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Remember we're in the Middle of Nowheresville so it's not likely the theatre will be too packed. I'm not even expecting to get through the film with both kids. We are prepared to bail.
It doesn't really matter too much because we'll eventually own it and I'll have seen it A THOUSAND TIMES.
Can someone who liked Mulholland Drive sell it to me?
Have you liked other Lynch movies?
Because it's very Lynchian, but I thought successfully so.
Of course, you have to sort out the plot which I didn't get on first watch, but once that falls into place it's an interesting, even haunting movie.
Oh, I'm never watching it again. And I disliked the second bit more than the first (wanted to slap them all silly), so I think it's not for me.
I was a Twin Peaks fan, though.
Oh, I'm never watching it again.
I didn't mean that. There was a long piece on Salon when it came out laying out the storyline which made it more coherent for me.
Twin Peaks pissed me off and I thought I hated David Lynch until I saw he directed The Straight Story. I guess I love everything with Richard Farnsworth in it.
I read the imdb synopses to work what had happened, but then was left with the why. The Salon piece would probably be better info.
Imdb had a list of Lynch's ten clues, and even they didn't help. On my phone so I can't link, but if someone could explain those to me, I'd be grateful.
Also watched the remake of The Manchurian Candidate (love both versions) and Serendipity which I enjoy in sparse doses.
Next up is to make a dent in my netflix queue by watching online. I'll die before that list gets shorter than 100.
::phone doublepost::
I really don't care for clever twists and stories I have to figure out by reading clues and explanations online somewhere. I don't want everything just handed to me, but Mulholland Dr wallows in a ridiculous level of obfuscation (or laziness?) in its storytelling. If I don't care whether a single character in your movie lives or dies, all the lovely cinematography and Hidden Layers Of Stuff won't save you.
I guess that means I'm not Lynch's advocate here...
I really don't care for clever twists and stories I have to figure out by reading clues and explanations online somewhere.
In fairness to Lynch, the twists aren't there just to give you a gotcha moment, but are completely justified by the narrative.
The story achieves a fair amount of emotional heft when you realize what's happening and it's not a place you can get to narratively if it was told in a straightforward fashion.
Salon's Mullholland Drive analysis
Can someone who liked Mulholland Drive sell it to me?
I liked it. I thought it was the closest movie equivalent I've seen to watching a dream. Other than that, I am at a loss to explain it further.