Mulholand Drive

[Gavinson]

What a quality film - anyone seen it, what are your views?

[loudickson71]

It is excellent, especially the lesbianism.

Watch it again with the clues in mind (see www.imdb.com )

It's very cryptic, but one of my fav films ever.

[Gavinson]

ye totally agree man with the lesbianism! lol! i understand the film after watching it a few times, its always good to find a film these days that is very original and makes you think on a completely different level. there very few and far between, only donnie darko and i heart huckabees have had the same impact in recent times.

[loudickson71]

they blurred out her crotch so that she wouldn't end up on the net and naked lol.

Try vanilla sky too.

[MsBadely]

Hated it.

Unrealistic people saying and doing unrealistic things.

[Linzi84]

MsBadely, I am sorry but maybe you didn't understand the film completely. It is my all time favourite film, I have watched it so many times and I never get bored! David Lynch is amazing I love all of his films.

[Linzi84]

Gavinson, maybe you would like the film Lost Highway. Give it a try!

[MsBadely]

Linzi - I found the stilted way the actors delivered their lines and the overall self-awareness of the film very annoying.

But then I have never seen a David Lynch film I did like.

[loudickson71]

(SPOILERS)

I hated the stilted delivery too at the start and was gonna switch off, then I realized it was a device by Lynch to show that they were in a different dimension of the film....really neat.

[loudickson71]

If you're expecting something straightforward like Gone with the Wind, you're always gonna be disappointed. This was a fantasy movie, to explain things deeper than the every day.

'No hay banda'...for example...there is no band. It is a recorded orchestra, the orchestra are fake. This is an extremely deep philosophical point, probably means nothing unless that perspective is assumed.

[Linzi84]

Fair comment MsBadely. I guess it is down to personal preference.

[Linzi84]

loudickson71, you are spot on!

[kaktus]

I loved it. I like Lynch films because they are so annoying :) I think he has a great twisted mind and make some great twisted movies! Must say though that I like Mulholland Drive better than Lost Highway even though that's a good film too.

[Gavinson]

If you watch it again you'll notice that the "self awareness" and "stilted" performances you refer to are only aparent in the first half of the film because its conveyed - in my opinion - as a dream. Watch again and you'll notice that in the second half the script and performances change as does the reality of the film.