Sunday, March 25, 2007

INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
directed by David Lynch
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
seen on the screen at MK2 Hautefeuille

I can't shake how much this feels like a clips episode from a fake Lynch sitcom - cryptic mysteries, vague dread, length for the sake of running time. As an experiment in low-budget moviemaking or a testing ground for digital manipulation, why not. But it's so far from the poppy fields of Chief Cole's best work that any defense is just a cherry-picked apology.