Mulholland drive
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Even if you (like me) don’t get the movie the first time you watch it, by the time you finish it, you’ll beg for more. In my opinion, the ability to turn a seemingly simple narrative into a tale of eerie is one of David Lynch’s greatest qualities as a director. Partly, this is due to the inclusion of just the right amount of cryptic events that make the movie weird but still largely coherent at the same time. Even the most mundane of behaviors, such as making a phone call, or walking down an alley, has a somehow edginess to it. Yet, you can’t help but feel absorbed by the entire atmosphere there is tension in literally every scene. Nothing really exciting happens – there are no car chases, gunshot exchanges or jumping off cliffs. As we progress through the movie all three characters begin experiencing a series of bizarre and inexplicable events, which culminates in a story twist towards the end of the movie. In a separate story, a director called Adam is being bullied by an unnamed Organization into hiring an actress for the lead role in one of his movies. Betty befriends Rita and tries to help her find out about her seemingly shady past. She meets a woman, Rita, who is suffering from amnesia as a result of a car head-on collision.
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I mean, here we have a girl, Betty, in her mid twenties moving to Hollywood with the aspiration to become a Hollywood actress. If you strip away all the weirdness, the storyline of Mulholland Drive looks pretty elementary. I have to admit though, the first time I watched Mulholland Drive I was as fascinated as I felt stupid – I just didn’t get it! Thankfully, living in the Digital Age, a quick Internet search revealed numerous analyses of the movie that helped me appreciate the many subtle cues that abound in the movie. It turned out, this awakening was pivotal in choosing a profession as well. It was largely thanks to Mulholland Drive that I became interested in psychological thrillers, in particular those connected to the murky world of the subconscious mind. It’s fair to say that Mulholland drive was the movie that not only changed my taste in art of any kind, but also very possibly my professional career.