Mulholland Drive.
It is honestly hard to know how you feel about this movie.
On the one hand I want to say I loved it because it was a brilliant work in misdirection, non-linear plot lines and outrageous psychology. On the other hand I want to say "What the hell did I just waste 2 hours watching?"
David Lynch does a perfect job of keep you guessing throughout this entire flick. Perhaps too good a job. Its a perfect cult movie because it is one of those pieces that people either love to death or hate to pieces. Incalculable speculation over the point of the story, the meaning of it, character analysis and anything else you could think of have come out of this one little movie. In fact it is still generally a no-name flick to most of the mainstream.
I could go over and over my own thoughts and utilize my well paid for Psychology piece up and down every second of this movie. Yet that doesn't seem right in the setting of Mulholland Drive. It is easy to over speculate or dissect something to the point you throw your hands up in frustration and say "I don't' get it". Instead maybe its even better that there was some sort of magic in this movie, a sense of "I DON'T GET it but that is life". That may just be the point after all. And for that reason I would highly recommend you watch this movie.
Mostly though kudos to Lynch and the cast and crew for never publicly revealing the secret or "key" if you will, to this movie. Whether you like it or hate it you do have to admire that commitment.
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1.23.2009
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