Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
R | 19 October 2001 (USA)
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Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

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TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
mellisacarter Mulholland Drive is not an easy film to sit through and one might even get tempted to get up midway and leave. But if you understand David Lynch and his mind you'll find a lot to appreciate here. At the top of my head is the stunning atmosphere. This film reeks of a certain "vibe" and even though the film is long it keeps this vibe all throughout. The soundtrack only helps and the acting from everyone involved is exactly what David Lynch likes it. The story is too convoluted to mention here but all I can say is this film is something of a challenge and you should definitely give it a shot.
messinaci I cant explain about this movie , you have to watch it over and over and carefully if you know tv , movie , anything about media ,you have to watch this! after that come back to me i will explain about this supers of david lynch
Anshul Agrawal The entire movie from the aftermath of car crash to the opening of blue box is not real. The couple at the beginning are strangers she met on a train. Their laughing represents what people say about a failure. The waitress with the tag of Betty either signifies her failure from acting and the eventual waitressing for sustenance or just the source of inspiration of Betty for her dream. Maybe Camilla and Rita of the end are the same person, maybe not, doesn't change a thing. Not really sure what the black figure symbolises, maybe the blacknes if heart of the Hollywood industry in general which is not easily seen. The party sequence at the end is THE most important sequence to understand the whole movie, which is about the lives of newcomers who try to break into the Hollywood scene. Very good direction. Truly exceptional.
bradjanet To explain my take would take a very long time, so I will just mention a couple of aspects ... the film is shot through with references to Greek mythology ... note that the old people in the early sequences are exaggeratedly kind and smiley ... and in the later scenes how they harass and drive Diane to madness? ... the old lady says her name is Irene ... in Greek myths, the Eryines are entities which can either be "The Kindly Ones", which is what the name means, but they are also The Furies, who hound and harass the guilty, especially those guilty of murder, to madness and death. In both roles they preside over justice. Another Greek myth is represented by the mysterious blue box, which, when it is opened by Betty/Diane, brings her back to the sordid, crime ridden world of the second half, after the suspiciously glamorous and successful first half populated by "Betty" and "Rita" ... this, I believe is Pandora's box, which released all the evils of the world ... it is also probably a reference to Alice's rabbit-hole, which also takes her to what I believe is a nightmarish, rather than a dream world. The scenes in the diner belong to the evil world of the second half, but they leak into the dream world as flashes of reality into "Betty's" consciousness., There is also a scene in the cafe, where, hardly noticed in the background, a body is dumped in a dumpster ... was this the body of Camilla, killed by the hitman Diane hired? This, I believe is the guilt Diane experiences as her lover's murderer So, the first part represents the fantasy life that Diane, as "Betty" has constructed for herself ... see how easily she waltzes into a very successful audition? ... after the box, she is plunged into a much harder, philistine, money and gangster dominated, cynical world of Hollywood, symbolised by the hideous man at the back of the diner, and by the cowboy.