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Mulholland Drive
2001
David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), a wide-.. Read more
| Starring | Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Genres | Drama |
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Mulholland Drive
David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), a wide-eyed gal from Deep River, Ontario, has just landed in Los Angeles with dreams of movie stardom. When Betty finds the nameless beauty in her aunt's apartment, she is deeply intrigued by the situation and offers to help her. This sends the two women on a bizarre search for the truth through the macabre, sun-soaked streets of the City of Angels, where the mob, a young film director (Justin Theroux), a studio executive with a tiny head, and an enigmatic figure named the Cowboy all float into the picture, then out again, until there is no longer any distinction between what is dream and what is reality.
Originally filmed as a pilot for ABC, Lynch's daring, open-ended vision was coldly rejected by the network. As he was about to abandon the project, French producer Pierre Edelman convinced Lynch to rethink it as a feature. The result is this stunning expression of the subconscious, a testament to the power of personal artistic vision.
| Starring | Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Robert Forster |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 28 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English HD DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Aug 2002 HD DVD: 20 Aug 2007 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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As twisted as the Los Angeles road it takes its name from, David Lynch's Mulholland Dr is a typically weird and wonderful rumination on the American Dream, the Hollywood nightmare and the mysterious grey area in between. Easily his most demanding work since Fire Walk with Me, Lynch's dazzling thriller reaches new heights of mesmeric fascination thanks to scintillating visuals and an offbeat emotional intensity. Although many plot strands are thrown into the suspenseful mix — betraying its original genesis as an intended follow-up TV series to Twin Peaks — the main focus is on the bizarre relationship between amnesiac movie star Laura Elena Harring and wannabe actress Naomi Watts. Unfolding like “The Anne Heche Story” as viewed through a kinky kaleidoscope, Lynch's surrealist fantasia does go over familiar territory — trademark dwarves, camp retro pop songs, symbolic imagery — but never with such incisive observation. With a sensational performance by Watts, it's a triple-strength masterpiece that will more than satisfy the die-hard Lynch mob and may even gain a receptive new audience for the Sultan of Strange.
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46 out of 54 people found this review helpful
Typical Lynch
Its like having your intestines slowly drawn out. This is one agonisingly painful film to watch!
I should have guessed from the director what this film is going to be like. I never understood Twin Peaks and this film is along the same lines of bizarre plot twist. In fact there were so many unrelated sub plots the film never really came to any conclusion towards the end.
And one technical problem I found with the DVD. Its not divided into chapters. If you made the unfortunate mistake I did by pressing back to start of current chapter instead rewinding because you missed something the film goes right back to the start. So you get to enjoy the pain of watching it all over again. Thats if you wanted to do. -
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Bad bad bad
This has to be the biggest pile of tripe I've ever watched. Truely awful. A recommended dont see.
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- 13 Mar 2007
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David Lynch strikes again with this literal nightmare of a motion picture--a brilliant, scathing, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. In the film, a mysterious dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) emerges from an accident with a purse full of cash and a head full of amnesia. Meanwhile, ...
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