Lynch's cube

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2002)

Mulholland Drive is a fascinating if exasperating film that operates more as a kind of chinese puzzle than a narrative. Personally, I don't find such things in the least unpleasent if they're well done (as this is). But one should know before viewing it that it will take a lot of work to decipher the film's meaning..at which point you might feel somewhat empty. David Lynch is a brilliant technical director, but unfortunately or, if you are of a mind fortunately, he has no soul. This being so, his characters have no real soul, they do not resonate. When his work succeeds it does so on a technical level, filmaking for filmmakers not for film lovers. The only mark they leave is the breaking of traditional rules of cinema, and some usually quirky characters that have idiosyncracies in place of personalities. All this said this is a must see film for any serious film follower.