you look . you experience time . you dream . reality be a combination of all three . the inland empire be not hollywood and the town of make believe and but you and your inner empire of thought and delusion . movie be imaginary concept and yet we all get catch in the net and like lose fish . our knowledge of the real be not our five sens alone and but a mix of memory and wish . intertwine with loss and hope . loss of the past and hope for the future neither of which exist and except in mind . this be an expanded sit com . a movie within a movie within a nightmare . do spider have nightmare . do you have to be big or small to have emotion . a snail or an ape .