After a successful breakthrough with Mulholland Drive, director David Lynch appeared to find a way to communicate his avant-garde approach to a mainstream audience.
This all came crashing down when everything jumped up a notch with his next and most recent film, Inland Empire.
Taking the non-linear stye to new heights (or lows), it was beyond anything Lynch had done before.
So much so, the cast found themselves unable to articulate the full scope of Lynch’s characters in interviews.
Inland Empire was effectively an expansion of the Old Hollywood tropes with postmodern surrealism added to it.
All of this was arguably over the heads of actors and fans alike.
However, a retrospective look at Inland Empire proved to be a journey through a 50s film and a new step into Lynch’s style.
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