yeaton10 wrote: I was surprised how complicated reading the movie can get.

Enjoy the ride

San Francisco Embarcadero theaters. First week it was released. Got the idea that it, most of it, was a dream, and the sadness of it all comes through even if it makes no narrative sense at all.

Saw it twice then, but only started dissecting MD a few weeks ago when I found it airing on HBO. It's easy to put MD aside after getting the dream/reality overall structure of the movie, but after diving into INLAND EMPIRE 5 years ago, I knew I would have to revisit MD at some point. If anything, just to marvel at all the wonderful lampshades.

I remember staying at my cousin's back in 2002-2003 and my parents along with his were gathered in the living room to watch a movie I didn't know what it was, I didn't stay and watch because my cousin and I were playing Smackdown! downstairs (which was more important at the time lol) I remember coming back up some time later and distinctly recall seeing the lesbian romance scene, so when I finally sat down and watched it years later in 2010 - I knew that was what they had been watching back in 2002. I must say though like with Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and Blue Velvet - Mulholland Drive has stuck with me ever since, I think even more so than the prior - it just makes me think more than any movie I have seen.

It wasn't very long ago, since I just recently became a David Lynch aficionado. I had just found out I was into more complicated movies, those that weren't "given", that had a story that got you thinking. That's when I came across Eraserhead. The film got my attention right off the bat, since it was clear it was going to be one of a kind. Of course I loved it and jumped right into the next David Lynch film (at the time, my second). Of course it was Mulholland Drive.

Then I watched it. And I didn't get it, nothing at all. I just couldn't wrap my head around it but, somehow, I already liked it a lot. So I watched it again and: I understood the central plot (about the majority of it being Diane's dream). Call me slow, but yeah, it really took me two sittings to understand the basic stuff. With that out of the way, I went to the internet to read about it in depth (something I still regret to some extent, as I'd rather find out everything on my own) and I grew even more intrigued by it. So I went for my third sitting so as to corroborate what I'd read and to seek more information. And, boy, did I get mesmerized by the amount of little pieces of information and clues Lynch put in this movie. I also find it awesome (please, the original meaning of the word here) how Lynch managed to depict dreams in such a relatable way, one that I can say wasn't just rushed out. It was thought through, and it remains the best depiction of dreams+subconsciousness in my books.

That's when I knew for sure: Mulholland Drive was the best movie I'd ever seen. And I don't think that's going to change anytime soon. :)

Welcome Boris.

Boris Gucovski wrote:Call me slow, but yeah, it really took me two sittings to understand the basic stuff.

I wouldn't call you slow at all. I think very few people figure that out before getting all the way to the end of the first viewing, and a lot of people don't get it until seeing it for the second time. Or maybe I'm just saying that because I didn't get it until the second time either. When I saw the pillow after the jitterbug scene the second time I watched it, that's when it clicked. I didn't catch the significance of that at the time when I saw it the first time, and I didn't remember it by the end of seeing it for the first time.

In fact, based on reviews and comments about MD that I've read elsewhere, I'm positive LOTS of people don't get it on first viewing, because they go off and write how MD is "meaningless"...

Me too Derek, I saw it three times before I even picked up on the pillow at the beginning, let alone associating it with Diane waking up... If someone picked up on that with the second viewing that's pretty cool.

super cool. there's probably nothing more exciting... and exciting for David Lynch than to see a new group of folks watch Mulholland Drive, a new generation, a collection of curious movie goers and hear there ideas..

it's a polite and genial community so please share with us what you're thinking.

the moments after Diane puts the gun in her mouth. oh man!!!!!

for me, it's a kick in my gut every time (well, i haven't seen it 30 times!! LOL) Camilla says "Shortcut." It's probably just Badalamenti's score that accompanies that scene.

Welcome Drew.

I think it could have been somewhere between 2002 and 2005. At home.

Somehow, without realizing much, i had bought the movie on a "vcd" and forgotten about it.

One day, one of my friends, who knew i was into horror, got me Eraserhead dvd (he had only watched the menu) and when i watched it, i thought it had elements from dreams ive had all my life and its a feeling ive never got from any movie. I felt a part of it and quickly checked online for the director and filmography and found Mulholland Drive on the list and I suddenly got a strange feeling that i knew that title and poster from somewhere. I thought, "Wait a minute. What the hell? I think i've seen those movie posters/covers somewhere. I don't have them, do I??? What if i do?"
I went insane and inverted my movie box and started going through each one like a mad man, until i found it! And after i watched it, damn, what the hell was it? An unexpected trip for sure haha. I thought this director was plain crazy and this couln't be real. Eraserhead and then Mulholland Drive. I was in love with Lynch's art instantly.

As others, i went online and checked sites and blogs to read and find out what the hell it meant haha

I think back in those days i had come on this site too, (or other like it, but i think it could have been this site) and i had joined in discussions right away. I posted a picture of the Blue Box and compared it to the stage in Silencio, and wrote something like, "when you open the box, the black inside is the stage, the flap from inside has kind of stairs, that are like the ones on the Silencio stage. And when you insert the key, its like the mic stand on the stage.

Then the site also had clues, like counting the number of Wilkin's excrement on the ground hahah
Was it 7?

I have a feeling it was this site and it could be, but i dont remember the login and password so just created a new one. I've come here after years. I guess its drawn me back

Dude!

I remember that post about Silencio being the inside of the cube, and I'm sure that someone actually made a brilliant photoshop thing of it. I'll try and dig it up. I know where most of the bodies are buried on this one, but if I can't find it then I may remake what's in my head.

You're thinking of the Rotten Tomatoes forum. They canned all the individual movie sub-forums and dumped all the threads in a heap in General Discussion. Everything is still there, but can take a while to find. I'll have a hunt though, because I do remember that thread.

What was your username on RT? The same?

Welcome (back).

6/6/13...for years it's been on cable off and on and every time i would try to watch it , it would creep me out (i.e.SCARE the hell out of me not to mention confuse the hell out of me and i would just give up on it... but for some reason i watched again a couple of days ago and i resolved that i was "going to figure it out once and for all" (insert hooks here)...and now it's got it's hooks in me but i've got my TEETH in it !!!....and i'm not letting go ... i bought a notebook at the dollar store and i'm going over it line by line, scene by scene....i realize i'm not the first one to do this...and it's interesting to see all the other observations, q's, theories, etc.....this the first time i have ever joined an online discussion group....i also realize that the people in this group have been at this a lot longer than me.....and i DO have some notes, observations etc ......for now just one: in the opening sequence it seems to me that the breathing is coming from UNDER the red bedsread....you always see the red bedsread on "Diane Selwyn's" bed so it would seem reasonable to conclude it's her bedroom....to me' there is something sinister and evil about the sound of the breathing.....not that of some young woman (jusr realized i've been spelling "bedspread" without the "p"....i guess that's all for now......"it's so nice to meet you...i wish all the luck!

I watched MD yesterday evening for the first time and I was completely overwhelmed by its outcome. I must say, I only started watching it because I expected a certain kind of event to happen I'm not usually a mystery thriller fan nor have I seen a David Lynch film before so this one really kept me awake, I couldn't sleep until I had written down my basic interpretation. I still have the feeling that there's much more to explore than what I've covered and I'm glad that I've exposed myself to this kind of brainteaser even if I only intended to enjoy myself in the first place. So this is what I've written down so far, there's certainly more research needed.

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Welcome to the world of MD, Rhey. There is a deep rabbit hole awaiting you. If you're obsessed enough, you may even end up reading the pilot script or drawing a Sierra bonito groundplan of your own.