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Eric's Review:

It's the night after the Golden Globes and here are my thoughts on Mulholland Drive:
First, I've been a major Lynch proponent since Eraserhead. He's one of the few avant-garde film-makers whose work has been allowed to be seen by the masses outside of NY and LA by the media power brokers. Twin Peaks was essentially a detective story. Of Mulholland Drive, I'm not so sure. I've always felt Lynch creates disjointed elements and then attempts to pull them together as the narrative unfolds.

Should Have Been A Pilot?
This movie obviously comes across as a pilot because of too many loose ends and characters with little or no backstory. Do we need 13 episodes or a sequel to find closure? This movie, as a stand-alone offers no real closure. Did the ending supposed to happen many months after Watts worked in the business? And is it really Watts, or does she merely represent the generic ingenue in Hollywood who gets ground up by the system?

The director is smitten with Watts looks, but Harring becomes his leading lady and love interest. How did that happen? There's a major chunk of backstory missing, and with Watts character extinguished, can a sequel be the flashback of how Watts transformed, or is the story really about the delusions and hallucinations of Harring's character? Or, is the focal point the director, with Watts and Harring just characters in this episode?

Twilight Zone-esque
If it must be examined as a stand-alone feature, then Lynch has created a great episode of the Twilight Zone... a loop in time where Harring's character is about to be betrayed by the young ingenue she so cleverly manipulated (Watts hired the hit on her)... only to stumble through the brush of Mulholland Drive after the accident, and back in time, to begin the relationship with her prey all over again.

And is it all happening by chance, or is it actually a movie that the God (Studio Head) character is making... putting actors and directors into real-life roles with real-life consequences?

Unrepentant Lynch Fan
If anything, Lynch continues to make movies like no one else. They make me think. They are stylish. They are dark, yet beautiful. And they don't involve lots of special effects, explosions, Disney endings, pop-song soundtracks or historical backgrounds (please... no more movies about WWII for a while). Even if he doesn't get a prestigious award, he will ALWAYS get my eight bucks to see his next creation.

Roger Eric Hard
Northfield, VT

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