Watched, or rather endured, the second half of Inland Empire. Perhaps the best parts are that it was different looking and feeling from his previous canon (apart from the 'The Locomotion' scene), and innovative and experimental which should always be applauded.
Most of the film was totally disconnected. Generally it is a mash of different emotions thrown together in any order, something like an action painting. The only thing holding it together was the re-use of scenes, but there was little chance of building to any climax when the approach was so haphazard. The film would have the same effect watched backwards, or in any order. Annoyingly, the DVD had one 3-hour chapter, implying that one had to watch it all in one go, when, if anything, that's not the best way to watch it; but that said, there were no discernable acts and little plot, so dividing into 'chapters' would not be easy.
Most of today was spent doing my quarterly computer backups, which is also an opportunity for computer house-keeping. It's a boring job that can feel pointless, but keeping things tidy is important for efficiency.
One other thing I did yesterday was create a program called Ziggly to re-arrange words at random in a poem or other text, an electronic 'cut-up technique' creator. My program has more controls. You can create a list of words to treat specially; these can be left in place, or swapped within their class. This is useful for keeping small words (the, and, of, etc.) in place, or you can use it to switch specific words only, such as randomise the adjectives in a text but keep the rest the same.
Here is a Ziggly-fied 'Candle in the Wind':
