‘Inland Empire’ (2006): A Temporal Experiment with Spirituality

David Lynch, who is largely considered the finest surrealist filmmaker of all time, goes the distance with his bizarre cinematic creation ‘Inland Empire’. A riot on the senses, ‘Inland Empire’ is a movie that talks about the glitzy world of Hollywood, albeit in a strange and twisted fashion. A movie with a strong feminist undertone, ‘Inland Empire’ makes viewers crave for some sort of a meaning. This thesis makes a conscious effort at deconstructing the movie using the Auteur and the Psychoanalytical Film theories. While dissecting the movie, this thesis also looks at each of the themes used to convey the intended meaning, if there is any.