Somewhere, David Lynch is laughing his head off

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2001)

I have to agree with an earlier review that stated that there is nothing here to "get", my sentiments exactly. David Lynch has done what no other American film maker has the courage to do, and that is put a dream on to film. Dreams do not unfold logically. In a dream, one minute you're in your house, the next minute you're at work. Sometimes you're yourself, other times it's as though you're watching yourself. "Silencio", silence is golden, just shut up and watch the movie, don't try to analyze it logically. It really is structured like a dream; we know that there's a point underneath layers and layers of information, but we can't quite get at it. There are certain facts we know to be true:
*SPOILERS*
-a filmmaker named Adam has been forced to cast a woman named Camille in his movie
-a woman named Diane Selwyn is dead
-Naomi Watts' and Laura Herrings' character(s) know each other and were/are lovers
*END SPOILERS*
Everything else is debatable. Dreams don't have a typical 3 act structure, nor does this. Don't sit there trying to make sense of the dream, just admire the skill with which Lynch has crafted his dream world. Anybody can create a place where, say, dogs talk and the sky is upside down and say "whoa, this is weird!" However, Lynch roots his dream world in real life. All of the various "realities" we see are perfectly plausible explanations of the truth, and because there is no information that is dismissible, the puzzle becomes richer. This is a great piece of movie making for Lynch fans and for fans of good cinema in general. It's only a head scratcher if you've got an itch, otherwise it's a rather exhilarating, reality bending journey into the sub-concious. Lynch hasn't been this good since season one of "Twin Peaks", don't miss out.