Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Dr.
Synopsis
After arriving in Hollywood, aspiring actress Betty (Naomi Watts) befriends an amnesiac woman (Laura Harring) and tries to help her recover her memory. The film establishes these characters but then proceeds to subvert any certainty about them, weaving its plot around L.A.’s signature industry.
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Awards & Festivals
Cannes Film Festival
2001 | Winner: Best Director
Academy Awards
2002 | Nominee: Best Director
Independent Spirit Awards
2002 | Winner: Best Cinematography
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More than anything else, Mulholland Drive is an incredible cinematic experience. You laugh, you wince, you fall in love, you hold your breath, you cringe, you mutter “Oh my God.” The movie is a nonstop catalog of classic Lynchian moments, from extreme discomfort to nostalgic reverie to utter desolation to sheer terror.
Glenn Kenny
October 12, 2001
While it’s tempting to think that Lynch has simply lost control of his vision yet again, the film is so densely layered and seductive that it’s hard to pull away completely, even when it stops making rational sense. Recognizing the futility of bringing material for an untold number of television episodes to a neat and satisfying conclusion, Lynch has done the next best thing, pushing the audience deeper and deeper into his subconscious tangles.
Scott Tobias
October 12, 2001
While Lynch’s films all have dream-like qualities, Mulholland Drive is his first since Eraserhead to employ “the logic of a dream – a nightmare” (how Welles described Kafka’s The Trial) from beginning to end. And like a nightmare, the film’s effect is twofold. It creates an extreme sense of unease, which provokes, in turn, an investigative impulse – as if by using one’s analytic skills to piece together its puzzling narrative, one could exert control over the anxiety the film generates.
Amy Taubin
September 01, 2001
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