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Anyone seriously analyze the movie Mulholland Drive?
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:21 am
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:21 am
I have dissected this film numerous times with notes. I have read college thesis papers on this film. I have had discussions with film junkies time and time again. I followed Lynch's clues and understand their meaning. I get almost all of the symbolism, colors, and imagery used to tell the story. The only piece of the puzzle I cannot confidently say that I am sure about is....
Who is the Blue Haired Lady?
I've heard everything from Aunt Ruth, to Diana's soul, to Lucifer. What are other Lynch fan's thoughts?
Who is the Blue Haired Lady?
I've heard everything from Aunt Ruth, to Diana's soul, to Lucifer. What are other Lynch fan's thoughts?
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:23 am to Snatchy
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Lucifer.
I was never sold on "The Devil himself," but as a representation of centralized evil, yes.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:27 am to Snatchy
It's been too long since I've seen this. Need to re-watch.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:33 am to Freauxzen
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I was never sold on "The Devil himself," but as a representation of centralized evil, yes.
Well we know that the announcer in the club is an ex client of Diane the call girl and he pretty much "screws" the memory of her grandad childhood molestation back in to her (seizure). The blue haired lady is an observer of this, so evil could be an option. I also heard that it was her grandmother, since she was silent about the rape, but it looks nothing like the other grandma.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 9:57 am to Snatchy
very triply movie and a fun watch…however you can't try to figure out how it all ties together because it doesn't really all tie together. it started out filming as a TV show. It had an undefined length and when the execs at ABC saw it they passed and Lynch decided to turn it into a movie, incorporating some of the scenes he already shot for the TV show and rewriting it into a short form movie. it turned out to be a disjointed pile of shite with a cool central story of a delusional woman re imagining her life and her obsession with a lover who really didn't love her shortly before killing her self.
tons of the scenes in this movie have nothing to do with anything and only serve to make the movie feel "weird"
tons of the scenes in this movie have nothing to do with anything and only serve to make the movie feel "weird"
Posted on 3/4/14 at 10:09 am to Tiger Ryno
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tons of the scenes in this movie have nothing to do with anything and only serve to make the movie feel "weird"
You are right about the movie initially being a tv series, but you couldn't be more wrong about it's incompletion. Everything is explainable and makes sense (BHL is my last mystery). From the paintings on the walls to seemingly insignificant objects, tell an elaborate, complicated, and beautiful story.
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 10:12 am to Snatchy
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Anyone seriously analyze the movie Mulholland Drive?
I've studied two scenes very closely. Just saying.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 11:34 am to VOR
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I've studied two scenes very closely. Just saying.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 12:06 pm to Snatchy
I came into this thread because I'm a fan of the movie.
Anyway - I'm in the middle of a rewatch of The Shield right now - I started Season 5 yesterday. The episode I will watch today features: Becca Doyle, the defense attorney that takes up the strike team as a client - Becca Doyle is played by none other than:
Laura Harring
Even not so "dolled up", pretty
(ETA: The first Latina crowned Miss USA - 1985).
Anyway - I'm in the middle of a rewatch of The Shield right now - I started Season 5 yesterday. The episode I will watch today features: Becca Doyle, the defense attorney that takes up the strike team as a client - Becca Doyle is played by none other than:
Laura Harring
Even not so "dolled up", pretty
(ETA: The first Latina crowned Miss USA - 1985).
This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 3/4/14 at 1:13 pm to Snatchy
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Who is the Blue Haired Lady?
I'm in the camp that she is somehow related to death - if not death, herself. And, although Blue Haired, not necessarily old, but middle-aged.
The MC seems more overtly a "Luciferian"-type character, although he is performing for the blue haired lady. Evil is more personified by the beast behind Winkie's, or the old couple (grandparents are what I always assumed), as the beast releases the demonic forms of them at the end.
She gets the last word in the film. She presides over the film's single most important scene (Club Silencio), plus the hair color is matched to the blue keys - symbols or markers of death in the film. So, death, finality, closure - these constitute her domain.
I've seen it speculated that she represents G-d in the film and that would make sense, if the MC was supposed to be Satan.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 4:25 pm to Ace Midnight
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The MC seems more overtly a "Luciferian"-type character, although he is performing for the blue haired lady. Evil is more personified by the beast behind Winkie's, or the old couple (grandparents are what I always assumed), as the beast releases the demonic forms of them at the end.
The beast behind Winkie's is definitely Diane. I know this much. She keeps that part of herself well hidden and forgotten. That is why he released the child molesting grandparents back into her memory. That was also the last memory she had before suicide. Sad really. I like the idea that the BHL represents closure or death. Makes the most sense, but we have to remember that she is still a part of Diane's psyche.
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Posted on 3/4/14 at 4:31 pm to Snatchy
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The beast behind Winkie's is definitely Diane.
That's true - but it can be interpreted as the evil side of her personality - the side capable of ordering Camilla's murder. That's why it is associated with Winkie's and why it scares Dan so much - remember, she is looking right at Dan, IRL, when the hit man explains the key to her.
It's possible she worked at Winkie's before, but, more likely, I think she just swapped places with "Betty" from the transaction for Camilla's hit.
Another thing - because of the similar looking actresses playing the BHL and the beast - perhaps the BHL is yet another aspect of Diane - the "director" of the dream, so to speak. The fade in of BHL from the image of the beast at the very end might support this as well.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 4:32 pm to VOR
quote:There were more than two scenes?
I've studied two scenes very closely. Just saying.
Posted on 3/4/14 at 4:39 pm to Ace Midnight
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Another thing - because of the similar looking actresses playing the BHL and the beast - perhaps the BHL is yet another aspect of Diane - the "director" of the dream, so to speak. The fade in of BHL from the image of the beast at the very end might support this as well.
That's kind of the direction I'm leaning. All of the strange characters in the dream sequence are part of her psyche and represent a part of her (even though they are real outside of the dream). BHL might be her last and final decision maker, the part of her brain that rules all of the others. Club Silencio might have just been a trial for Diane's life with the BHL being the final judge. Maybe her conscience?
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