Not for everyone, I admit

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2003)

I found David Lynch's "Straight Story" rather vacuous, and "Twin Peaks" was somewhat intriguing, yes. Never a huge David Lynch fan, I was not eager to watch "Mulholland Drive" until my friend told me about the infamous *cough* scene about 1.5 hours into the movie.
The first twenty minutes were easy to follow...the car crash, her amnesia and Betty Elms's (Naomi Watts) annoying naivete coming to Los Angeles from Deep River, Ontario. She arrives at her aunt's home in Hollywood to discover "Rita/Camilla Rhodes" (Laura Elena Harring) in the shower. Rita has suffered trauma to the head and is unable to recall her identity. They begin a search, ultimately the names Camilla Rhodes and Diane Selwyn get thrown around until you forget who is who. Many of the scenes did not make sense. "Mulholland Drive" is an amnesiacal portrayal of surreal Hollywood...does anyone know what year this movie was set in? Some scenes it looked to be modern, others it was 1950s wardrobe and setting.
"Mulholland Drive" definitely does not follow the typical opening, plot, climax and resolution nor does it follow a conventional narrative.

My advice is to watch it, and be confused.