Take this Lynch puzzle lightly; enjoy the dream.

Rating: Null/10 (13 October 2001)

Because I have a daughter and son who work in and write about Hollywood, I can say with authority that it is a workplace of monumental nightmares, now aptly represented in surreal trappings by David Lynch in `Mulholland Drive.' That is, while most of the film seems to be a dream, it is a trenchant satire of Hollywood's ability to create multiple personalities and neuroses in its stars and yet retain one enduring stereotype-the elderly, patriarchal studio head.
This is a film noir wrapped in a personal vision by a leading director of the strange-if you don't believe me, revisit `Blue Velvet' and `Twin Peaks.' What is marvelous is that Lynch eviscerates Hollywood pretension while feeding its insatiable appetite for existential suicide and sex. The lesbian love scene between the 2 female leads, Naomi Watts and Laura Harring, is as sensual and provocative as I've ever seen, not that I've seen that many even in seedy hotels on lonely nights.
Take this Lynch puzzle lightly; enjoy the dream. Let me paraphrase Poe-`What we are and what we seem are but a dream.'