Inland Empire: Difference between revisions

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** [[David Lynch]] wrote it as he went, without knowing where he was going with it to see what would happen. As in, [[Awesome Yet Practical|he pretty much let his subconscious direct a movie.]] Naturally, the result is probably the closest a movie will ever come to emulating a dream.

* [[Drone of Dread]]: A majority of the movies score, with the exception of some [[Soundtrack Dissonance|weird]] choices.

* [[Film Noir]]: parts of the film mimic the genre, especially scenes of a private investigator.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: the three rabbits sitcom {{spoiler|Susan's story is zig zagged like a motherfucker.}}

* [[Shrug of God]]: David Lynch doesn't like to talk about his movies, and when asked about ''Inland Empire'', he replied that "it's about a woman in trouble and it's a mystery and that's all I want to say about it."

* [[Surreal Horror]]: Emphasis on the surreal. And the horror.

* [[Surreal Humor]]: See [[Self-Parody]]

{{quote| '''Neighbor''': Is there a...murder...in your film? <br />

'''Nikki''': Um, no, that's not part of the story. <br />

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