Mulholland Drive

[HoboFactory]

Has anyone seen this movie?? I just saw it today, it was incredibly strange and difficult to make any sense of.

[Crusader]

Is it like Donnie Darko?

[HoboFactory]

I've not seen Donnie Darko.

[S.E. Hardy]

Donnie Darko is easy to understand compared to Mulholland Dr.

[HoboFactory]

Mulholland Dr. makes sense for the most part in the beginning, about 2/3 or so of the way through it just totally goes insane. There's lesbian love, 3-inch tall glowing old-people that live inside a paper bag owned by a very scary looking hobo who lives behind a cafe, and the characters switch around roles and lives for no apparent reason.

[Crusader]

I wish to see this film.

[HoboFactory]

It's got a lovely musical score by the way.

[Crusader]

And we all know how awesome movie soundtracks are.

[HoboFactory]

I actually do recommend this movie, not because it's good, it's just really crazy...that makes it worth seeing.

[S.E. Hardy]

Yeah, I saw it years ago and still am not able to figure out if I liked it or not. But definitely worth the watch.

[pearanoid]

If you liked this, you should also see Lost Highway.

 

And these movies aren't as hard to understand as everyone makes them to be. A lot of the movie takes place inside a character's subconcious. And slowly the real world begins to seep into this dream world they've created. And the beginning of the movie isn't the beginning of the story. It's very well done.

[HoboFactory]

Is it really a matter so simple as to label much of it as some sort of delusion and let that be that??

[pearanoid]

More or less, yeah. There are some other parts, like the two cops in the diner, that don't really fit, but they parallel other parts of the story.

 

If you're looking for some detailed info, it's out there somewhere. I think the forum at imdb.com has some interesting ideas. That's if you feel like sorting through all the losers insulting each other for the most part of the IMDB forum.

[mg_forlife]

It is indeed crazy. Ryan's got everything right, though.

 

From the first time Naomi Watts met that other woman, I thought there was a lesbian affair in the works.

 

I had no idea what to expect before I watched it. It was an alright movie IMO, but if you don't know anything about it before you watch it, then it can throw you a bit...

[Ghetto rock for Princess]

I'm really going to have to pick this movie up... I've wanted to see this movie for awhile now.... but no one i have talked to has seen it before but from the sounds of things it... it should be a good time

 

Thanks Guys! ;)

[Scot]

i love this movie so much, apart from the fact that naomi gets her heart broken, but that isn't until later on after a whole lot of nudity.

[The Foot]

First half of it made sense, but after that it just turned weird. I tried to make sense of it, but just couldn't

[phantomzero]

In order to fully understand the movie, one must actually drive the real Mulholland Drive in the hills of Los Angeles. You have a new respect for just how wierd things can get. It's one of the longest roads around and it spirals up and around the Hollywood hills past mega mansions and through many curves and turns on the way to the ocean.

[HoboFactory]

Somehow I don't think that'd be all that helpful. I've been to the place before a few years ago.

[HSteele]

I don't think that there is enough discussion of naomi watt's sweet tits.

 

Glorious.

[cringleman]

ironically, despite much discussion, and the nagging influence of the philosophy of art suggesting that perhaps meaning is not left up to the creator of a work, it's been pretty much confirmed that there's nothing particularly metaphorical or clever about Mullholland Dr.

 

David Lynch was supposed to have been working on a TV miniseries or something, originally, but it got canned, so he just expanded things, throwing in whatever he felt like (i'm fairly sure that he said that in an interview). the part about the blue box? seems like a nice place to say that the movie is going from the dream world to the real world, or vice-versa, but evidently, Lynch just cooked that up on the spot, because he (essentially) though it would be cool.

 

while a beautiful movie (Ms. Watts doesn't hurt, at all), with excellent pacing, focused performances and direction and very tight scoring and editing, the script/storyline are just evidence that David Lynch has lost interest in communicating rationally with people through his work.

 

it's still well-worth a watch. if you liked this, check out Pi, directed by Darren Aronofsky. it's similarly confusing (though much more manic).

[pearanoid]

I don't think that there is enough discussion of naomi watt's sweet tits.

 

Glorious.

Yeah, they were fantastic!

 

Oh, the movie was good blah blah blah.