Mulholland Drive

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2009)

Mulholland Dr. offers us surrealistic elements and it tells a life of young woman who wants to be famous.Its meaning generally depends on the viewer's comment.The film tells events which are experienced by Betty Elms and Rita who suffers loss of memory after the car accident.Actually the events which are seen in the film are thought irrelevant with each other.But surrealistic elements make it necessary. The film tells a mysterious event and director wants the viewers to complete the film on their own.Film director is David Lynch and he aims to be different and successful by using ambiguity.Special effects which are used in the film help the viewers to understand mystery.And you need to have background information about David Lynch's other films to understand Mulholland Dr.I think that the name of the film reflects the topic of the film.The film is complete dead end and most of the people who watch it firstly don't understand what the topic is.In addition,I think David Lynch wants to make it different from the other films by using ambiguity factor.But,in my opinion,the film doesn't be interesting by using ambiguity.It must be clear and this film's ending is unclear.Blue box and key which are seen in some parts are striking elements.Most of the film is just a dream.Diane sees herself as a famous actress in her dream;but actually Camilla is more famous than her.Because Diane doesn't endure this situation,she tells another person to kill Camilla.Murderer says to Diane that she will find a blue key after Camilla's death.And the film's ending is questionable like the other parts of the film.I think that using a lot of ambiguous elements in the film is dangerous.Because this method may cause a lot of people to quit watching the film.So I think that if you want to watch this film,you should do a search on the internet firstly and then watch.