you must watch this movie three times to truly try and understand it

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2002)

I just completed watching this film for the third time. Each time I get more and more enthralled and amazed by the genius that David Lynch possesses. This movie is so deep and so layered that I could see a simple mind not understanding it and being angry at it, and that is ok. This movie is meant for people that have an artistic and more abstract brain than most. I watched the first time and was very confused. But the next time I really started to see what the plot meant. This is not one movie, but two movies. The first is an hour and a half long, and is a complete dream. The next 45 minutes are the real life context of the dream, convuluted throught the dreamers eyes. That is why this movie is so amazing. By yhe third viewing you should see the similarities to the movie Persona, (there are some glaring similarities) and the mirroring between the dark real world of the main protagonist and her dream world. Don't think this is the bottom line of the movie, because there are so many things in scene and twists in the plot that make this movie the kind that I will have to buy and continually watch. Lynch is filmmaking at it's sheer best and if you watch this movie and don't realize that, then you really don't know much about movies. I am so sick of all these cookie cutter movies where you know what is going to happen. You know, all the movies with the male protagonist and his female counterpart, who win the war against whatever and kiss at the end. I am so glad that some directors, writers and studios (universal) have the balls to make a movie that actually twists your mind around and makes you want to watch the movie again and again. Thank you Mr. Lynch, for taking film to the next level. You made my day.