Watched it last night, and have conflicted thoughts on it. Although it is visually brilliant and has one of the most horrifying atmospheres I have ever been witness to, as that link posted earlier stated, it is one of the most impenetrable films ever made. I have absolutely no idea what any of it meant and have no idea where to really begin. With Mulholland Dr. or Lost Highway, there was definitely a backbone of a script and was in some ways fairly easy to navigate. Inland Empire has no floatation devices to help keeping you from drowning in the murkyness of it’s insanity. It’s just so hard to get into, but overall, I did enjoy myself and simply have to give more thought to the film. Maybe after some time I can start to interpret some of it’s crazyness. Until then, it’s like a beautiful painting with so much going on that no single interpretation can give it any form of justice.
