About the rot, trashed out, fallen and brilliant light of hope

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2001)

I viewed the film at a special premiere in Dallas on Oct 1, 2001. Afterwards, Laura Harring, one of the female leads, spoke and participated in Q & A. Harring is unbelievable looking in person as well as reassuredly in tune with the craft of David Lynch.
Anyhow, the film. Wow! This is the culmination of the Lynch themes into a film that surpasses his previous best work, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. The themes: the duality of man, dreams vs reality, comic violence vs. devastating sex (the movie has one of the best lovemaking scenes between two women that I have ever seen), paintings of red, blue and black. Gorgeous actors, esp Harring and Watts. .
Anyhow, the film. I was captivated right off the bat by the fabulous movie poster. The film is as strange as anything he has done. It has very strong thematic ties to Lost Highway but is a much more coherant film in the end. The film is about LA, about the rot in it, about the trashed out and fallen. Its also about hope and the "ideal" Hollywood. Darkness and Light. See this film, it is his best work. And this comes from a long time fan.