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by Carl
Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:29 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: who is s/he?
Replies: 27
Views: 52510

Re: who is s/he?

:oops:
Oops, I mistook the figure you were speaking about.
I think she is one of ' the girls' that are Sue's , perhaps imaginary, friends. I mean one that we've seen before.
I do tend to get their names confused.
by Carl
Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:46 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: who is s/he?
Replies: 27
Views: 52510

Re: who is s/he?

I think not a boy, but a 'hypnotized', drunken woman.
Previously, on this Board, she has been identified as played by Gruszka, but I'm not convinced this is the case.
by Carl
Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:11 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: hypnotized too?
Replies: 10
Views: 26605

Re: hypnotized too?

Whether she is an uncredited actress or not pales beside the real question: what character is she? I'm inclined to believe that LG did in fact murder this character, due to her ambiguous, anxious response when she is told '...I've...seen you with this person', sex of person not given. It's the Musta...
by Carl
Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:42 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Geography of Smithy's house
Replies: 19
Views: 42174

Re: Geography of Smithy's house

It's interesting to think about the physical geography of meta-physical places. Remember, ' Smithy 's house' started as a 'set', so there will likely not be a one on one correspondence to a 'real' house. Some of the abrupt transitions, not all involving axxoNn, may relate to the fact that they take ...
by Carl
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:14 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

We are explicitly shown Doris transform into the screwdriver wielder, of course. She's obviously been hypnotized and lost control of her personality and, it seems, the inability to tell sequence, 'what came before and what after.' ( which is the natural state, come to think, for actors in roles: the...
by Carl
Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:59 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: My take on INLAND EMPIRE
Replies: 18
Views: 42023

Re: My take on INLAND EMPIRE

No idea about the zipped file.
by Carl
Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:32 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

It seems that LG can not effect events , other than to enable Sue to 'see', and thus forearm her. :idea: My naive take was that LG is a fictional character from 4 7 , cut off into a kind of limbo by the failure of that movie to be completed. When OHIBT is completed, she is actualized by Nikki 's per...
by Carl
Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:54 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: My take on INLAND EMPIRE
Replies: 18
Views: 42023

Re: My take on INLAND EMPIRE

'...Sorry, but those "beautiful stars" you refer to are not stars at all. That's actually just the funky ceiling texture of Smithy's house in the storage room where Susan is standing. We see that funky, sparkling ceiling many times throuhgout the film. Check it out....' Everytime we watch ...
by Carl
Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: My take on INLAND EMPIRE
Replies: 18
Views: 42023

Re: My take on INLAND EMPIRE

The beautiful creatures actually say something like 'In the future - you will be dreaming -in a kind of sleep- and when you open your eyes someone familiar will be there.' True, in the street, Sue does open her eyes and see, for the first time, LG. Shortly thereafter, in that beautiful starry night ...
by Carl
Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:08 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

'Common knowledge'? :P Now, now, 'knowledge' is not a synonym for 'concensus of opinion'. Many , as I, hear the line as 'freak'. Many, if not most, reviews have it as 'freak', right? ( GOOGLE) I try to listen with my ears, not for evidence to score a debating point. Oh, I can see the 'symmetry' of '...
by Carl
Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:38 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

Don't think so. 'I'm a freak' is what we hear.
by Carl
Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:55 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

The actual line is 'I'm a freak.'
by Carl
Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:07 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 156507

Re: L.B.

'...But Lucas may have even committed suicide, ...' So it struck my wife last time. She thinks he holds a pistol in his right hand. There are some superimpositions and edits here, so I can't really see the gun. She thinks it is pointed under his chin or thereabouts. Maybe he shot himself because he ...
by Carl
Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:25 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 133474

Re: Scene 35

Hey... I'll check it out as well. We're just about to settle in for a little totally obsessive viewing here in NoCal. ** The French subtitles are very minimal and seem inaccurate on occasion. But then my French is strictly from the classroom. Still, that line rendered as '...in that voice of other t...
by Carl
Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 156507

Re: L.B.

Well, some one killed the woman-with-guts-hanging out, killed her with a screwdriver ( probably), which implement we see in the hands of the woman ascending the stairs. I doubt it's someone we ain't seen before. I also think, another symmetry broken, that she is killed by the woman she has wronged (...