‘Mulholland Drive’ by David Lynch starts off with an extremely odd dance scene, leaving the viewers confused. The scene ends with a girl and old couple taking a bow. The actual plot begins with a murder turned car accident on Mulholland drive which a woman escapes. The woman seeks refuge in an empty apartment. After this a series of disconnected scenes follow, a dream turned reality almost killing the man, multiples murders in order to acquire some coveted phone book, a bunch of mobsters blackmailing a director into casting a woman named ‘Camilla Rhodes’, an influential old man sitting in some sort of control room ordering the men that work for him through a glass wall, a bunch of phone calls about the whereabouts of some …show more content…
A world where she shines and Camilla/Rita depends on her and loves her. All the absurd disconnected stories are visions she’s having in familiar or crucial places with people she either knows or has seen in the passing. The theme of illusion and reality is constantly maintained. Smaller instances foreshadow the end. The movie for the most part is loose and a bit annoying as nothing seems to fit, but it falls in place later. Almost like staring at smaller bits too hard and not following, but when you take a step back and look at the bigger picture, it makes sense and this is what the director has done for majority of the movie. The disconnected and abrupt story lines make no sense by themselves but when understood as a part of Diane’s dream, it fits. The visual construct of the movie fits too. The shots are too close, almost like a person’s perspective. The scenes with happier tones are well light or in daylight, the rest in dingy rooms or streets. Smoke and haze are used probably to symbolise Diane’s confused and guilt filled conscience. The movie also throws light upon the working of the film industry, the politics involved and