The (Now-Overrated) ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll Results

shakey mo did u like the cranberries cover in chungking exp?

Morbs: the Tommy Lasorda of ILE film threads.

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It's more baffling than Mulholland Dr -- tho I figured out the ending, at least to my satisfaction, 2-1/2 hrs after it was over -- and quite good. Dern's kind of amazing and has no dialogue for long stretches. Best thing I've seen so far this year. My Lynchfan friend was "confused."

If anyone spots Nastassja Kinski in it, let me know.

― Dr Morbius

Yes, while it was somewhat painful at the time, it's fun to go back and mull over the film. Also: I had a really vivid schizo dream the night after. And: that Ballad of the Upanishad music that they introduced with, did that "melody" get mirrored toward the end of the movie, because really, I felt near the end, as if it repeated and I felt like my mind was being sucked into a vortex.

― Mary

Saw in on Friday. Fucking stunning. Dunno if I'd say it's the best film Lynch has ever made, but it's right up there with Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead. Have to let things settle, see it at least one more time before I can say anything definitive about what it meant to me.

But I'm surprised that so many folks (not here, necessarily) have complained about the DV look. Thought it suited Lynch's style very well. Loved the heavy graininess on the blown-up and darker shots. Loved the bleary, blurry, supersaturated reds. The endless, swollen close-ups were great, as were the rougher, hand-held sequences. Visually, I thought it was a breakthrough for Lynch.
― verbose, bombastic, self-immolating

- Pye Poudre

Saw this yesterday. I got to the theater kinda early to get a good seat, after a while an old woman and her middle-aged daughter sat in the row behind me. I was eavesdropping as the old lady was telling her daughter about how every Thursday she and her husband go to Costco, and the first thing they do is get a $1.75 hot dog, "the best all-beef hot dog you've ever had, and they have pickle relish and all the toppings," and that gives her enough energy to spend three hours shopping in Costco, and the daughter just keeps replying "But it's just so huuuuge .... it's terrible." So of course my thought = "Huh. These people are coming to see a three-hour long David Lynch movie? Well, I guess you never know." Five minutes into the movie, I hear them whispering, "I don't think this is the right movie ... this isn't the right movie ... let's go" and they left.

― n/a

It really is some kind of achievement. Over the course of 3 hours I was rarely bored. Sure, it could be trimmed 15 or 20 minutes, but that's saying something for a 3 hour, nonsensical, shot-without-a-script headtrip. Even when the film's in the throes of random & unmoored shapeshifting, Dern's performance and Lynch's craft sustain the emotion and mood. This is pure cinema, musical in a way, flowing forward & free under its own dissipation, a piece of ice moving across a hot stove. Not only does the grubby DV cinematography do justice to the nightmare world, it throws into stark relief the total control Lynch has over his materials. The shot composition, set design, lighting, makeup, and sound are impeccable. I like how the themes resonate throughout; Hollywood & prostitution, performance & illusion, acting & role-playing, time & causality, choices & consequences. Mostly in passing details, like when the first visitor tells the story of the boy going out to play, she says something like "when he went through the door it made a reflection, and it was evil". The obvious word choice here would be "shadow" instead of "reflection", but reflection, doubling, mirroring, are all key to the film.

― Edward III

David Lynch's "Inland Empire"

#13

Inland Empire
David Lynch
2006
United States
(696 points, 25 votes, 1 first place)

Amazed it's this high thb

YESSSS

Baseball players say "Know your place, rook."

be serious. i'm commenting on your own comments, not some bullshit.

all the pretty dresses

Yes!

tbh

should be higher imho but I'm okay with Mullholland Dr placing ahead of it

really killin it with the screengrabs omar, very nice

I voted 2046.

I won't try to parse that Lasorda comment (I have a drag queen son?).

Jay Blanchard posted a photo of himself shirtless but I don't remember him renouncing cinema. Although he also posted frequently on the drunk thread, so I wouldn't be surprised.

lol @ that n/a story

2046 is even worse than the blueberry pie one

that is just crazy

the super-overt narration in 2046 just kills whatever mood dude was going for, and the scifi stuff is awful. it's like a bad sequel.

I would pay serious money if someone could pull that shirtless pic up and post it on this thread.

pretty dresses was jeff re In the Mood for Love

really killin it with the screengrabs omar, very nice

― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier),

+1

I won't try to parse that Lasorda comment (I have a drag queen son?).

It was the only baseball reference I could come up with. I'm a rook, obv.

i thought 2046 was a failure at the time, but parts of it stay with me.

And, jaymc, I remember clearly him saying something about how he didn't care for movies anymore. I must've processed it as being part and parcel with trying to impress whoever he was trying to impress.

I just saw Inland Empire again for the other night. What a total mindfuck of a movie! I felt like I had Alzheimer's watching it, with all the weird deja vu moments

seeing Inland Empire at the Castro (hi Shasta!) was easily one of the most gratifying and intense movie-going experiences of the decade for me. alternately gorgeous and horrifying, totally enveloping - full of dreamlike twists and turns, displays so many of Lynch's key themes like the mutability of identity, the ways humans bind themselves to one another, acting and filmmaking as prostitution, spiritual liberation... just fantastic. easily one of the greatest American directors of the last 25 years, operating at the peak of his powers.

"the super-overt narration in 2046 just kills whatever mood dude was going for, and the scifi stuff is awful. it's like a bad sequel."

Yeah but the blueberry pie one has really creepy pornographic blueberry pie w/ melting vanilla ice cream shots.

Blanchard shirtless pic.

i thought IE would be top ten. an amazing thing.

Ahaha, yep, that's the one.

The rabbits part of this movie works much better in its original quicktime Lynch Secret Clip-of-the-Month subscription model.

my main problem with In the Mood for Love is it wants to be about "love," but is much more interested in nice clothes and cigarettes.

obv I like IE, had it around 20th mebbe

Your serious check is in the serious mail, j.

man i am so happy IE placed at all.

Way way way too low for inland empire.

Edward III's summation is excellent

(Also, God help me if jaymc was anywhere near the gay threads whenever it was I posted a pic of myself in short shorts.)

a lot of these screengrabs/stills are just filling me with joy over the fact that movies exist at all

but yeah I fear for what beat it out (Wall-E? gimme a fucking break)

also, the soundtrack to Inland Empire was incredible, really added something. And I liked the digital video better in this movie than in anything else I've seen, especially in the facial close-ups and walking scenes, super creepy

morbs, i am totally in favor of that, 'in the mood for excellent fashion + cigarettes' doesn't sound too nice as a film title

oh hey and in full disclosure mode i was the #1 vote for that one, so obv that is why i have that opinion xxxxxxpost

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^^^scariest moment I've ever experienced in a movie theater

I've read somewhere that the whole movie grew out of that extended monologue/interview with Nikki/Susan, where she trash talks, describing her escalating degradation

they showed soundgarden videos in the movie theater?

When the police came and they asked what happened, I told them "He's reaping what he's been sowing, that's what." They said "Fucker been sowing some pretty heavy shit."

the rabbits and the closeup on grace z are my favorite moments in IE

n/a's review of IE is the Lynch movie I'd like to see filmed.

IE never played in South Florida, so I bought it on DVD. Doesn't play well.

they showed soundgarden videos in the movie theater?

haha it is like that shitty video but I dunno in the context of the film and on the big-screen... I mean its followed by like some weird face-melting with flies around it and accompanied by (I think?) a Penderecki piece its pretty arresting

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In the Mood For Love is akin to a late eighties Bryan Ferry record.

n/a's review of IE is the Lynch movie I'd like to see filmed

That's pretty much the first 10 minutes and the weiner roast scene from The Straight Story.

There's more of the Rabbits serial floating around internet, if that's the part you liked.