Mulholland Dr. QUESTION
07-01-04 | 03:48 AM
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Mulholland Dr. QUESTION
Just wondering, if anyone knew the symbolism or meaning behind the "cowboy" in the movie. thanks!
07-01-04 | 10:49 AM
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From salon.com, the best article on breaking down that film:
Fine, fine. Isn't the cowboy just sort of a twist on the menacing Robert Blake character in "Lost Highway," the reindeer man in "Wild at Heart" etc., etc.?
It certainly seems like it. The goofy Roy Rogers getup is also another echo of a prelapsarian Hollywood when the studio system ruled and studio heads of virtually limitless power really did pull the strings.
The director did what he was told. Why did we see the cowboy twice?
Well, the cowboy appears once to Diane as a transition from her dream back to reality, apparently part of her fantasies before she kills herself. In the "real" last third of the film, we see the cowboy passing out of the party at the director's house. To us, caught up in the backward dream logic of Diane's fantasy, this would have been the one last time the director would see him, since he agreed to put Camilla in the movie. But in reality he was just someone she once saw out of the corner of her eye who was then incorporated into the paranoid fantasy of her dream.
It certainly seems like it. The goofy Roy Rogers getup is also another echo of a prelapsarian Hollywood when the studio system ruled and studio heads of virtually limitless power really did pull the strings.
The director did what he was told. Why did we see the cowboy twice?
Well, the cowboy appears once to Diane as a transition from her dream back to reality, apparently part of her fantasies before she kills herself. In the "real" last third of the film, we see the cowboy passing out of the party at the director's house. To us, caught up in the backward dream logic of Diane's fantasy, this would have been the one last time the director would see him, since he agreed to put Camilla in the movie. But in reality he was just someone she once saw out of the corner of her eye who was then incorporated into the paranoid fantasy of her dream.
07-01-04 | 12:15 PM
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Thanks!
07-01-04 | 12:20 PM
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David Lynch's 10 clues to unlocking this thriller
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
07-01-04 | 01:48 PM
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Originally posted by mikeporter
David Lynch's 10 clues to unlocking this thriller
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
David Lynch's 10 clues to unlocking this thriller
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
07-01-04 | 04:58 PM
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7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
What is the significance of the show at this club (and the word 'silencio') and why the extremely emotional reactions by the two women?
07-01-04 | 05:32 PM
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What is felt,
realized
and gathered
at the club Silencio?
My take:
Spoiler:
realized
Spoiler:
and gathered
Spoiler:
at the club Silencio?
What is the significance of the show at this club (and the word 'silencio') and why the extremely emotional reactions by the two women?
Spoiler:
07-02-04 | 08:50 AM
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Originally posted by mikeporter
David Lynch's 10 clues to unlocking this thriller
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
David Lynch's 10 clues to unlocking this thriller
1 Pay Particular attention in the beginning of the film: at least two clues are revealed before the credits.
2 Notice appearances of the red lampshade.
3 Can you hear the title of the film that Adam Kesher is auditioning actresses for? Is it mentioned again?
4 An accident is a terrible event...notice the location of the accident.
5 Who gives a key, and why?
6 Notice the robe, the ashtray, the coffee cup.
7 What is felt, realized and gathered at the club Silencio?
8 Did talent alone help Camilla?
9 Note the occurances surrounding the man behind Winkies.
10 Where is Aunt Ruth?
