Inland Empire retains its low-res, subterranean power on Criterion’s Blu-ray release.
This release is only held back by the absence of the lauded director’s cut in 4K.
No wonder George Lucas originally chose, with his Star Wars prequels, to skip over the Clone Wars.
Inland Empire is another excuse for Lynch heads not to leave their house.
Where to begin? At the end, perhaps, with the word sweet, the film’s answer to Mulholland Drive’s silencio.
The film plays it straight and boring, chasing its predecessor’s tail of mediocrity.