Lynch's Best

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2001)

I was lucky enough to see the UK premiere at the London Film Festival a few weeks ago.
I am a film graduate but don't work in film and was a big Lynch fan when I was younger (50% cos I liked his films and 50% cos it was hip to like Lynch).
Over the years my preference for the more Avant Garde has been eroded by really good traditional moviemaking and my preference for content (i.e. good writing) over style.
Mulholland Drive really made me sit up and reassess though.
I am happy to admit that I did not get it straight away. In fact the majority of the audience left the cinema equally bemused by what - at first - appeared to be a good, slightly scewed thriller spoiled by a random fracture two thirds of the way in.
But I could not forget the images and the whole presence of this movie and I have been unable to forget it since. I have satisfied myself that I know basically what the structure is (first 100 minutes a dream, last section the reality that spawned the dream), but it still throws up many questions.
I can't wait for it general release in England next month.
A real film for people ready and willing to think and one that proves you can have plenty of style and content. And better than Momento - it's much more of a challenge.
David Lynch should win the Oscar for what is his best film so far.