This was my first David Lynch film and it left me completely stunned and amazed. You will have to come up with your own interpretation of the movie and that changed my view on movies and art as a whole. Recommended for everyone who wishes to see something truly unique and interesting.
Mulholland Drive
2001
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Mulholland Drive
2001
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Still untarnished by the false promises of the rapacious film industry, the wide-eyed actress, Betty, sets foot on bustling, sun-kissed Hollywood. Brimming with hope, and eager to spread her wings and prove her worth, Betty moves in Aunt Ruth's expensive apartment, unbeknownst to her, however, that fate has other plans in store for her, setting the stage for life-altering experiences with the unexpected, the indecipherable, and the unknown. Now, in the centre of an elaborate labyrinth of half-truths, faded memories, unrequited loves, and dangerous encounters with the city's ugly face lies a strange key to a mysterious keyhole, an even stranger indigo-blue cube, the young director, Adam, and one cryptic woman: the amnesiac brunette and devilishly seductive car-crash survivor, Rita. But, time flies and Rita's opaque past demands answers. After all, both women deserve the truth. What is the secret of the serpentine, dream-crushing Mulholland Drive?
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Top cast
Naomi Watts as Betty / Diane Selwyn
Lori Heuring as Lorraine
Justin Theroux as Adam
Melissa George as Camilla Rhodes
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 2160p.BLU 1.32 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
R
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Not the sort of film I enjoy watching
Like INLAND EMPIRE, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is an obtuse and mysterious exercise in film-making from director David Lynch. Like INLAND EMPIRE, it's an abstract mood piece, a bizarre mystery that asks the viewer to do plenty in working out the meaning of clues and seemingly random moments in an effort to build a picture from one big puzzle. Like INLAND EMPIRE, I hated it.
When I sit down to watch a movie, I like linear storytelling and concrete detail. I don't like odd things that have no explanation and are present for the sake of merely being arty. MULHOLLAND DRIVE is a slow and long-winded narrative about a couple of women exploring a strange and skewed world. The Hollywood setting allows Lynch some self-referential themes, but I found the whole thing a big turn-off, not least the bland performances from Naomi Watts and Jeanne Bates. The ending, when it hits, offers a disappointing twist which rounds off the production quite aptly.
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maddening surreal tale
Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) is a naive Canadian aspiring actress who arrives in L.A. to stay at her aunt Ruth's Hollywood home while she's away filming in Vancouver. She finds a dark-haired beauty in the shower. She (Laura Elena Harring) has amnesia after a car crash on Mulholland Drive and takes on the name Rita. There's a diner called Winkies. There's director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux). There's a hit man (Mark Pellegrino) who has a hit that keeps going wrong. Rita remembers the name Diane Selwyn and Betty joins her to find the dead woman.
This film is maddening. David Lynch has created a confusing surreal tale. I'm sure someone has dissected this to make sense of everything. I can't tie the whole movie down. The pairing of Watts and Harring is great. Watts is especially terrific. If this comes with explanations, I may just like this more.