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roachboy · 10-29-2007, 06:52 AM

david lynch: inland empire

to my mind, this is the best film lynch has made (since eraserhead) by quite a distance, and this despite the ending, which i'll just complain about in the abstract. visually and sonically spectacular (at some points the music gets so to be so Big and "THIS IS SCARY" that you have to laugh. which is fun too.) in a deeply disturbing psychological space (until you are let off the hook).

the film is 3 hours long, so we broke it into 2 evenings and saw it with a couple friends who are lynch fans. i am not particularly a lynch fan. but we agreed on this one.

find it, watch it: it'll mess you up for a few hours.

lars von trier: boss of it all

very funny little film from von trier. strangely parallel to lynch in the use of camera and editing, but bent to a quite different purpose.
basically, an actor gets hired to impersonate kinda the non-existant boss of a company. he ends up in all kinds of trouble. it's great.

but then again, i am a hopeless fanboy when it comes to lars von trier.
to my mind, though, his finest thing so far is "five obstructions."
if you havent seen that, drop what you are doing and get thee to a rental joint.
then see this film. to cool you off. like a shower.

10-29-2007, 06:52 AM	#2301 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	david lynch: inland empire to my mind, this is the best film lynch has made (since eraserhead) by quite a distance, and this despite the ending, which i'll just complain about in the abstract. visually and sonically spectacular (at some points the music gets so to be so Big and "THIS IS SCARY" that you have to laugh. which is fun too.) in a deeply disturbing psychological space (until you are let off the hook). the film is 3 hours long, so we broke it into 2 evenings and saw it with a couple friends who are lynch fans. i am not particularly a lynch fan. but we agreed on this one. find it, watch it: it'll mess you up for a few hours. lars von trier: boss of it all very funny little film from von trier. strangely parallel to lynch in the use of camera and editing, but bent to a quite different purpose. basically, an actor gets hired to impersonate kinda the non-existant boss of a company. he ends up in all kinds of trouble. it's great. but then again, i am a hopeless fanboy when it comes to lars von trier. to my mind, though, his finest thing so far is "five obstructions." if you havent seen that, drop what you are doing and get thee to a rental joint. then see this film. to cool you off. like a shower. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 10-29-2007 at 06:54 AM..