Inland Empire - Eine Frau in Schwierigkeiten (2024)

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What is David Lynch's Inland Empire about? ›

Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) gets a warning not to make any romantic overtures -- especially since the characters they play are having an affair. Both actors learn that the project is a remake of an unfinished film in which the stars were murdered.

Inland Empire / Film synopsis

The film becomes completely incomprehensible by any conventional standards. Which doesn't in any way mean that it's worthless. Like all Lynch films, Inland Empire is deeply hypnotic, often haunting and occasionally downright scary.

The film's plot is bizarre and bewildering, blurring the lines between reality and fiction in a nightmarish world of ambiguity. The most alarming scene in Inland Empire is the Phantom's death, with its abstract and terrifying jump scare, leaving the audience with more questions than answers.

Originally coined to distinguish the area just east of Los Angeles and Orange County, the Inland Empire, or “IE,” moniker describes an area that was once part of the Orange Empire. Area cities such as Riverside, Corona, and Redlands played a major role in the American Citrus industry during the early 19th century.

Nikki (Laura Dern), an actress, takes on a role in a new film, and because her husband (Peter J. Lucas) is very jealous, her co-star Devon (Justin Theroux) gets a warning not to make any romantic overtures -- especially since the characters they play are having an affair. Both actors learn that the project is a remake of an unfinished film in which the stars were murdered.

Inland Empire / Film synopsis

The "Inland" part of the name is derived from the region's location, generally about 60 miles (97 km) inland from Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean. Originally, this area was called the Orange Empire due to the acres of citrus groves which extended from Pasadena to Redlands during the first half of the 20th century.

“Inland Empire” follows Nikki Grace, an actress played by the stellar Laura Dern, being cast in a supposedly cursed remake of an older movie. She later learns that in the original production the two leads were mysteriously murdered. Nikki begins to have strange dreams and her mental state starts to deteriorate.

Critics Reviews

Quickly devolves into self-parody. Inland Empire opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it -- and you're still watching it well after it's left the screen. It's a long but thoroughly absorbing three hours.

Inland Empire is the unfiltered wellspring of imagination, emotion, and foreboding. It enables you to grope your way through invisible dimensions of reality, gaining insight into that which sight can't see. What's really going on? What do these enigmatic riddles mean for the world-fate?

Mapping Black California (MBC), Black Voice News' data unit, recently published the “Black Equity Fund Report,” which examines the socioeconomic factors that impact the lives of the Inland Empire's 350,000 Black residents.

Why is Inland Empire low quality? ›

The process marked several firsts for Lynch: the film was shot without a finished screenplay, instead being largely developed on a scene-by-scene basis; and it was shot entirely in low-resolution digital video by Lynch himself using a handheld Sony camcorder rather than traditional film stock.

The biggest factor: money. "The cost of housing and rent in the three coastal counties, LA, Orange and San Diego, has gotten ridiculously high," said economist John Husing. Anecdotally, Riverside-based Burgess Moving and Storage general manager Ed Coelho has heard similar reasons for people moving.

Here are a few examples of Inland Empire slang: "The IE": This is a shortened version of the name "Inland Empire." "Rolling": This term is used to describe cruising or driving around in a car. "Sauga": This is a nickname for the city of Rancho Cucamonga, which is located in the Inland Empire.

About 4.6 million people live in the two Inland Empire counties, roughly 16 percent of California's total area and about 11 percent of its population.

Mullholland Drive is a very disturbing portrait of the inner world of a woman about to commit suicide and we learn about her life and what led her to murder and suicide through the dream imagery of the first two hours.

“Inland Empire” follows Nikki Grace, an actress played by the stellar Laura Dern, being cast in a supposedly cursed remake of an older movie. She later learns that in the original production the two leads were mysteriously murdered. Nikki begins to have strange dreams and her mental state starts to deteriorate.

There are also hints that the Rabbits are dead humans in a sort of purgatory, and that they are waiting for reincarnation (Jane asks Suzie if she was blond; Jane ends the series by wondering who she will be). The audience tends to laugh the most at references to time or phone calls.

Critics Reviews

Quickly devolves into self-parody. Inland Empire opens and contracts in your imagination while you watch it -- and you're still watching it well after it's left the screen. It's a long but thoroughly absorbing three hours.

Inland Empire is the unfiltered wellspring of imagination, emotion, and foreboding. It enables you to grope your way through invisible dimensions of reality, gaining insight into that which sight can't see.