Lynch at his best.

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2003)

I find it quite surprising that an actress can get more attention after first majorly starring in this film (first American film that is, that I know of). It was a very risky job for Naomi Watts to do so, but that deserves some admiration. Most actors and actresses will do a reverse, and star in the roles they really desire after "making it big". Oddly enough, Watts character was primarely about this concept, and what drove her over the edge. In my opinion, the people that dislike the film for these reasons: they think the acting is bad, poor dialogue, mediocre cinematography...have truly missed the point. First off, the acting is far from "bad" b/c the persona of the main characters changes without warning, and before was their "fake" presence, as to subtly mock Hollywood in it's superficialness. Lynch's main theme in movies is that "things are not what they seem", as seen in Blue Velvet and this (not to mention countless others). The same can be said for the dialogue, it wasn't bad, it was just written to portray how the characters truly were (and striving for). Now, cinematography...I don't know why, as I simply loved every turn and angle and all the color combinations. The score and the cinematography are half of this film I believe, if Cameron Crow did something similar in Vanilla Sky it would've been taken more seriously, I'm not saying he should've COPIED Lynch but since Vanilla Sky was the closest mainstream version of Mulholland Dr. (despite a very different story), it may have put a spark into the mainstream audience. Although, I like the cult status of MD personally as with other films as IMO they're more treasured.