“It’s easy to forget now but Inland Empire was relatively well received when it was first released. Roger Ebert gave it a rare four stars (from the man who hated and remained hateful of Blue Velvet) and it made several end of year (and end of decade) best-of lists. Yet in the six years that have seen Inland Empire remain as David Lynch’s latest film, there have been few cults to spring up around it. While Eraserhead, Lost Highway and, to a lesser extent, Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me all received serious re-appraisal and attracted hardcore fans after their initial dismissals, Inland Empire has become the maligned embodiment of Lynch’s opaque indulgence. All those who felt alienated by Mulholland Dr.’s resistance to conventional narrative and Eraserhead’s dark surrealism were now vindicated by a film that even the director’s most ardent fans had to admit was a hard film to enjoy.” From a recent essay about Inland Empire by Saro Lusty-Cavallari from 4:3
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:32:41 +0000
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