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Cannes 2005: David Lynch Gives Up On Celluloid

by Karina Longworth May 13th 2005 // 3:03PM

Filed under: Independent, Casting, Cannes, Festival Reports, Cinematical Indie

laura-dern-028-img.jpgMore details on David Lynch's next project are filtering across the Atlantic from Cannes. According to Variety, INLAND EMPIRE - the director insists the title be related in all-caps, though won't yet explain why - will star Laura Dern (who worked with Lynch on arguably his two best films, Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart), Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons and Justin Theroux. Lynch has apparently been surreptitiously shooting the film on digital video for two years; he's shot in Poland with local actors and is now moving the production to Los Angeles. And, guess what? Lynch can't get over how much he loves DV.

"For me, there's no way back to film. I'm done with it," he told Variety. "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."

The change in media has completely altered Lynch's way of working (as it's wont to do). He says that Laura Dern has responded especially well to the differed demands of digital, and he even embraces the "bad" look of video. "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."

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