![]() It follows a man callously shooting his brother, for reasons unknown, and trying to make it look like a suicide. It could easily work as an excellent short film called: “How Not to Murder Someone”. Never the less it happens to be one of the most entertaining scenes in the film. Here’s a scene that no one seems to understand! Many people have hazard a guess at what other scenes symbolise, but this one seems very out of place indeed. Which is probably how I’d describe the entire film. I think it’s a great way to open the film as it’s completely barmy yet strangely hypnotic. You can either totally reject it thinking, “What’s this unconventional shite!” and turn it off, or you can say “Hey, let’s go with it” and embrace it (preferred option). This is the turning point for the viewer. We then get a stroboscopic set of colour and people dancing to some fantastically catchy music. David Lynch suggests that there are two clues to the mystery before the titles even appear, and one of them is believed to be the POV shot hitting the pillow and fading to black as this is the start of Diane’s tragic dream. Have a deep inhale as you plonk your head onto your proverbial pillow (a bit of Clayfield there) and immerse yourself into the madness. The opening to Mulholland Drive is a perfect visual metaphor for watching the film itself. Here is my top 10 moments from this masterpiece (I should warn you here that spoilers will follow): It’s a film full of memorably trippy scenes with hidden meanings, making it a rich experience to watch and re-watch. Naomi Watts also gives a sensational performance which tragically wasn’t even oscar nominated. It’s also a wonderfully layered film which has provoked multiple interpretations, although the dream theory does seem to make the most sense. You’ll never understand what’s happening the first time you watch it, yet it’s impossible to take your eyes off the screen. Mulholland Drive also has a brilliantly immersive twisting narrative which grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. Anyone who’s seen and embraced Inland Empire will assure you that after seeing it, it felt like you dream it. David Lynch is the only director who can truly capture a dream on film (aside from the dream sequences in Ab Fab maybe). It’s strange dream-like atmosphere is captivating. I think that he’s an absolute genius and Mulholland Drive is easily in my top 5 films ever made. Eraserhead, Dune, Blue Velvet and Lost Highway are the only films of his I have left to see. He’s a director I admire so much that I’m going through his works slowly to build anticipation. I think it’s criminal that David Lynch hasn’t won an oscar yet, least of all for his magnum-opus, Mulholland Drive. A true cinematic classic by one of the greatest directors on the planet, David Lynch.
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