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Jan 20, 2022 · A quiet acceptance permeates her slumbering conscience, a gentle whisper of defeat. No longer is she able to suppress the mounting inundations of violent guilt. All that remains of Diane Selwyn are the spiteful fragments of her new reality. Myopia and apathy grant her the freedom to exploit her masochism.
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Diane Selwyn is the main antagonist of Mulholland Drive. She is introduced to the story as Betty Elms. However, in the last fourth of the film, her real name is revealed to be Diane Selwyn.
She is played by Naomi Watts.
In her "Betty" persona, she is shown to be sweet, innocent, and optimistic. She takes in an amnesiac woman named Rita after her car crashes. Betty goes to Hollywood to become an actress, and once again meet Rita. She stays in her Aunt Ruth's apartment, while her Aunt is away. She goes to an audition held by the director Adam Kesher. However, she becomes intimidated by Camilla Rhodes, who lipsyncs a song called "Every little star". Betty runs off, and returns to help Rita find the apartment of a friend named "Diane Selwyn". Upon arriving, a neighbor informs them that she switched apartments with Diane and that she hasn't seen Diane for a while. They break in, only to find Diane dead. Arriving home, Rita blames herself, and puts on a blonde wig, simliar to Betty's hair style to disguise herself. With this on, Betty and Rita have intercourse. The two go to a myserious night club and listen to a lipsynced Spanish version of Roy Orbison's "Crying".
In her "Diane" persona, she is shown to be a drug addict, who was infatuated with her room mate Camilla Rhodes, until Camilla had an encounter with both a Waiter named George and Adam Kesher. As a result, Diane's acting career was lost to Camilla, who managed to secure her small film roles as an act of charity. When she arrives at the drug addled Diane's apartment, Diane makes inappropriate advances. She follows Camilla to the set of her new film, motivated by jealouly of both Camilla and Adam.
Jul 23, 2024 · Mulholland Drive is a film dream that allows us to explore a particular dream world.” Diane Selwyn says that winning a jitterbug contest was what started her dream of an acting career.
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Jul 5, 2018 · The most obvious explanation of the movie is that the actress Betty is actually Diane Selwyn. The first two-thirds of the film is actually a perfect fantasy that is created by Betty (Diane) played by Naomi Watts. In the real world, she is depressed, washed up and suicidal.
Jul 28, 2023 · Mulholland Drive accident - Bar talk - Betty arrives. Even before the opening credits, we see a group of people dancing – it must be the sixties, the madness of rock and roll and swing. The shadows of these people seem to have lives of their own; although they seem to faithfully reflect the dancers’ movements, they seem to have a slightly irritating delay, which introduces an element of ...
Reviews the film Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch (2001). This film has been lauded by critics as original and insightful, while at the same time accused by many of being incoherent and meaningless. The first two-thirds of the film represent the dream of its central character-Diane Selwyn-with the last third representing her reality. Mulholland Drive is best understood within the ...
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But, you know, sometimes people end up being both. So that is, I guess you'd say, sort of why I came here. [pause] Betty Elms : I'm sorry. I'm just so excited to be here. I mean I just came here from Deep River, Ontario, and now I'm in this dream place. Well, you can imagine how I feel.
