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by applesnoranges
Sat May 31, 2008 6:49 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

David Lynch did not say that anyone was Smithy.
by applesnoranges
Sat May 31, 2008 10:53 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 157327

Re: L.B.

So, if we ask the question, "Who is Smithy?" and we see Smithy's son, we know whose son he seems to be (not the Lucas character who can't procreate children), because there is only one logical answer: his other parent, his mother, Smithy, played by Karolina Gruszka, who returns to her own ...
by applesnoranges
Sat May 31, 2008 10:47 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Where did the gun come from?
Replies: 16
Views: 22360

Re: Where did the gun come from?

I'm still thinking about whether it's Nikki' s husband or Sue 's who is the figure that is given the gun. It seemed to me at first that surely it was Nikki 's, essentially one of the producers of OHIBT . That has, at least, the virtue of making sense. The point I've been trying to make in probably ...
by applesnoranges
Fri May 30, 2008 9:17 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

There is no Smithy and since Lucas' first name is Piotrek and he's credited with playing a character with that name, he can be called that. If you don't like the rooster, you need to take that up with David Lynch. It's already in the movie and I can't do anything about it.
by applesnoranges
Fri May 30, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Where did the gun come from?
Replies: 16
Views: 22360

Where did the gun come from?

At the séance, the man on the right who was questioning Piotrek gave him the gun, but where did he get it? Maybe there is no answer but it seems that there should have been one. If this man had been the one who turned into Suzie rather than to Jane, then Suzie, because of her name, her robe, and ir...
by applesnoranges
Fri May 30, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

At the shed: Piotrek walks toward the shed hesitatingly. Rooster walks by the shed. Piotrek knocks and Gordy opens the door. Piotrek says, "Gordy!" Gordy throws down his red cup. ....... When at the man at the séance says the sentence with Czerwone in it, right in front of him, shining in...
by applesnoranges
Fri May 30, 2008 8:30 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: MTTH: Buying a watch
Replies: 40
Views: 65741

Re: MTTH: Buying a watch

The term "free will" doesn't mean anything to me.
by applesnoranges
Thu May 29, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

Another thought is that perhaps the first thing that "was red" was the red light bulb in Majchrzak's mouth "” because that was chosen without David Lynch's direct decision. He was told to pick one of three objects then improvise with it. So once it was there in the movie, DL may have ...
by applesnoranges
Tue May 27, 2008 10:49 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

Kiddo wrote:I assume that the connections you're making to Rooster are just a joke?
No, that's the primary answer.

I think the various red lamps are mainly markers like the LB, to distinguish one part of the movie from another.
by applesnoranges
Mon May 26, 2008 11:50 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 157327

Re: L.B.

OK it could be a stamp too I guess. But I guess you are saying that we wouldn't get anywhere imagining how it was drawn on there but stamped we have that answered and can move on. Anyway, I agree with you that the actual meaning of the letters is irrelevant. So the only place to go in seeing why the...
by applesnoranges
Mon May 26, 2008 2:05 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: Scene 35
Replies: 77
Views: 134235

Revised Scene List

A more purely descriptive list. I'm including MichaelPW's suggestions not to include the spotlight and to include the moon as a scene, but I think these are doubtful. Lynch said in one of the bonus features that the movie begins with a quiet sound followed by a loud sound, so for him, the movie begi...
by applesnoranges
Mon May 26, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 157327

Re: L.B.

It does not look like a stamp to me. It looks drawn on there, maybe with make up pencils.
by applesnoranges
Mon May 26, 2008 1:12 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: "It Was Red"
Replies: 34
Views: 60747

Re: "It Was Red"

There seems to be a lot of red here: http://www.rooster.pl/en/lodz/ "It was red" was first said in the séance and connects to the question, "You work for someone?" From the looks of the decor of Rooster in Lodz, I guess that Gordy's plastic cup thrown on the ground came from the...
by applesnoranges
Mon May 26, 2008 12:55 am
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 157327

Re: L.B.

On the other hand, I do not believe that the street scene where the letters appear upturned from their usual position is of any significance; I believe that this is a rare Lynch blooper. :lol: I say this because those letters only appear for a few lightning-quick frames, and no viewer could ever be...
by applesnoranges
Fri May 23, 2008 10:15 pm
Forum: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
Topic: L.B.
Replies: 88
Views: 157327

Re: L.B.

A while back we discussed LG and LB backwards. GL = Good Luck BL = Bad Luck But I think those ideas are just for amusement. In Lynch movies when attention is drawn to objects, it seems more to show when and where something is rather than something about the objects. E.g. the piano ashtray in Mulholl...