David Lynch has just worked out a deal with French production company Studio Canal to self-distribute his low budget, experimental DV feature Inland Empire in the United States and Canada. As part of the deal, Lynch will retain all the film rights and he will collaborate with theatrical and home video partners to launch the film later this year. Producer Mary Sweeney comments: ``Basically we learned a lot from our experiences with The Straight Story and Mulholland Drive... There was a lot spent on P&A. Those experiences, the new technologies of digital distribution available today, along with David's completely avant-garde attitude towards life make this the right film at the right time for this approach." I anxiously await to see how the release is handled on both theatrical and home video fronts. Neat.(via diyfilmmaker)
