David Lynch
I'm torn between dismissing the film as gross-out juvenilia and regarding it as raw religious mythmaking. Either way, you won't find a livelier time at the movies these days, if only because of the outraged groans and dumfounded gasps from the audience.
Boston Phoenix 548 words
With this Jennifer Lynch starts to be interesting on her own -- even more since her already-wrapped next, Hisss, is an India-shot horror fantasy based on local mythology. Which, at last, is a project one can't even imagine David Lynch doing.
David Lynch's horrific Eraserhead may be the most cohesive film ever made.
Tucson Weekly 765 words
Only seven months after releasing the second season of the David Lynch/Mark Frost television landmark Twin Peaks, Paramount Home Video has delivered the rumored comprehensive set Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition.
The ability to rewind and scene-surf -- unnecessary conveniences for most viewings -- here may provide the spectator with the ability to nail down that extra bit of insight into the seemingly indecipherable plot.
Orlando Weekly 1005 words
David Lynch is brilliant and baffling in his self-distributed Inland Empire. Also reviewed: The Kids in the Hall: The Pilot Episode and Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters for DVD.
Tucson Weekly 850 words
DVD provides a much easier way to delve into the difficult film, and Lynch -- who has traditionally done his best to forbid his DVDs from having chapter breaks or commentaries -- has loosened up a bit on the film’s new two-disc DVD package.
The Montana-born director debunks local rumors, discusses peace factories and reveals the secret to understanding his surreal work.
Empire peels back new layers of shadow inside the little boxes where dreams flourish like bacilli.
What's true of the 1960s can be said of a David Lynch film -- if you remember it, you weren't there -- and that isn't always a good thing for filmgoers.
Eugene Weekly 700 words
Lynch returns to the dark side with Inland Empire.
David Lynch reconciles the creepy tone of his movies with a search for inner peace.
The director unravels the meaning of his new movie, Inland Empire -- ha ha, not really.
Armed with a digital camera and his own brand of logic, Lynch forges inward.
The Village Voice 783 words
If you're a David Lynch fan, get thee to your favorite DVD seller for Eraserhead. Also reviewed: Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Bueller ... Bueller ... Edition.
Tucson Weekly 820 words
At long last: One of David Lynch's greatest works is released to DVD. Also reviewed: Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 2 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 2.
Tucson Weekly 820 words
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