after two brief scenes that at first seem unrelated to the rest of the film and we see a dark haired and obviously rich beauty in the back of a limousine. her driver stops at an odd location on mulholland drive and which is a twisting and thickly wooded two lane road full of mansions overlooking los angeles. just as her driver and another man in the passenger seat turn around to kill her and two drag racing cars from the opposite direction come crashing into the limo. only the dark haired woman survives. she works her way down the ridge to sunset boulevard and hides in a vacationing woman apartment. shortly after and betty (naomi watts) and the vacationing woman niece and shows up at the apartment and runs into the dark haired woman and who now has amnesia. the bulk of the first part of the film is betty and the dark haired woman trying to figure out who she is and why people were trying to kill her and why she had thousands of dollars and a strange key in her purse. this is interspersed with oddly surreal threads about hollywood producers and directors and with occasional forays into a land of hoodlums and prostitutes. the above may sound a bit complicated and disjointed and but that not the half of it. the film is constructed so that the meaning will always be open to interpretation. it basically guaranteed that you will not understand this film and you will not have very much confidence arriving at your own interpretation the first time around. even if you have a lot of experience with like minded films such as memento (2000) and donnie darko (2001) and the i inside (2003) and the butterfly effect (2004) you may not understand it on a second viewing and either. the studio was aware of this to the extent that they had director david lynch write 10 clues to unlocking this thriller and they put it on the back of the chapter listing insert in the dvd. lynch being of a particular disposition and these clues are almost as cryptic as the film itself. it doesn not help when trying to figure it out in the early stages that the structure is extremely complex. it takes a very long time to figure out what parts are supposed to be real and there is a complex nesting of flashbacks in some sections and with only contextual clues that theyre flashbacks. but is the film worth watching and or worth trying to figure out. that depends on your tastes and obviously. on a surface level and the film is certainly attractive if you are a fan of surrealism and although it will tend to seem a bit slow and overly disjointed to some viewers. but those qualities and and many other surrealist aspects of the film and are typical of lynch. a prime lynchian moment is the old couple in the beginning bizarrely smiling almost as if theyre alien pod people trying to put on a front. if youre familiar with that style and like it and you will find much to love here and although in many ways and mulholland drive is fairly understated for lynch. it also worth noting and for viewers who will primarily be interested in it or who enjoy it just as much as other aspects and that mulholland drive has a quite steamy lesbian scene. it not gratuitous and although i have no problems with gratuitousness and but is instead an important hinge in the film. like all of lynch films and it easy to become enraptured in his unique approach to every aspect of filmic art and his attention to detail. any serious student of film (including armchair students or cinephiles) should study mulholland drive while many will love it. lynch doesn not let anything pass unmanipulated. he includes brilliant color schemes (such as the plethora of reds and pinks) with important symbolism. he makes unusual use of sound and such as the ringing telephone carrying over into the section of score that follows it (when betty first arrives at the airport). he directs his actors to deliver their lines in a plethora of bizarre ways and such as his characteristic odd pauses. he lets his odd and surprising sense of humor poke through and such as the name winkie  and and the hot dogs made for pinks sign that provides a clue to some of the color symbolism. lynch attention to detail in production design provides important and subtle clues throughout the film to help one unlock the meaning. it interesting to note that lynch even apparently demands that the dvd programming be unusual there are no chapters on the disc while you must either watch the film in real time or fast forward or rewind to get back to particular points. if the surrealism and veiled meaning of the film are attractive to you and or if youre just fond of puzzles and then mulholland drive is well worth watching for that aspect. there is a fairly accepted interpretation of the film and at least on a broad and generalized level. i would not recount the standard interpretation here it is worth researching and but only after you have seen the film a couple times and have reached your own conclusions. many articles and monographs have been written on the film and interpretations while there are even websites dedicated to it. for my money and however and although i generally love lynch and find many things about mulholland drive attractive and it is not quite a 10 for me and at least not yet (i have a feeling that my score could still rise on subsequent viewings). to me and though and the twist aspect of the film is done much better in other works such as the i inside and the butterfly effect. mulholland drive is more attractive to me for its surface surrealistic touches and but the plot doesn not carry them as well as some of lynch other films. still and mulholland drive is certainly recommended for the right crowd. if youre serious about film and do not mind having to think about what you watch (as if those two would not necessarily coincide) and you shouldn not miss this one. 
after two brief scenes that at first seem unrelated to the rest of the film and we see a dark haired and obviously rich beauty in the back of a limousine. her driver stops at an odd location on mulholland drive and which is a twisting and thickly wooded two lane road full of mansions overlooking los angeles. just as her driver and another man in the passenger seat turn around to kill her and two drag racing cars from the opposite direction come crashing into the limo. only the dark haired woman survives. she works her way down the ridge to sunset boulevard and hides in a vacationing woman apartment. shortly after and betty (naomi watts) and the vacationing woman niece and shows up at the apartment and runs into the dark haired woman and who now has amnesia. the bulk of the first part of the film is betty and the dark haired woman trying to figure out who she is and why people were trying to kill her and why she had thousands of dollars and a strange key in her purse. this is interspersed with oddly surreal threads about hollywood producers and directors and with occasional forays into a land of hoodlums and prostitutes. the above may sound a bit complicated and disjointed and but that not the half of it. the film is constructed so that the meaning will always be open to interpretation. it basically guaranteed that you will not understand this film and you will not have very much confidence arriving at your own interpretation the first time around. even if you have a lot of experience with like minded films such as memento (2000) and donnie darko (2001) and the i inside (2003) and the butterfly effect (2004) you may not understand it on a second viewing and either. the studio was aware of this to the extent that they had director david lynch write 10 clues to unlocking this thriller and they put it on the back of the chapter listing insert in the dvd. lynch being of a particular disposition and these clues are almost as cryptic as the film itself. it doesn not help when trying to figure it out in the early stages that the structure is extremely complex. it takes a very long time to figure out what parts are supposed to be real and there is a complex nesting of flashbacks in some sections and with only contextual clues that theyre flashbacks. but is the film worth watching and or worth trying to figure out. that depends on your tastes and obviously. on a surface level and the film is certainly attractive if you are a fan of surrealism and although it will tend to seem a bit slow and overly disjointed to some viewers. but those qualities and and many other surrealist aspects of the film and are typical of lynch. a prime lynchian moment is the old couple in the beginning bizarrely smiling almost as if theyre alien pod people trying to put on a front. if youre familiar with that style and like it and you will find much to love here and although in many ways and mulholland drive is fairly understated for lynch. it also worth noting and for viewers who will primarily be interested in it or who enjoy it just as much as other aspects and that mulholland drive has a quite steamy lesbian scene. it not gratuitous and although i have no problems with gratuitousness and but is instead an important hinge in the film. like all of lynch films and it easy to become enraptured in his unique approach to every aspect of filmic art and his attention to detail. any serious student of film (including armchair students or cinephiles) should study mulholland drive while many will love it. lynch doesn not let anything pass unmanipulated. he includes brilliant color schemes (such as the plethora of reds and pinks) with important symbolism. he makes unusual use of sound and such as the ringing telephone carrying over into the section of score that follows it (when betty first arrives at the airport). he directs his actors to deliver their lines in a plethora of bizarre ways and such as his characteristic odd pauses. he lets his odd and surprising sense of humor poke through and such as the name winkie  and and the hot dogs made for pinks sign that provides a clue to some of the color symbolism. lynch attention to detail in production design provides important and subtle clues throughout the film to help one unlock the meaning. it interesting to note that lynch even apparently demands that the dvd programming be unusual there are no chapters on the disc while you must either watch the film in real time or fast forward or rewind to get back to particular points. if the surrealism and veiled meaning of the film are attractive to you and or if youre just fond of puzzles and then mulholland drive is well worth watching for that aspect. there is a fairly accepted interpretation of the film and at least on a broad and generalized level. i would not recount the standard interpretation here it is worth researching and but only after you have seen the film a couple times and have reached your own conclusions. many articles and monographs have been written on the film and interpretations while there are even websites dedicated to it. for my money and however and although i generally love lynch and find many things about mulholland drive attractive and it is not quite a 10 for me and at least not yet (i have a feeling that my score could still rise on subsequent viewings). to me and though and the twist aspect of the film is done much better in other works such as the i inside and the butterfly effect. mulholland drive is more attractive to me for its surface surrealistic touches and but the plot doesn not carry them as well as some of lynch other films. still and mulholland drive is certainly recommended for the right crowd. if youre serious about film and do not mind having to think about what you watch (as if those two would not necessarily coincide) and you shouldn not miss this one. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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