This is not a pointless movie.This is a masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2002)

I strongly recommend this movie to everyone that has an open mind.If you are a conservative type of cinema-goer or just like to go there for the fun of it and to have some nice hot pop-corn,then you may like this movie for its suspense or humor,but not for its logic and sense. Despite of the many humorous moments of Mulholland Dr. I find it to be one of the most depressing films I've seen in some time.Truth is you have to catch the meaning to feel that way.Second truth is I only started figuring it out in the second viewing.As far as atmosphere, music,directing and acting,I thing this is one of the strongest moments of cinema in the last decade.I want to insist on Naomi Watts performance:Actually,she plays two different characters in such an inspired way that you find yourself wondering whether there are two different actresses and not just one in two roles.
SPOILERS ahead!(If you saw the movie and still think its pointless,go ahead!If you havent,try to figure it out yourself first!)
I dont know if someone has thought that before,but could it be that it's Mulholland Dream?!?!Perhaps the title(Mulholland Dr.) is explicative enough if its like that.Perhaps its some kind of Lynch's little game with us...I find other users' "dream-theory" very very attractive,I must admit that.I just came from a second viewing and everything fits alright!I really cannot understand why great film-critics find there is no explanation or meaning in this scenario.I strongly believe there IS a meaning and that's a very clever one!So clever,it has deceived nearly everyone.There are four levels in the movie,actually.One is the girl's dream,the other is the present situation(after she wakes up),the third one is the memories she has of the past(referring to before the dream she saw:going to that party or at the studio rehearsals) and the fourth is fantasies she has about the present(she "sees" Camilla in the kitchen,the old couple hunting her and so on).The way Lynch links those four levels together,thats the reason this is a true masterpiece.Hints are given throughout the film,but truth is you are so absorbed by suspense,that you hardly notice them...The cowboy telling Diane to "wake up now" is one of them.The first scene,with the camera approaching the pillow is another one.Its the time Diane is going to bed.This is the begining of her dream,a dream full of great expectations,surreal situations and with heroes that exist in her real life but with different names and roles(apart from Adam,the director-I think he is the only person who's the same).Thats,what the film's about.Its about great expectations,its about rising and falling,its about dreams,nightmares,subconscious truths,awful realities.Diane's suicide is the tragic ending to all this.
Well,I recommend anyone that thinks he/she found no meaning in this movie that he/she go and see it again,having in mind this dream-theory.I really dont thing this is a spoiler.Not for this movie.Perhaps you can appreciate it even better if you have that clue.Even if I'm wrong,even if Lynch didnt have this in mind,I still think it makes great sense.Either way,this is a beautiful movie.

10/10(Excellent)