So much better than "Lost Highway" -- a bit long though

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2001)

If you don't lock into Lynch's special brand of weirdness right away, the subtle pace of this film will probably put you to sleep.
Personally, I though this was Lynch's best movie in a long time (didn't see "Straight Story"). Instead of a huge examination, I'll leave it at this: it's one big allegory for how Los Angeles can suck the dreams and innocence right out of all the young starlets that flock here every year. How many times has this story been told?: Young girl full of hope moves to L.A. only to become disillusioned and discarded? Yet Lynch makes it poetic and interesting. I also enjoyed how he played around with the idea of how one can loose their identity when they obsess over someone.
It was apparent to me that there were some story elements set up for a TV series that are never paid off or addressed in the later half of the film. One can only wonder what Lynch would have done had HBO stepped up to the plate.
Not a classic, but so much better than most of the drivel the major studio's put out in 2001.