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re: Mulholland Drive
Posted on 9/23/18 at 6:39 pm to PowerTool
Posted on 9/23/18 at 6:39 pm to PowerTool
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Who the frick knows, David Lynch likes being weird for the sake of being weird and fricking with the audience without really accomplishing anything.
This one definitely possesses the most coherent plot of all his innuendo driven films. (there is plenty of discussion out there if you so desire to know)
The hispanic woman singing Roy Orbison operatically is one of the most memorable moments of my film watching 20's. That scene still haunts me every time I see it.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 9:52 pm to scrooster
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Jennifer Connelly's body being mush and embedded into the hard ground was cool.
For frick's sake. That's Mulholland FALLS.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 9:54 pm to Pocket Kingz
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The hispanic woman singing Roy Orbison operatically is one of the most memorable moments of my film watching 20's. That scene still haunts me every time I see it.
It is the charged image of the movie for me (and for really good reasons) - that's Rebekah Del Rio (who Lynch used her real name for in the film).
True story - he had her come to his home studio and secretly recorded her singing the song. He used that take for the film, because he knew that it would be a more anxious, strained performance than a polished, rehearsed one she would perform for the film proper.
Oh - and I get into the song and fall for it (pardon the pun) EVERY TIME. The fricking devil TELLS US it is all an illusion - a recording and I still fall for it every...time.
This post was edited on 9/23/18 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 9/23/18 at 10:06 pm to Joecaster06
My opinion of it is the same for every David Lynch movie:
I like the scene with the tits in it.
I don't think he makes movies to be figured out.
Just like people don't write stream of consciousness to make a point.
I guess he just wants to give you an experience...and tits.
I like the scene with the tits in it.
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First step in his projects though is u can't expect to figure out his films.
I don't think he makes movies to be figured out.
Just like people don't write stream of consciousness to make a point.
I guess he just wants to give you an experience...and tits.
Posted on 9/23/18 at 10:22 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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I don't think he makes movies to be figured out.
Some have more meat on the bone than others. Of course, if you don't like cinema that makes you think you should probably stick with Forrest Gump or Armageddon.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 6:48 am to DreadDub
I think the movie is amazing. I'm not sure it's a movie that's meant to be figured out.
I especially love it when Naomi Watts is furiously fingerbanging herself.
I especially love it when Naomi Watts is furiously fingerbanging herself.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 7:20 am to MidnightVibe
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MidnightVibe
Should we be in the same thread? Is that crossing the streams, so to speak?
Posted on 9/24/18 at 7:50 am to MidnightVibe
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I think the movie is amazing. I'm not sure it's a movie that's meant to be figured out.
I disagree. Lynch wouldn’t have given out the “hints” if he didn't have a meaning. Check out the essay I posted on the previous page. Even the paintings on the walls add meaning to this film.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 8:14 am to YankeeBama
I think Lost Highway is Lynch's best movie, but Mulholland Drive is right there with it. I don't even try to figure his movies out....I just watch and enjoy the strangeness.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 11:13 am to Joecaster06
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What is the opinion on this movie?
Not my cup of tea.
I'm not knocking it. Those that love it can love it. I just didn't care for it.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 3:39 pm to Joecaster06
In addition to everything being said in this thread, one thing lots of people are afraid to do -- because they think it'll make them look stupid or banal or uncultured or whatever -- is admit that Lynch, like every surrealist or layered filmmaker/writer, sometimes just throws in random stuff that doesn't actually mean anything and tells the audience to figure it out. Inevitably, people will dissect it and find meaning simply because they want to show off their analytical skills. It's a cheap but effective way to get people talking about you and your art/writing. Nothing really wrong with it. It's just something to keep in mind.
Posted on 9/24/18 at 4:44 pm to Joecaster06
Kinda figured it was a story about purgatory.
I think I still have the DVD somewhere. There was a list of hints/suggestions in the liner that I guess was supposed to help people out but it never did me any good.
I think I still have the DVD somewhere. There was a list of hints/suggestions in the liner that I guess was supposed to help people out but it never did me any good.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 10:21 am to Marciano1
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I think Lost Highway is Lynch's best movie, but Mulholland Drive is right there with it. I don't even try to figure his movies out....I just watch and enjoy the strangeness.
Lost highway has grown on me throughout the years. If you want to get really weird watch Lynch’s miniseries Rabbits.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 10:56 am to Joecaster06
the diner scene is fantastic. It's eerie and unsettling even without the reveal near the dumpsters.
I echo what others have said. It's def the most "straightforward" of his films but I still enjoy unpacking it.
I echo what others have said. It's def the most "straightforward" of his films but I still enjoy unpacking it.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 11:07 am to Joecaster06
It's David Lynch. He can do no wrong in my book.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 10:56 pm to YankeeBama
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I disagree. Lynch wouldn’t have given out the “hints” if he didn't have a meaning. Check out the essay I posted on the previous page. Even the paintings on the walls add meaning to this film.
You're saying that there's no such thing as intentional ambiguity?
I cannot disagree strongly enough.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 10:56 pm to Ace Midnight
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Should we be in the same thread? Is that crossing the streams, so to speak?
I just checked the rulebook. We're good.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:06 pm to randomways
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that Lynch, like every surrealist or layered filmmaker/writer, sometimes just throws in random stuff that doesn't actually mean anything and tells the audience to figure it out. Inevitably, people will dissect it and find meaning simply because they want to show off their analytical skills
There could be some of that, but I think that the more common occurrence is people trying to find meaning from stuff in the film that had no intended meaning, and, indeed, the filmmaker probably wasn't even aware of.
The human brain is amazingly good at finding patterns -- connecting dots. So good, in fact, that we often find them when they aren't actually there. (Cosmos gets into this a little bit, and it's fascinating). And this is what happens when you get on a message board trying to figure out what happened in a film like Mulholland Drive (or inception, for example). I mean, it's good fun, but there aren't always actual answers to be found.
Posted on 10/2/18 at 11:43 pm to Joecaster06
Blue Velvet just gets out ahead of this one, by a hair.
I have seen all of Lynch's films!
I have seen all of Lynch's films!
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