Life can be a bad dream, can’t it?
It’s a tremendous film that understandably has already been called one of the best films ever made.
There’s never been a better time to drive down Mulholland.
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Say what you want about David Lynch.
Some might argue he’s too self-indulgent or esoteric for his own good.
However, you could’t knock him for being cynical.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
However, what’s more pertinent to this film is its evocation of a blurred reality.
In the film, an amnesiac Rita gives herself that name after seeing a poster forGilda, starringRita Hayworth.
If it weren’t for this movie, we may never have gotten the iconic hockey mask.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Unsurprisingly, David Lynch’s vision of Los Angelessubverts the expected glitz and glamorof the city of dreams.
Even in broad daylight, the streets of L.A. evoke the spirit of a liminal space.
The director makes this highly populated city feel incredibly lonely.
Mulholland Driveis available to rent on Prime Video in the U.S.
