Inland Empire is a experimental psychological thriller film [ 7 ] written, directed, and produced by David Lynch. Released with the tagline "A Woman in Trouble", the film follows the fragmented and nightmarish events surrounding a Hollywood actress Laura Dern who begins to take on the personality of a character she plays in a supposedly cursed film production.
It was completed over three years and shot primarily in Los Angeles and Poland. The process marked several firsts for Lynch: the film was shot without a finished screenplay , instead being largely developed on a scene-by-scene basis; and it was shot entirely in low-resolution digital video by Lynch himself using a handheld Sony camcorder rather than traditional film stock. The film was an international co-production between the United States, France, and Poland. Lucas , Krzysztof Majchrzak , and Julia Ormond.
The film's cinematography , editing , score , and sound design were by Lynch, with pieces by a variety of other musicians also featured, including Beck , Nina Simone , Kroke , Dave Brubeck , and Krzysztof Penderecki. The title borrows its name from a metropolitan area in Southern California.
The film was remastered by Lynch and Janus Films in A crackling vinyl record announces that "Axxon N. In a hotel room, the Lost Girlβa young Polish prostituteβhas an unpleasant encounter with a client.
Her face is blurred. After the encounter, her face unblurs. She turns on the television and goes channel surfing. She watches an old Eastern European woman approaching a mansion, but flips to a television show about a family of surrealistic anthropomorphic rabbits. She begins to cry. In Los Angeles, actress Nikki Grace is waiting for the results of her audition for the lead role in the film On High in Blue Tomorrows , a romantic drama about two people who have an affair.
