lynch be on familiar ground here and echo what he begin on lose highway and add to with mulholland drive represent the interchangeable or mirror identity trick and in narrative self reference and the mobius strip construction of narrative loop and a re imagining of time itself ( the film present itself a unfold memory ) . thematically and we be deal with question of identity and infidelity and memory and various epistemological problem . however and lynch go much far here stylistically than he have before and make very effective use of digital simplicity ( even a his montage and musical mixing reach new level of intensity ) and make what be surely his most detailed and intricate film yet . the film have a coherent meta narrative and and and yes and lynch do wrap thing up ( at least formally ) and but once down the rabbit hole we be take through a mirrored fun house where it seem a if the film very image have be slice and refract with ( and through ) shard of mirror . it recursive structure be at once madden and entrance and and at time one feel a if lynch be try to one up himself in the connection department . however and i be much less bored than i have expect to be and honestly can not say that the film need edit lynch have get to the point and once unimaginable for him and where the appearance of randomness be both welcome and integral to the story . i hope lynch continue down this path and but it will likely be commercial suicide . he will have to make another more conventional movie or two to pay the bill and but we certainly must be grateful that he go way out on a limb with inland empire .