Tapestry

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2002)

This movie is a beautiful piece of abstract art. If you are inclined to hate abstract art, you are likely to hate this movie.
Just as Picasso lets us see a multidimensional character from several angles at the same time, so does David Lynch tell a (very) simple story using decidedly `un-simple' techniques.
***Spoilers***
Just to get it straight: Diane goes to Hollywood chasing her dream. She loses that dream. She kills herself.
What makes this movies so moving is the way the story is told. I disagree with most that the movie `is Diane's dream.' Rather I think that the story is told in a dreamlike way.
What seem like dead-ends, actually have deep meaning to the story, just like our dreams. Some examples: 1) The two guys laughing about the `kids in a car accident.' This was Rita's story to Betty. Diane now knows that story to be made-up and Camilla's past was mostly made up. 2) The cabaret scene: Hollywood is a bunch of phonies. 3) The `man' behind the diner: Hollywood has it's dark and scary side. 4) Rita, and then Diane, in the seemingly same scene in the limo: The terrible accident that brought Rita to Betty has the same significance as the terrible incident that made Diane want to kill Camilla (the dinner at Adam's). These go on and on in this brilliant tapestry.
They call 'em Art House Movies for a reason . . . I loved this one.