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Mulholland Drive | Description: A young ambitious actress goes to Hollywood, where she meets the mysterious Rita who has lost her memory Year: 2001 Classification: Mystery / Suspense Actors/Actresses: - Naomi Watts as Betty - Brent Briscoe - Robert Forster - David Lynch - Justin Theroux - Laura Elena Harring - Laura Harring Lynch's Masterpiece If you pay attention to every frame of this film, you'll "get it" from the very beginning. David Lynch herein weaves a highly symbolic and meaningful tale in which the apparent narrative is not the real story at all and, in fact, the "real" story is probably never shown onscreen. It doesn't matter. About two thirds of the way through, as Rebekah del Rio is singing Roy Orbison's "Crying" in Spanish, you'll either have the biggest cinematic "A-ha" of your life, or you'll just be confused. If you have the "A-ha," you'll spend the last act of this movie revelling in one apparent revelation after another, only to have the rug yanked out from under you yet again -- and you'll love it. More than any other film he's made, Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" just gets deeper and deeper after you've viewed it. This is the work of an artiste at the top of his game, in which nothing in any frame is accidental, but everything is fraught with meaning. He gives us the keys to decoding his symbolism right out front, but leaves it up to us to grasp onto those keys and do the deciphering. This is a film for people who like to pay attention and think -- but the dividends paid back for those activities are incalculable. Two thumbs up, a ten, the best film of 2001 -- "Mulholland Drive" truly is Lynch's masterwork. And I think it's really the story of a waitress at Winkies who cheated on her boyfriend Dan with Joe the Hitman. Your opinion may differ -- but you can't watch this film and not have an opinion, which is all we can ask of cinema, isn't it? Not for everyone It goes without saying that not all films are for everyone. Okay, 'Shrek' may be the singular exception, but I'll someone doesn't like that movie. 'Mulholland Drive' is pretty much every film major's dream because it's so enigmatic and diverse in it's themes that you can slap just about any meaning onto it that you want and it'll make sense. The real beauty of the film lies in it's enigma. You can explore it from numerous angles and strain your brain's reasoning center with all of them. And it's got two chicks doing it! On the surface, 'Mullholland Drive' is a story about two women searching for the truth about one woman's past in a town of back-stabbers, murders, and the moronically avant garde, that suddenly takes a turn for the confusing that hurls faces, names, and characteristics into a blender and turns it up really high. If you don't start watching the movie with your symbolism glasses on you'll be confused to the point of insanity shortly after the introduction of the blue box. Fortunately the DVD includes a list of ten clues to figuring the mystery out, written by David Lynch. Read this first off or be prepared to clean grey matter of the walls. 'Mullholland Drive' can also be taken as a Freudian metaphor rather than literal occurances. Which leads more into a story about personnal struggle and sacrifice for fame rather than lonliness and rejection in relationships. The fact is there as many interpretations of the film as there are people who've seen it. Well, less actually, since a lot of people wrote it off as non-sensical 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' fodder (I will admit that it isn't diffacult to MST3K this movie). From it's intentionally bad acting at the beginning, to the Silencio scene, the film is meticulously crafted, and a great experience for people who enjoy reading too much into movies or just really want to impress people with their intelligence without having to be very intelligent at all. Oh, and if anyone can explain the cowboy to me, I'd appreciate it. a beautiful masterwork This film has a haunting beauty that is akin to experiencing Klee upon the first time. The mystery and sensuality wrecks havoc of all your senses. I relished the experience. Buy Mulholland Drive at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mulholland Drive Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mulholland Drive This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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