Inland Empire: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.InlandEmpire 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.InlandEmpire, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
* [[Gainax Ending]]: [[The Other Wiki]]'s description of the ending: "The concluding scene of the film takes place in Nikki's house, where she sits with many other people, among them [[Laura Elena Harring]], Nastassja Kinski and Ben Harper. A one-legged woman who was mentioned in Sue's monologue looks around and says, 'Sweet!' Niko, the Japanese girl with a blonde wig and a monkey, is also present. The end credits roll over a group of women dancing and lip-synching to Nina Simone's ''Sinnerman'' while a lumberjack saws a log to the beat." So...yeah. |
* [[Gainax Ending]]: [[The Other Wiki]]'s description of the ending: "The concluding scene of the film takes place in Nikki's house, where she sits with many other people, among them [[Laura Elena Harring]], Nastassja Kinski and Ben Harper. A one-legged woman who was mentioned in Sue's monologue looks around and says, 'Sweet!' Niko, the Japanese girl with a blonde wig and a monkey, is also present. The end credits roll over a group of women dancing and lip-synching to Nina Simone's ''Sinnerman'' while a lumberjack saws a log to the beat." So...yeah. |
||
** This trope is debatable though, considering that the rest of the movie is no less strange. |
** This trope is debatable though, considering that the rest of the movie is no less strange. |
||
* [[Hair |
* [[Hair-Raising Hare]]: the [[Show Within a Show]] ''Rabbits''. |
||
* [[Le Film Artistique]]. |
* [[Le Film Artistique]]. |
||
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]:A very strange example, considering that it'ss practically impossible to tell which of those characters are real and which are not, and several actors play visually identical, yet separate characters. |
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]:A very strange example, considering that it'ss practically impossible to tell which of those characters are real and which are not, and several actors play visually identical, yet separate characters. |
||
Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
* [[Mind Screw]]: ''And '''HOW!''''' It's <s>up there with ''Eraserhead''.</s> ''[[Serial Escalation|above and beyond Eraserhead]]'' |
* [[Mind Screw]]: ''And '''HOW!''''' It's <s>up there with ''Eraserhead''.</s> ''[[Serial Escalation|above and beyond Eraserhead]]'' |
||
* [[Nightmare Face]]: [http://api.ning.com/files/-jTS6W3nJqm58uuppaYSG0nyNTVVOTjcc1HUbl4TWuI_/InlandEmpireScream2.jpg Here is is], ripe with [[Uncanny Valley]]. The rest of the film does this to several characters with lighting tricks. |
* [[Nightmare Face]]: [http://api.ning.com/files/-jTS6W3nJqm58uuppaYSG0nyNTVVOTjcc1HUbl4TWuI_/InlandEmpireScream2.jpg Here is is], ripe with [[Uncanny Valley]]. The rest of the film does this to several characters with lighting tricks. |
||
* {{spoiler|[[No Plot No Problem]]}}: This movie was produced without a script. Very frequently Lynch would just show up on the set and gave people their lines, clearly having written them no more than a few hours before. When people would ask him what the film was supposed to be about he would respond with a cryptic poem. The general consensus is that {{spoiler|there is no plot}} |
* {{spoiler|[[No Plot, No Problem]]}}: This movie was produced without a script. Very frequently Lynch would just show up on the set and gave people their lines, clearly having written them no more than a few hours before. When people would ask him what the film was supposed to be about he would respond with a cryptic poem. The general consensus is that {{spoiler|there is no plot}} |
||
** Though there isn't a (coherent script, whether there {{spoiler|isn't a plot}} is questionable and not as relevant as one would expect. It's inarguable that there's several recurring motifs and characters, though.See [[Writing By the Seat of Your Pants]] |
** Though there isn't a (coherent script, whether there {{spoiler|isn't a plot}} is questionable and not as relevant as one would expect. It's inarguable that there's several recurring motifs and characters, though.See [[Writing By the Seat of Your Pants]] |
||
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: This film will give you nightmares just from buildup alone. You see it's runtime? About two-thirds of that is soul-crushing buildup and atmosphere. |
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: This film will give you nightmares just from buildup alone. You see it's runtime? About two-thirds of that is soul-crushing buildup and atmosphere. |
||
{{quote| '''Nikki''': Damn! This sounds like dialogue from our script!}} |
{{quote| '''Nikki''': Damn! This sounds like dialogue from our script!}} |
||
* [[Precision F |
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: BRUTAL FAUGHKING MURDER |
||
* [[Proscenium Reveal]]: The cry of "That's a wrap!" and the applause after {{spoiler|[[Laura Dern]]'s "death scene"}}. |
* [[Proscenium Reveal]]: The cry of "That's a wrap!" and the applause after {{spoiler|[[Laura Dern]]'s "death scene"}}. |
||
* [[Self |
* [[Self-Parody]]: Many have suggested that this film has elements of [[Self-Parody]] to it. Given that the film is completely [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|messed up]] it would be hard to seperate parodying elements from others, but some moments do seem ''ridiculously'' Lynchian, such as the ''Locomotion'' scene. This of course doesn't diminish the film being terrifying [[Nothing Is Scarier|beyond]] [[Mind Screw|all reason.]] |
||
** The Barbecue scene....just....what |
** The Barbecue scene....just....what |
||
** The Phantom standing around with a lightblub in his mouth. Nikki walks up to him, gets scared, grabs a screwdriver, and runs away. |
** The Phantom standing around with a lightblub in his mouth. Nikki walks up to him, gets scared, grabs a screwdriver, and runs away. |
||
Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
* [[Sudden Musical Ending]]: Of all the films to have one. |
* [[Sudden Musical Ending]]: Of all the films to have one. |
||
* [[Surreal Horror]]: Emphasis on the surreal. And the horror. |
* [[Surreal Horror]]: Emphasis on the surreal. And the horror. |
||
* [[Surreal Humor]]: See [[Self |
* [[Surreal Humor]]: See [[Self-Parody]] |
||
* [[Wham Line]]: |
* [[Wham Line]]: |
||
{{quote| '''Neighbor''': Is there a...murder...in your film? <br /> |
{{quote| '''Neighbor''': Is there a...murder...in your film? <br /> |
||
Line 54: | Line 54: | ||
'''Neighbor''': I think you are wrong about that. <br /> |
'''Neighbor''': I think you are wrong about that. <br /> |
||
'''Nikki''': Sorry? <br /> |
'''Nikki''': Sorry? <br /> |
||
'''Neighbor''': BRUTAL [[Precision F |
'''Neighbor''': BRUTAL [[Precision F-Strike|FUCKING]] MURDER. }} |
||
* [[World of Symbolism]]: Possibly [[David Lynch]]'s favorite setting. |
* [[World of Symbolism]]: Possibly [[David Lynch]]'s favorite setting. |
||
* [[Writing By the Seat of Your Pants]]: The film was written on a scene-by-scene basis, making for a rather surreal "story." The interview segments were apparently filmed first, with the rest of the film revolving loosely around them. |
* [[Writing By the Seat of Your Pants]]: The film was written on a scene-by-scene basis, making for a rather surreal "story." The interview segments were apparently filmed first, with the rest of the film revolving loosely around them. |