Title: an argument winner for the anti-lynch brigade
Review: I once had an argument with some friends who detested The Beatles. I love them - even an earlier, deceptively simple song like 'Please Please Me' is sheer melodic genius. These friends thought their 'argument winner' was "Ok...what about 'Ob La Di, Ob La Da' then, huh?!".Hmmm... 'Inland Empire' is David Lynch's 'Ob La Di, Ob La Da' - lousy output from a very fine artist. I loved the intrigue of 'Lost Highway', and 'Mulholland Drive' still haunts me. But with 'Inland Empire' the riddles and twists left me absolutely cold. The Lynch ingredients are there but the cake just doesn't rise. I guess it's what can happen when the usual budgetary constraints of film-making are lessened to a large degree by the opportunity to shoot digitally. Discipline and restraint can go out the window as the director gets carried away with his new-found 'freedom'.Quite liked the rabbit sitcom though.... One star for that.
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