Fans of David Lynch, of Twin Peaks, of Dharma in films — and of JUST PLAIN AWESOME FILMMAKING — might be interested to know:

In Lynch’s newest film INLAND EMPIRE (he asks that it always be written in caps like that), there’s a scene very much like the one detailed in the beginning of the Horse post, “The Owls Are Not What They Seem: The Dharma of Twin Peaks’ Dale Cooper.”

In fact, it’s just like it — making the same Buddhist reference — only in a super-condensed way.

And yes, it’s understood know Lynch isn’t a Buddhist (he’s a Transcendental Meditation practitioner) but he clearly has received at least a little inspiration from the Dharma.

In fact, that’s been an off-and-on-again theme on the INLAND EMPIRE message-board. Though, sadly, that seems to now be defunct.