Dimensional Persona Exchange=Hollywood

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2005)

Mulholland Drive, Lynch's 2001 nightmare/mystery, is almost flawless in constitution. A most enthralling account and study on how Hollywood gobbles up and recycles its temporary thespian contributors. Using themes he first introduced in 'Lost Highway', Lynch manages to make concrete the almost ghost-like energy and remnants of the old Hollywood studio system. Blending a roster of old and new actors, he also masterfully weaves a miasma of interchangeable plot lines that almost too perfectly capture the climates now found in modern day LA. Originally meant to be a Television pilot for an ABC series, the foolish broadcasters chose to decline and passed on the series, already in development, in the last round. Lynch took it to French investors, added another 45 minutes of footage, and released it as his next film. Brilliant!!!