Inland Empire (2006), Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979), Mildred Pierce (1945), and Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979). David Lynch Announces Distribution Partnerships and Theatrical Release Dates for Inland Empire". PR Newswire. 15 November 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 July 2015. To discuss the elephant in the room first; Inland Empire looks rough and cheap. This isn’t a film that was shot on high end digital cameras (like Michael Mann had used on Collateral a few years earlier). The Standard Definition DV look of Inland Empire, with its flat lighting, low dynamic range and digital noise, gives the film a homemade, rough and ready quality that feels quite alienating during the film’s opening scenes. Over the course of the three hour running time you get used to it, of course, but it all feels part of the parcel of what Inland Empire represents, which is arguably David Lynch’s most obtuse, experimental and difficult feature. a b Blair, Ian (1 February 2007). "Director's Chair: David Lynch – 'Inland Empire' ". Post Magazine . Retrieved 19 March 2018. Ross, Jonathan (5 May 2007). "Inland Empire review". Film 2007. BBC One . Retrieved 12 January 2023.

The answer, is the film has never looked better, even on the Blu-ray disc, which is sourced from the 2022 4K transfer. There’s more definition in darker moments, and more natural skin tones than the original’s more yellowish appearance. At the time, fans and critics were still high off of Mulholland Drive, his dreamy tale of switched identities and the dark underbelly of Hollywood. Inland Empire felt like Mulholland Drive on steroids, and no one knew how to deal with it.Brody, Richard (11 December 2006). "Inland Empire: The Film File". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. David Lynch’s Inland Empire is many things, among them a sinister waltz through a SoCal underbelly, a murder mystery, a film-within-a-hallucination-within-a-film-within-so-on, and the story of love affairs that span the boundaries of time, space, and reason. It is happening again, you may think—or dread, as Lynch has his haters: a redux of Mulholland Drive, which in the end is only half true.

Dawtrey, Adam (11 May 2005). "Lynch invades an 'Empire'; Digital pic details a mystery". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. The Criterion Collection brings David Lynch’s first digitally shot movie Inland Empire to Blu-ray, presenting it in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on the first dual-layer disc of this two-disc set. It is presented with a 1080p/24hz high-definition encode. Even if everything doesn’t get ported over, Criterion has assembled a rather satisfying set of features for the release, all of the content worth the effort. Closing Screening Schedule". Inland Empire official. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022 . Retrieved 12 January 2023. Sight & Sound's films of the decade". Sight & Sound. BFI. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019 . Retrieved 10 September 2022.David Lynch interview - INLAND EMPIRE Review". Film 2007. 7 March 2007. Event occurs at 3m22s . Retrieved 12 January 2023– via YouTube. Samardžija, Zoran (February 2010). "DavidLynch.com: Auteurship in the Age of the Internet and Digital Cinema" " (PDF). Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies (16) . Retrieved 12 January 2023. I could probably talk to you about woodworking all day, especially because I have to get into it more. It would probably be a valuable addition to my life. Q&A with actor Ann Blyth from 2006, presented by filmmaker Marc Huestis and conducted by film historian Eddie Muller

Cahiers du Cinema: Top Ten Lists 1951–2009". alumnus.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2012.a b Shea, Andrea (17 December 2006). "David Lynch's Latest Endeavor Breaks New Ground". NPR Weekend Edition Sunday. I once asked you a question about music at Camerimage; you called yourself “a non-musician musician.” But I think it’s great. Bradshaw, Peter (9 March 2007). "Inland Empire – Film Review". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 February 2018. That's the only explanation I could think of, but still think it's weird since (I don't think I'm mistaken) the restorations of Eraserhead, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Dr, sourced from the OCNs, had to go through the grading processes and any other stuff, so that would have been tasks to performed on Inland Empire if it was a more traditionnally shot movie in this regard.