Inland Empire

In Termite on 20 January 2007 with no comments

Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE is net cinema on the big screen and it doesn’t belong there. Twisting in my seat for three hours was torture. What I wanted to do was stop the film, go back a few scenes or frames. Go get a bite to eat, think about it, discuss with others and then return. I wanted to read it, not be immersed in it. I know this is heretical with Lynch (he doesn’t allow chapters in his DVD releases) but it is the way I wanted to grapple with it. And it is some kind of monster.