The 2006 film is playing in theaters in remastered form.
Inland Empire’s return to theater has already been a triumph.
(it’s possible for you to find theater informationhere.)
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ButInland Empire’s multiverse extends much further than that.
Lynch spoke to EW about returning toInland Empireand its enduring mysteries.
(He also cleared up some confusion about any alleged project allegedly premiering at any upcoming film festivals.)
DAVID LYNCH:All the picture had a new life, and it was a great new life.
It was a kind of a miracle to go from Sony BD150 quality to where it is now.
It means that the future is gonna be fantastic for films, for cinema.
It’s amazing what is going on.
The picture got way better.
It got more focus and a deeper look.
From what I first had to now: big, big, big beautiful change.
The sound also jumped, because there’s now plug-ins that can clean dialogue.
And these things are so beautiful.
And also, that means the future is gonna be so great for sound.
I’ve always wondered, though, what’s that lumberjack doing there?
He’s sawing a log.
I grew up in the Northwest.
I love woodso much, I can’t tell you!
You know, when you saw wood, it can be kind of what they might say zen.
But then you release this aroma from the wood.
You cut a piece of pine, and there’s this [exhalation] this smell comes up.
Right to heaven you go.
I do thinkInland Empirefeatures the most fantastic sequence ever filmed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
It’s a street.
It happens to be on Hollywood.
And they’re really pretty beautiful.
The symbol for television, the symbol for cinema.
It’s minimal, but really precise, and instantly you know what it is.
And they’re all up and down the street.
But this is where this particular person was, at the time.
You know, right in the middle of Hollywood, but a different version than what people think.
I don’t know.
Did you ever take the bus to Pomona?
you’ve got the option to get to Pomona from Hollywood Boulevard.
[Laughs] I have no new film coming out.
That’s a total rumor.
So there you are.
It is not happening.
I don’t have a project.
I have nothing at Cannes.
It got built up that people thought, “Oh, that’d be nice.”
But there is something new, but it’s not mine.
I don’t know whose it is.
So we’ll wait and see, and see whose it is.
Is there anything else you’re currently working on?
I’m working on painting and sculpture each day.
And I’ve been working onLost Highwaycolor-correcting and timing.
I was rereading the great book you worked on,Room to Dream.
What did that map look like?
There was a screenplay ofInland Empire.
People get it wrong, but anyway, it’s okay.
It’s a long story, but there was a script.
I did many drawings.
A lot of times, I work things out in little drawings.
Did the drawings have any rabbits?
It would have to!
