For the David Lynch fans out there, his anticipated flick INLAND EMPIRE (he wants it capitalized) takes you on another surreal journey in filmmaking. How surreal? I fell asleep for five minutes and my dream about wiener dogs and space aliens made more sense. But for the ones not sleep-deprived, it will captivate you when you try not to cling to the narrative and just look at the pretty colors and images. Lynch throws a ton of shit against the projection wall to see what sticks. And enough of it does. For my amusement and the ridiculous task of giving a Lynch summary, here goes: So a bunny rabbit with Naomi Watt’s voice is stuck in a room and (an impressive) Laura Dern travels through time and space to save some polish girl. Oh, and there’s dancing hookers… and a clown somewhere in there. I’ll pretend that the five minutes I missed out on held all the answers.
