Inland Empire
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Jul 1, 2022
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Inland Empire, David Lynch, Laura Dern
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Reseña del ensayo Inland Empire de Melissa Anderson, publicado en el año 2021 por Fireflies Press.
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Calvo Gens, L. (2022). Inland Empire. SERIARTE. Revista científica De Series Televisivas Y Arte Audiovisual, 2, 114–117. https://doi.org/10.21071/seriarte.v2i.14289
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«[m]ost of the first draft of this monograph was written between March and August 2020, when reality seemed as fractured and terrifying as the way Nikki/Susan experiences it» (Anderson, 2021: 101-102)
«[e]ven if “making sense” of Inland Empire is ultimately futile, that doesn’t mean the film isn’t legible» (Anderson, 2021: 15)
«It is simply a matter of expanding the notion legible. It’s simply a matter of expanding the notion of autorship. Specifically, Dern – whose gestures, reactions and movements, always pinpoint precise in their immensity, make this bewilding project indelible ande ven at times lucid – might be though t of as just as much of a creator as Lynch» (Anderson, 2021: 15).
«[w]hat interests me, what seems to be most fruitful way of approaching this confounding movie is to explore it through the lens of “acteurisme”» (Anderson, 2021: 16)
«Dern – through her loose-limbed, linguine-thin body, her pliant face, her talent for modulated surfeit – makes this bewildering movie legible, licid» (Anderson, 2021: 45)
«the risk was sure greater for Dern, who appears in nearly every scene of this three-hour phantasmagoria, who must inhabit multiple characters, all in a state of psychic disintegration» (Anderson, 2021: 42)
«I imagine Dern’s pliant mouth devouring Inland Empire, if not all of Lynch’s work to date» (Anderson, 2021: 99)
«[e]ven if “making sense” of Inland Empire is ultimately futile, that doesn’t mean the film isn’t legible» (Anderson, 2021: 15)
«It is simply a matter of expanding the notion legible. It’s simply a matter of expanding the notion of autorship. Specifically, Dern – whose gestures, reactions and movements, always pinpoint precise in their immensity, make this bewilding project indelible ande ven at times lucid – might be though t of as just as much of a creator as Lynch» (Anderson, 2021: 15).
«[w]hat interests me, what seems to be most fruitful way of approaching this confounding movie is to explore it through the lens of “acteurisme”» (Anderson, 2021: 16)
«Dern – through her loose-limbed, linguine-thin body, her pliant face, her talent for modulated surfeit – makes this bewildering movie legible, licid» (Anderson, 2021: 45)
«the risk was sure greater for Dern, who appears in nearly every scene of this three-hour phantasmagoria, who must inhabit multiple characters, all in a state of psychic disintegration» (Anderson, 2021: 42)
«I imagine Dern’s pliant mouth devouring Inland Empire, if not all of Lynch’s work to date» (Anderson, 2021: 99)