The only film I have seen that truly captures what dreams are really like.

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2016)

I remember when I was younger I had a dream that really fascinated me. It had the start of a strange and mysterious story but it was never concluded. When I woke up, I was obsessed with it. There was something about this weird story that took place in my head when I was asleep that meant a lot to me so the fact I woke up before the conclusion and was brought back to the boring and ordinary real world that really bothered me. I wanted a conclusion to this dream story! I wanted to find out what happened and why parts of it made no sense! But is was the fact it had no ending that fascinated me so much. It was the fact that parts were left unexplained that intrigued me so much. There's something about ambiguity, especially in dreams that are wonderful but make no sense, that really interests me. If this dream had an ending, it would not have stuck with me as much. I wouldn't have thought about it after waking up and thus wouldn't be so intrigued. This is why I think 'Mulholland Drive' is one of the greatest films of all time.
I had never seen anything that resembled this incredible dream of mine before I saw this Lynch film. Nearly all dreams that are represented in films are always wrong. There is never any mystery or ambiguity to them and the atmosphere is always off. All my life I looked for something that resembled this fascinating dream of mine but couldn't; until I saw Mulholland Drive. The mysterious and fascinating dream world that is represented in the first three quarters of the film was just like this dream of mine. There was a mystery that needed solving, interesting and bizarre characters that didn't seem to make sense, a fascinating, and idyllic world that never felt real and finally; the mysteries were never solved thus capturing the beauty and ambiguity of my favourite dream.
Who says a film is supposed to tell a story? Film is art. You don't look at abstract pieces of art and expect it to tell a linear story so why should you will Mulholland Drive. I believe the entertainment you get from Mulholland Drive is purely gained through experiencing it as one big piece of art which is what it is. Mulholland Drive is not a story, it is literally a dream recreated as a film. And as I love dreams, I Ioved this film. This that does not mean that it does't have significant messages and meanings which it does; like other pieces of art. This film seems to look at the corruption and bitter sexism of Hollywood and thus gives the film a meaningful and tragic undertone.
In conclusion, this film is a masterpiece. It truly captures what real dreams are like and why they fascinate us so much.