Watched Mulholland Drive for the first time last night, which I know may appear weird since I'm such a nutjob fan of Lynch's, it's like claiming to be a big fan of John Carpenter and not having seen Halloween or a big fan of Fincher and not having seen Fight Club, but regardless, I really liked it. I think the ending is pretty conclusive, which is pretty different from Lynch's usual style where it's more ambiguous. What I was really surprised by was how funny the film was, at times. Aside from Twin Peaks, I haven't really seen Lynch do humour in his work, so it was a nice surprise and change from the usual. Overall, it's a film worthy of its praise.
I also watched Inland Empire and I think that may be Lynch's worst film. It comes across as a really pretentious and weird just for the sake of it. Lynch is pretty much running around with a digital camera doing extreme close ups on characters who have nothing interesting to say. It just looks really cheap and tacky. I'm surprised he managed to get such a good portion of his cast from his previous work in there (Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Grace Zabriskie etc) and managed to just waste them. There's no real subtext or hidden meaning to this film like there normally is, it's just relying all on atmosphere and little to no plot involved. It's just essentially a bore to watch. Pretty big drop in quality, no wonder he's now no longer making movies.
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:47 pm
