Inland Empire
2006, R, 172 min.
Directed by David Lynch, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton.

Lynch’s latest mindfuck pits Nikki Grace (Dern) and Devon Berk (Theroux) against the characters they’re playing in cursed fictional film On High in Blue Tomorrows. Said to be Lynch’s most bizarre and complex yet – quite a statement, indeed – Inland Empire is the next (il)logical step following Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr. (See interview with Lynch, “The Serene Life,” from the Jan. 19 issue at austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A437367.)

This article appears in January 26 • 2007.

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