MULHOLLAND
DRIVE
With
Naomi
Watts,
Justin
Theroux,
Laura
Elena
Harring,
Robert
Forster,
Ann
Miller,
Dan
Hedaya
Directed
by
David
Lynch
Well
alright!
David
Lynch
is
back
on
form
with
one
hell
of
an
intriguing,
cryptic,
visually
stunning
and
yes,
weird
movie.
Sure,
The
Straight
Story
wasn't
what
we
expected
of
him
-
but
that's
part
of
its
genius,
besides
the
fact
that
regardless
of
its
simplicity
and,
well,
straight
approach,
you
could
feel
Lynch
bubbling
underneath.
Mulholland
Drive
could
be
seen
as
a Twin
Peaks
meets
Lost
Highway
and
won
Lynch
a
Cannes
Best
Director award
plus
a
few
others.
It
is
set
against a
Hollywood
filmmaking backdrop where
a
sexy
woman
loses
her
memory
after
a
car
smash
on
Mulholland
Drive.
She
accidentally
hooks
up
with
a
young,
starry-eyed
aspiring
actress
who
is
new
in
town.
Together
they
set
out
to
find
out
who
the
woman
is.
This
sets
in
motion
one
phenomenal
visual
feast
of
mind-,
time-
and
character
bending
proportions.
The
mixture
of
characters
contribute
to
the
confusing
(yet
irresistible)
narrative
-
men
in
diners
describing
strange
dreams,
hitmen
knocking
off
more
than
intended,
eccentrics,
pretentious
movie
types
and
bit
part
characters
who
have
more
significance
than
you'd
think
-
Just
like
accidents
and
coincidences
are
not
necessarily
as
straight
forward.
I
mean,
Billy
Ray
Cyrus
features
in
a
small
role
-
how
weird
is
that!
If
you
want
to
sit
and
figure
out
exactly
what
this
marvelously
executed
film
is
about,
by
all
means
-
all
I
know
is
it's
one
of
the
year's
great
ones
(2002).
Apparently
this
film
was
a
rejected
TV
pilot,
expanded
into
a
phenomenal
full
length
feature
-
one
of
the
best
conversions
I've ever
witnessed.
After
I
saw
this
on
the
big
screen
for
the
first
time,
I
exit
the
cinema
and
the
world
honestly
seemed
a
touch
on
the
different
side,
people's
faces,
everything
had
a
strangeness
to
it,
a
glazed
invisible
halo
of
oddness.
Whether
it
was
the
hypnotic
pace
(over
an
unnoticed
140+
minutes),
crafty
sound
creation
&
editing
and
subtle
take-over
of
your
senses
as
Lynch
sucks
you
into
his
realm
together
with
Angelo
Badalamenti's
score,
I
do
not
know.
Fact
remains,
not
many
movies
leave
you
with
an
impression
like
that
-
even
if
it
doesn't
make
sense
at
the
time!
That
much
more
reason
to
watch
this
DVD
again…and
again…
The
South
African
DVD
release's
bonus
features
include
the
movie
trailer,
interview
clips
and
director
&
cast
biogs
(Lynch's
an
absolutely
classic
info-less
byte,
besides
his
filmography).
The
DVD
cover
mentions
chapter
selection
(but
you
can't
-
probably
a
Lynch
idea,
having
to
watch
it
in
one
go!).
It
also
states
it
is
presented
in
full
screen
version,
but
the
disc
thankfully
plays
in
widescreen
(unfortunately
not
letterbox).
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-
Paul Blom
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