ty, and yes it is.

I've watched it about 5 times and I still don't understand it. Very f'd up movie...

Of course Lynch talks in "dream" language. Therefore, there must be more than one way to view his films. But, I think there is a slightly more to the take you present.

I agree, for a different reason.

The first visit to the Silencio serves as the illusion-breaker, showing the illusion of film and forcing Betty out of the dream.

But the film also ends at the Silencio - showing us the audience that its the end of the film (dream) and we're forced back into real life. To discuss what the hell we just saw.

Yup. I think Mulholland Drive may be the best film about film ever.

i was confused after seeing it in the theatres, then i ran across an article in salon.com

just go to the site and search "mulholland drive" - the article is entitled "everything you've wanted to ask about MD but were afraid to ask"

cleard everything up. i am pissed i did get it the first time. i was looking too deep after seeing "lost highway" that i missed the obvious.

The Salon.com article is good, but it's not the final word on interpretation. As always with Lynch, a lot of the meaning is left for each individual of the audience to decide. By the way, that article is linked from the second post of this very thread.

There was a theory that I read that seemed to fit best...

yeah, someone has pointed me to a write-up of that theory before too....and while it fits some of the things in the film, it doesn't fit them all.....and I don't think any single theory ever will. It doesn't, for instance, explain any of the stuff before prison that doesn't make any sense. The story is too complex and folds back upon itself a few times.....

I'm just not the type of person who needs to find a solution to every film, because there just might not be one.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I finally watched this film, and really just wanted to add my accolades to mix. I really enjoyed this movie. Besides being a visual and thematic masterpiece, the acting by the two female leads was outstanding. Especially Ms. Watts!

I only wish I'd read the salon.com article after a second viewing as I think I had the basic plot down after the first viewing, but was just missing a few parts.

Still don't really understand it all (but I don't think you're really supposed to anyway) but this will be a film I'll enjoy watching again and again in the future.

Glad I finally got around to this one.

I'm still recovering from the first time I watched this!

I watched this on cable. I've never been more pissed at letterboxing than I was during the bed scene.

Why so?

Missing the George W appearance.

Gotcha.


Pervs.

I've read several places the George Lucas offered Return of the Jedi to him also. I can't begin to imagine how that would have turned out.

in mullholland dr. that whole scene in WTF was that whole scene about??
Doesnt seem to fit with any of the rest of the film.

Do you remember the reappearace of that character at the end of the film?

After months/years of shying away from watching this movie based on being completely pissed off at how incoherent and freaky Lynch's past movies seemed, I viewed it last night. It seemed to have much more coherence and characters that were grounded in "planet earth" reality. I enjoyed the Betty/Rita storyline. I really like Naomi Watts and went forward with this movie based on her performance in 21 Grams. It was getting very late and I was very tired during the last 45 minutes of the movie, so there was a lot that I didn't pick up on. I will go back and watch it again at some point. At least the movie wasn't a total freakout session like some of Lynch's other movies.

As an aside, what's the deal with having no scene selection in the menu and making the entire movie only one chapter on the DVD. Kind of makes it impossible to resume viewing at a later time if you take a break. I went to go switch the audio from d/d to dts and couldn't get back to where I left off in the movie.

Aside from Dune, I don't think Lynch puts chapter stops in his DVDs, or at least the ones he personally oversees. That said, we all know you just wanted to be able to skip the Naomi and Laura "comforting" each other scene.

Interesting that three years after its release, this movie can stil generate so much conversation.

I've always wanted to see this movie but never did (for some reason or another). I recenty saw "King Kong" and enjoyed Naomi Watt's performance and decided to check out some of her early films so I rented "Mulholland's Drive."

What a weird and wild ride. Now, I like weird movies as much as the next movie fanatic but what was David Lynch trying to say here. Everything just changes (roles change, the plot changes) without any answers or reasons. Are the two characters one? At first I thought Lynch was telling the story backwards but then that wasn't right.

Man, there are so many questions and no answers.

I loved "Twin Peaks" and this movie lives up to Lynch's style but it left me perplexed (but in a good way). I did enjoy this movie very much. Anybody felt the same way as me (confused, perplexed)?

You might want to search "Mulholland Drive" in the movie area. There is at least one lengthy thread you should find interesting discussing the plot.

Thanks.

har har, I just watched it as well for the first time and i was confused as hell from the last 30 minutes. Also the no chapter skip thing pissed me off the most. i had missed a scene or 2 because my brother came down to talk, and idiot me forgot to press stop. when hitting hte "back" button, the movie started over again. so i had to go back to where i thought i was.

It's amazing how 4 years have gone by, and people (like myself) still try to unlock the mysteries of this film. It blows my mind away. Awesome work by Lynch.