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Oct 21, 2016 · This list will look to explain exactly why, despite many able contenders, Mulholland Drive deserves to top BBC Culture’s poll and why it is a masterpiece of American cinema. 1. Lynch manipulates our expectations like other directors manipulate lighting
Jan 4, 2024 · Having stumbled into the house after surviving both a murder attempt and a car crash up on Mulholland Drive, the unknown woman has no idea who she is or why she has a purse full of cash. Betty vows to aid the helpless, vulnerable and confused dark-haired beauty, while at the same time preparing for an audition that could bring her one step ...
Oct 21, 2016 · The English actress gives not just the greatest performance of her career but also, quite possibly, the greatest performance in the history of cinema. Her chameleonic performance as both the seemingly hapless Betty and the vengeful Diane is unforgettable.
- Everything's A Fantasy, Including What's Not
- Exploring The Real, and Everything Else People Avoid
- Showing How The Fantasy Sausage Gets Made
- Collapsing The Fantasy
Fantasy has overtaken popular culture. There was a time when caped crusaders and super-powered people in tight costumes were considered too silly and fantastical for mainstream audiences, but the superhero genre is more popular now than ever. There was a time when Young Adult novels and great books for children were mainly read by young adults and ...
For many, the plot of Mulholland Driveis infamously labyrinthine; it seems to paradoxically be a film that one can only really watch after already seeing it. Piecing together Lynchian puzzles has been a frequent delight for cinephiles for decades, so here is the reconstructed, linearized plot in simple terms. The film follows Diane (perfectly playe...
Except, the previous synopsis only makes up the final twenty minutes of the film. It is the Rosetta Stone (or blue key) for understanding its first two hours. This is where things become subversive, brilliant, and obnoxious, depending on who is asked. Diane had experienced a total rupture in her identity; she turned out to be none of the thing's he...
The Real intrudes upon Diane's pleasant fantasy in several ways. Myriad scenes of shady figures, surreal absurdity, genuine horror, and conspiratorial meetings enshroud Diane and Camilla's story and compliment it, sketching even more meaning along every margin of this movie. Entire books and bevies of essays have been written on Mulholland Drive, s...
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Aug 23, 2016 · Why has Mulholland Drive topped BBC Culture’s poll of the greatest films of the 21st Century? Luke Buckmaster explains. It puzzles viewers but delights critics.
Oct 19, 2021 · Pop Culture. ‘Mulholland Drive’ Is Still David Lynch’s Crowning Achievement. Twenty years after the release of the director’s gloriously specific and frustrating masterpiece, it stands as an...
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May 22, 2020 · Is “Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch’s hypnotic and surreal ode to la la land, really the best film of the aughts? According to 200 movie experts, it seems that it is.
