded responses one is used to seeing in people who live their lives asleep. lynch addresses those curious minds who know and understand that underneath our seemingly linear 'realities' lie something ore obscure and complex. and THAT is what makes life so exciting.
@Hhe4483 ай бұрын
You’re not as deep or smart as you wish you were.
@mousehead20003 ай бұрын
@@Hhe448 and how would you know that exactly.
@Alva_Film12 күн бұрын
@@mousehead2000because you think it’s hard for someone to have the opinion of “I like Inland Empire”
@mousehead200012 күн бұрын
@@Alva_Film way to increase your audience buddy.
@Alva_Film10 күн бұрын
@ what the fuck has my comment got to do with increasing audiences what?? bizzarre
@jimmybreeze002 күн бұрын
it's a painting that moves
@skeletonshorror51843 жыл бұрын
It's a Goddamn masterpiece.
@TheRealTorG2 ай бұрын
Inland Empire feels like a creepypasta movie adaptation, i mean that in the kindest way
@JW-dp4we Жыл бұрын
I thought the first half of the film was great, but it goes completely off the rails in the second half. It’s very bizarre and more abstract than most of Lynch’s other films. I need to watch it again; every time I rewatch a David Lynch film, it becomes better to me, IDK why.
@Number-hf2rp6 жыл бұрын
I am desperate to hear Mark discuss Twin Peaks: The Return! Does anybody know where I could locate something?
@luciferincestus12 жыл бұрын
Hahaha so hilarious when someone's trying to explain the plot inland empire to someone who didn't see it. Love Inland Empire !
@Orgotheonemancult11 жыл бұрын
'The Straight Story'. Surreal and terrifying. Changed my life.
@nintendy4 ай бұрын
It's quite simple really; you either love David Lynch and his work - or you don't! I love it - but I can't tell you why, which is as puzzling as his movies - but it doesn't matter! He, and his work is really unique.
@Onmysheet8 жыл бұрын
It's been 10 years since Lynch made a feature length.
@kovvvas8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that transcendental meditation seems to be working wonders, doesn't it?
@dmitri896029 күн бұрын
😢
@Ann-sj4pt3 ай бұрын
Why do films have to have a plot,just watch and let it flow,you don’t have to understand it,just experience it.
@RandomDustBunny6 күн бұрын
This film is a masterpiece and I’m pleased there are people who don’t get it.
@bobsbigboy_4 жыл бұрын
"Im looking forward to Norbit" - Simon Mayo 😂😂😂
@mervynmarshall711511 жыл бұрын
There kind of is. Mulholland Drive ranked 28th on Sight and Sounds 2012 Critics List of top 250 films of all time. Blue Velvet was somewhere in the top 100 and Eraserhead was around 130.
@benhague5256 күн бұрын
I need to re-watch this film.
@1qwasz125 жыл бұрын
I have never felt Lost Highway "difficult". It's more straight forward than Wild at Heart. Fred steals Pete's body. The Mystery Man tells Fred that in the far east, a murderer is left to wander alone for maybe a long time. But the malcontent will receive a bullet in the head eventually. Just before the credits roll, we see Fred's face blurring and funking out as the police follow him. It's time to assume another body. This will happen indefinitely until the man from the far east puts a bullet in his head.
@Mr.A..4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think that’s what it’s about at all
@chriswoodcock21506 жыл бұрын
i love it when simon mayo is thick.
@grayforester3 жыл бұрын
He's Billericay Dickie and he's doing very well.
@DK-yq5nx6 ай бұрын
Dern should’ve got an Oscar. There is no Inland Empire without Laura Dern.
@keeKeeConnolly11 жыл бұрын
someone said rabbits was about a triple rape rape murder by "the guy in the green coat". which brings the three rabbits to purgatory and i want someone's opinion on the 42 minute art film. because i too heard the dialog that pointed to this
@paulangier79398 жыл бұрын
I suspect that the cowl was a reference to his un-produced script, One Saliva Bubble. That is a film that should get made. The script was great.
@eirikwegga12 жыл бұрын
Or Eraserhead, or Blue Velvet. There is no common consensus about what Lynch's best movie is, luckily.
@terriblecrayon10 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best film ever made?
@gedrooney930510 жыл бұрын
Its possible, I can understand the burning hatred some people have for it as its mostly inaccessible but when I watch it I am captivated by its screen presence, I have seen an awful lot of film but not a single one to memory leaves such as lasting impression, job done I say!
@razmataz13drums10 жыл бұрын
Ged Rooney yeah for me the interest comes in all those different thoughts and concepts in your head. Like Kermode said, films like Ghostrider you know exactly how its going to end. Most films are like that, and even if they do have a twist its not too interesting. Want a film that will be genuinely captivating? watch anything by Lynch
@FLAVCO7 жыл бұрын
Mark Kermode is great. Always bang on the money!!
@iainrobb20769 жыл бұрын
It's a grower. The first time around, I enjoyed the film a lot until the second half, which just seemed to ramble nowhere at all and completely lost me. The second time round, I loved it, but it's a very slow and very long film that's best not watched all at once in one sitting. It's a better film than Lost Highway, but not as good as Wild at Heart, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive or Fire Walk with Me.
@Onmysheet8 жыл бұрын
After seeing this, it makes me understand Lost Highway more easily, but it's better when you are not trying to understand it.
@Rjgj55hyrfhut Жыл бұрын
This is the only David Lynch film where I can't make sense of it at all. Maybe there is more to it than I'm seeing but it just seems mostly like shallow experimentation. It's really beautiful though and Laura Dern is great in it.
@JeffW832 жыл бұрын
I assume the whole story is just Laura Dern being trapped in the phantoms spell for the whole movie?
@clintcalvert92502 жыл бұрын
Why hell yeah!! Take me how you want?
@sammimitsu11 жыл бұрын
Started watching this last night. Love David Lynch, but had to give up and go to bed. It was good to start with, then became hard work. Liked the rabbits bits but found it too odd and fragmented. That's not to say it's bad.
@KingKook9 жыл бұрын
Most viewers--even those who are supportive of the film--don't seem to have discovered the "key" to "unlocking" the perplexing structure of the film. In order to more accurately and fully perceive what you're witnessing you must first adjust your awareness--reposition your consciousness--whereby the fractured, seemingly random and irrational torrent of hysterical cinematic melodrama realigns and joins in your mind into a much more coherent and linear narrative. Lynch has provided some appropriately oblique clues, hints, and instructions at the very beginning of the film--delivered through the baffling dialog of the various foreign characters--for how to gain "passage" through the ingeniously concealed pinhole "entrance" into the "inner" real film. That all sounds presumptuous and pretentious, but trust me, it's more than worth the effort to find your way "in." There's a profoundly lucid and rational film awaiting you when you manage to penetrate INLAND EMPIRE's formidable exterior defenses and there encounter a most thrilling and visceral experience. It's perhaps the most profoundly intense film I've ever experience, ever. The best advice I can offer anyone sincerely seeking "entry" is to keep in mind Lynch's longtime practice of Transcendental Meditation which, it turns out, is essentially the mode of consciousness which one must be in in order to absorb and process the otherwise ineffable chaos on screen into an infinitely more clear and cogent cinematic experience. The truly remarkable aspect of this unusual cognitive process is that the film then seems to be occurring more so in your own mind, parallel to what's occurring on screen, and therefore you experience the film as though it's somehow being delivered directly it into your consciousness. Once you properly "position" your awareness as per Lynch's early instructions you find that you're able to actively unravel the continuous stream of individual discrete mysteries and riddles, in real time, and to much more closely follow along the hectically ricocheting time sequence without being utterly dismayed. Rather than being violently battered about by an impossibly disrupted narrative you'll instead be transported along the intricately constructed roller coaster of Inland Empire's cinematic artistry, soaring, swooping and creeping through the vast caverns, ornate galleries and intimate cupboards of Lynch's archly Gothic mind. It's a helluva ride. Ultimately we arrive at an impressively profound insight into the nature of our frightfully disturbing media saturated culture, and at the moment of encountering this revelatory insight it's almost as though Lynch is right there with us, encountering it for the first time, alongside us, together. It's a sublimely transcendent and unprecedented pleasure to be so intimately connected to an artist through the process of his creative method, and everyone deserves to experience and enjoy this rare magic for themselves, but you must first make the initial effort to understand what David Lynch is asking of us in the way of expanding our consciousness. Good Luck.
@EpsilonDelta129 жыл бұрын
Is that you, Snidely?
@KingKook9 жыл бұрын
+Matthew Smith A Dooshbaghe never has and never will admit to anything, especially to being a Dooshbaghe.
@stevelangridge175512 күн бұрын
Mayo is such a waste of airtime.
@netto66817 күн бұрын
Yep. I could maybe understand him being on public radio, the voice of midwit England, but why put him on a podcast, to be censorious about art he couldn’t possibly understand if he tried?
@Blendletan5 жыл бұрын
He's really underselling how bizarre this movie actually is...
@Kubrick101Fan12 жыл бұрын
Inland Empire was great. I love the story with the extreme Lynch injection. The only thing I hated about it was the camera that he used, the image quality was horrible. I wished he had a much bigger budget to work with, then it would have been acknowledged as an instant masterpiece like Mulholland Dr.
@karlkarlos35455 жыл бұрын
Only Mulholland Drive is not a masterpiece. I found it, as long as david lynch movies go, rather weak.
@chaimsamuels75532 жыл бұрын
This movie is what would happen if we could film our dreams.
@eirikwegga11 жыл бұрын
Although Mulholland Drive might be my favorite movie of his I can't say I think Sight and Sounds 2012 Critics List is that much of an authority on the subject. The critical community is one thing, Lynch fans and movie fans in general is another. Besides, I don't know how accurate that list even represents the consensus of the critical community. Eraserhead and Blue velvet both have significantly higher ratings on Rotten Tomatoes than MD.
@pdb22236 жыл бұрын
Such a late comment here, especially late just to frickin nitpick (this is much less a criticism I want to point out, rather just one thing, actually the only thing (haha) remotely 'wrong' with this entire commentary on Inland Empire - the nitpick isn't even related to IE). Laura Palmer was never technically possessed by the demon Bob, or maybe Beelzebub depending on which way a person may want to think about the character or again, and of course, think any other possible way about 'Bob' given that we're talking about Twin Peaks here. He certainly was close to full-on possessing Laura, though, and I suppose it could even be argued, that indeed she was possessed by Bob, but momentarily, while under the fan in the famous scene from Fire Walk With Me. Also, last thing, I may have just slightly and innocently misinterpreted the way you meant the point in relation to IE to begin with, not so much even taking into consideration my belaboring the point in the first place. Apologies if that is the case. Real reason I prattle on here is because it's an interesting and nuanced question as to whether or not Laura was ever fully possessed, or at some point (i.e. in FWWM) temporarily and partially possessed by a demon, 'Bob,' as he is called in TP - So my nitpicking the detail, if anything, was actually what made me think about something I'd never properly considered before, so thank you doubly for that. Lots of really worthwhile interconnections and subtleties regarding IE and Lynch's film-making in general here. As is somewhat rare on KZbin, this was time very well spent :) Thanks for uploading your dialogue here! Not sure why I hadn't come across it before, but I genuinely enjoy the work you did here. Subbed.
@Johnconno6 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten that Kermode used to resemble Patrick Bateman.
@felyxmillicent65383 жыл бұрын
It's definitely one of Lynch's best pieces of work.
@LeshaAnn7 жыл бұрын
b-b-But... the guy who turns into another guy [in "Lost Highway"] has his transformation while in a jail cell, not a bedroom, as such.
@victoriafelix59327 жыл бұрын
I understand....
@MasterXDMQ7 жыл бұрын
You are far away...
@theotendleeey8 жыл бұрын
Haha! I'm with Mark on the Inland Revenue thing
@randomisraelite11 жыл бұрын
why does no one understand simon's sense of humor? im pretty sure even though he's genuinely confused he's just messing around with the sarcastic monotone
@Mojosbigstick12 жыл бұрын
Mind The Oranges, Marlon!
@maqusss11 жыл бұрын
Im not suprised Kermode mentioned part 1:53 - 2:15 . It has Kermides' style of talk - bullshit wrapped in pretty shiny paper.
@YorBLoke10 жыл бұрын
great movie..!
@calebcostigan25616 күн бұрын
Kermode gave Emila Perez a rave review 😅😂 Take him with a grain of salt.
@keeKeeConnolly11 жыл бұрын
all british people are named nigel
@terratrema12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! In general: I hated this film, and I love David Lynch.
@djbethell10 жыл бұрын
Mark Kermode really has no idea what Inland Empire is about and his remembrance of Lost Highway is completely wrong.
@djbethell8 жыл бұрын
+Jean Luc Bergman Am I qualified? Are there even tests for this? ;) You're right, mate, no-one likes a smart-arse and I couldn't agree with you more. That said... As Lynch's films are incredibly truthful encyclopedic tropes in the ultimate psychotic process, I can understand why many find it hard to decipher them in their entirety. Personally, as some one who has experienced a psychogenic fugue (more than once), I can attest that his films (for me), read like straight-forward novels (albeit when watched several times over). The majorly true difference between Lost Highway/Mulholland Drive (which were both ultimately about psychogenic fugue ideas) and Inland Empire, is that Lynch has incorporated the reality of an awakening recognition of reincarnation (in certain characters) within the latter (Inland) film. The recurring motif of "Hey, look at me and tell me if you've known me before", while, it initially feels like an extra layer of confusion to the process, it is in fact, (once fully understood and accepted), the major fundamental digestible ingredient to Lynch's spiritual/metaphysical new level and not just a the previous deranged, psychotic one. So, in a quick and basic answer to your question, I would like to think that, yes, I am kinda qualified (though I wouldn't write that in stone) x
@djbethell8 жыл бұрын
+Jean Luc Bergman It's very much like map-reading for me - thus, without understanding each individual directional motif/symbol it's quite unclear, but once one has grasped what those terms mean, one can walk across the Lynch landscape comfortably and without any true fear of becoming lost. As with any new language it first appears insurmountable - it's very similar to most to try and explain the simplicities of ABC to cavemen - kind of impossible, but with any learning curve, once one grasps the basic concepts, that curve quickly goes through the roof. and one is blessed with all kinds of understanding and liberation. Study Lynch long and hard enough and that gateway to his world does eventually open up. While most call Lynch pretentious and non-sensical and turn their backs on him with aggravated disgust (unconsciously, at their own lack of persistence) , those who are perplexed enough to stick around with the man, have unconsciously, then consciously figured out there is a world of complete logical sense. I personally do not (now) find anything vague in the Lynch world. It took great time for me to reach that point, but it is completely possible. One of the major events in my understanding of deciphering Lynch was to accept that every point made (no matter how seemingly inconsequential on first viewing) and every sentence/movement thereafter has a relevance to what has already become past and to what is to come. To say a Lynch film should be watched on a loop, is an ultimate understatement.
@djbethell8 жыл бұрын
I had written a pretty convoluted and comprehensive answer to your previous comment (covering L.H, M.D and I.E, of which I see as a Lynch triptych) , but what has stopped me going any further is your statement that you "ultimately [...] take issue with people ever suggesting they "understand" any piece of art as a whole in an objective sense",. That kind of ends any further discussion. While I'm happy you recognise, acknowledge and own that issue as yours, it does put paid to discussing things any further, which is a shame as I could wax-lyrical about Lynch. Let's just stick with "Let's Rock" ;)
@lolamura96538 жыл бұрын
+djbethell Please continue this conversation guys, it's the most insightful and interesting discussion I have heard or read about this incredible film. I agree with around 80% of what each of you say and both of you made me think about things I hadn't even considered. Even if you think you are disagreeing you are helping me (and probably others) to peel back the layers, and very eloquently. I have just rewatched this film after seeing it on release. That's almost ten years. It took me that long to get the guts and be in the right mind set to do so. I'm not going to write about the film itself as I am still (re)processing it, and also I really don't post much. Maybe after the 3rd or 4th viewing. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks. All the best.
@djbethell8 жыл бұрын
+lolamu Ra I just saw this today. Thanks very much for the appreciation.
@calabiyou11 жыл бұрын
I thought Kermode hated Inland Empire.
@frostychickenprods9 жыл бұрын
He trashes Inland Empire and then says that he loves it?
@AngelEarth20118 жыл бұрын
With David Lynch, the weirder the better :)
@Neon4ty710 жыл бұрын
what a nasty host! Great passion from the reviewer and nice sell
@mementomatrix2 жыл бұрын
sticky end????????
@mrbenoit50186 ай бұрын
Nick Cave catches on fire and turns into a skeleton?
@claytonorchard3003 жыл бұрын
David Lynch doesn’t make Movies he makes experiences