An odd avant garde film

Rating: 5/10 (28 March 2012)

If you haven't ever seen David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. be prepared for two and a half hours of what I can only describe as a twisted nightmarish tale inside Lynch's mind. They film leaves a lot to be desired, well at least as the average movie-goer is concerned. I'm not sure if the version I had was defective but I found the sound editing to be a little off, for instance during a scene of heightened intensity the audience has a calm high pitch note lingering until a corpse is revealed, next it cuts to outside said set to another character walking towards their own house and finally we have a very loud and almost obnoxious burst of sound that I'm pretty sure was intended for a good ten seconds before (when the corpse was first discovered). Also it seemed liked they switched on and off from voice overs and actually using a boom to capture sound. While the cinematography had some interesting cuts (flashes of extreme close ups and other infamous Lynch shots) it appears that they shot entirely too much film and left the rest up to the editor, who did their damnest to make a cohesive story line which structure is about as solid as a nightmare. If you have the time and energy to sit and examine the film I'm sure it is laced with hundreds of little clues to lead you to some marvelous discovery but upon your first viewing you will be left saying WTF?