If he were more of a journeyman filmmaker, he might have made a pretty good picture about the blurring of life, real and imagined, with motion pictures, but instead he has come up with an interminable bore titled "Inland Empire." Filled with dreary sequences in poor lighting, incongruous scenes featuring characters who are never explained, with occasional startling images, the film lasts almost three hours and seems longer. Boxoffice prospects appear limited to Lynch devotees and the contentedly bewildered.

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