Lynch's Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2012)

This is maybe not my favorite Lynch film, but I feel it is his masterpiece. All the threads he has been working on for years finally come together in one story. I prefer Inland Empire because of its truly dreamlike ambiance, but this film never ceases to intrigue me. The acting is excellent, esp Watts. The editing and cinematography are superb, the music sublime. It is shameful that the film only received one Oscar nod for Lynch (though he deserved it). It could easily and should have been nominated for film (as it was here in France), for music, for editing, for cinematography. Instead, we got typical John Williams type of music, a feel-good film, etc, as winners. I think Lynch perfected the language of cinematic-dream language in Inland Empire, but this one comes close. Kept my friends wondering for days what was really going on through the whole film. You can't ask anymore of a film: if it makes you think, you remember it, even if you hate it. So better than so many films that are in one eye and out the other.