as surrealistic, alienating and pointless as a dream

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2002)

I have seen television and cinema since i could walk and since I bore easily i have come to loath standard Hollywood productions. Sometimes I even think I hate the very concept of a man-made story and prefer documentary's about reality. Another alternative to every day t.v.-show basics is the abstract work of David Lynch. I love watching a David Lynch movie perhaps even just for being so different. There is definitely a lot of talent and skill involved with David Lynch to make his movies the experience they are. But what I miss, since twin peaks / blue velvet is depth and coherence. It's almost become like playing out the abstract thing. I liked watching Lost Highway too, but on hindsight there's not much left of the affection I still feel for twin peaks. I have just seen this movie and can't be sure, but it seems like Mulholland Dr. is going that way too. People are going on about this being the sort of film to see more times. But since you're not supposed to understand any of it anyway and you already know it isn't going anywhere: why? I still give it an 8 for keeping me totally committed to a screen for 145 minutes, unlike dozens of other movies.