I'm here today to talk about a movie. A movie that I had lived my 21 years of life without ever seeing. Not even coming across an opportunity to see. Mulholland Drive. Now, those of you who are an avid movie watcher just gasped in shock and tried desperately to convey a dirty look via computer. Well, wipe that look off your face cause I've just sat down and watched this David Lynch classic. I'm not writing this blog just to get you all off my back, however. You see, after I watched it I proceeded to tell my YouTube, and fellow movie nerd, friends that I had finally seen this movie and they could all stop judging me! What I didn't do before posting that tweet was consider my thoughts on the film. So, naturally, I was asked what I thought and had no real answer. Which is strange because I'm an opinionated person when it comes to the movies that I watch, especially when it was someone elses idea for me to watch it. Before I go any further I'm just gonna give you a little summary. If you haven't seen the film, I'm not giving it away any. Although, I'm not even sure I'd be able to if I tried.
Mulholland Drive is a 2001 David Lynch film starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring and Justin Theroux. The film tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms, newly arrived in LA, who meets and befriends an amnesiac named Rita, who she found hiding in her aunts apartment. They go on an "adventure" in search of Rita's true identity, and what started out as an exciting mystery leads them down and dark and scary road.
Now, that is the best I can do. The reason being, I'm not 100% clear on what went down...more like 80%. There are so many things that are happen that at first seem completely unrelated to one another. And even when they are intertwined, you still don't quiet understand how or what you are seeing. The performances were amazing. Naomi Watts as a bubbly, naive girl who's vision is glazed over by the dream of being an actress was very believable. Laura Harring was very good as well. I don't really recognize her, but she plays two different people (or personalities, I 'm not sure. Cut me some slack) and she does it very well. The movie seemed to have taken place in two different realities. In the end, I wasn't quiet sure what had happen to the characters but the movie was compelling. It's hard to form opinions on something you don't fully understand, and I've been told several times that this isn't the type of movie you watch once and automatically get. But it was good enough for me to want to buy it and watch it several more times. Maybe when I do I'll post my different theories on what actually happened...for those of you who've seen it, of course.
All in all, i liked it a lot. It was intriguing, the characters were compelling, and being "mind fucked", not my words but that's the best way to describe it, is always something a movie watcher enjoys. I do recommend that you watch it. It's not for everyone, but at least you can say that you've seen and attempted to understand the wonder that is Mulholland Drive.
