Re: New David Lynch movie!

According to www.imdb.com (for whatever that's worth!) Lynch will be
screening this mystery movie at Cannes soon. Maybe we'll learn more
about it then!

~Terri

DMO wrote:

>  How exciting that Lynch has a new movie.  Can't wait to see it and
> have some discussion on it. DavidSan Francisco, CAa Bookhouse
> Boy Ragnhild Kristine Brekke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>      David Lynch news :)
>
>
>      David Lynch is making a new movie with StudioCanal. In fact,
>      he's already been
>      shooting it under the radar for two years. Titled "INLAND
>      EMPIRE" (in
>      capitals, though Lynch doesn't explain why), it stars Laura
>      Dern, along with
>      Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons and a host
>      of others Lynch
>      won't specify.
>
>      In fact, there's still very little the enigmatic Lynch is
>      comfortable to
>      reveal about the movie.
>
>      "It's about a woman in trouble, and it's a mystery, and
>      that's about all I
>      want to say about it," he comments diffidently.
>
>      The title refers to the bleak residential area on the edge
>      of the desert near
>      L.A. -- the antithesis of the tony locale of his last movie
>      "Mulholland Drive."
>      Lynch has shot much of his latest film in Poland with local
>      actors, after
>      making friends with the organizers of the Camerimage
>      festival in Lodz. He's
>      now back shooting in and around Los Angeles.
>
>      Even at this relatively advanced stage of production, Lynch
>      is cagey about
>      when it will be finished. But it's understood that
>      StudioCanal is aiming for a
>      world preem at Cannes next year.
>
>      "Making a film is a beautiful mystery," Lynch says. "You go
>      deep into the
>      wood, and you don't want to come out of that wood, but the
>      time is coming very
>      soon when I will have to."
>
>      Lynch has financed the production to date from his own
>      resources, with his
>      wife and longtime artistic collaborator Mary Sweeney
>      producing. The budget is
>      unknown.
>
>      StudioCanal, which financed "Mulholland Drive" and "The
>      Straight Story," has
>      come aboard "INLAND EMPIRE" to handle worldwide sales.
>
>      Digital convert
>      What Lynch will reveal -- and indeed, waxes lyrical about --
>      is the fact that
>      he's shooting the movie on digital video.
>
>      "I started working in DV for my Web site, and I fell in love
>      with the medium.
>      It's unbelievable, the freedom and the incredible different
>      possibilities it
>      affords, in shooting and in post-production."
>
>      "For me, there's no way back to film. I'm done with it,"
>      Lynch says. "I love
>      abstraction. Film is a beautiful medium, but it's very slow
>      and you don't get
>      a chance to try a lot of different things. With DV, you get
>      those chances. And
>      in post-production, if you can think it, you can do it."
>
>      DV has clearly given Lynch the freedom from having to
>      clarify his intentions --
>      to financiers, or even to himself -- before he starts
>      shooting.
>      "The explaining of things in words is always a huge
>      problem," he confesses.
>      He characterizes the DV production process as a journey of
>      "huge exploration"
>      to discover what his film will be.
>
>      "I'm writing as I go," he says. "I believe in the unity of
>      things. When you
>      have one part, and then a second part that doesn't relate to
>      that first part,
>      it's very curious to find that they do relate after all.
>      It's a most beautiful
>      thing."
>
>      He also believes that it produces a different kind of
>      performances from
>      actors. "When you run out of film, you have to stop and
>      reload, and during
>      that time the heat sometimes goes off. But with this medium
>      you can keep that
>      heat, and it builds, and it's beautiful to see."
>
>      He says that Dern, in particular, has benefited from this
>      freedom. "She's the
>      most incredible actress. Some people get roles and do their
>      thing, but some
>      have a lot more inside and don't usually get the chance to
>      show it."
>
>      As for the quality of the DV image, Lynch says, "It looks
>      different. Some
>      would say it looks bad. But it reminds me of early 35mm,
>      that didn't have that
>      tight grain. When you have a poor image, there's lots more
>      room to dream."
>      "But I've done tests transferring DV to film, and there are
>      all kinds of
>      controls to dial in the look you want."
>
>
>
>
>      ********
>      Sounds exciting to me! :=)
>
>
>      :)
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