Everyone knows the real story. Princess Diana first suffered a long-term and completely exposed marriage breakdown, and then died in a mysterious car accident. Camilla, who had been Prince Charles's "lover" for 35 years, officially entered the British royal family 8 years after the death of Princess Di, and was promoted to "Her Royal Highness Princess Camilla". The story of the two women is talked about. Is the name David Lynch named for the two heroines in the film in the real part of the film, is it a coincidence or a metaphor? Does the plot in the film also have anything to do with this royal past?
First of all, between Diane and Camilla, Princess Diana and Lady Camilla, there is a man with identity but no real power. In the movie is the director Adam. Although he is a director, in fact, even basic tasks such as casting roles are controlled by the black forces. In reality, Prince Charles, although expensive as the crown prince, everyone understands that it is just a title in the ceremonial title with no real power in the UK.
In the movie, Diane is neglected by her lover and has to forcibly endure the blatant love affair between her lover and others, feeling extremely frustrated, resentful, and jealous. In reality, isn't Princess Diana's experience very similar? From the beginning of the rift in her marriage with Prince Charles in the 1980s, from the time when Prince Charles and Camilla regained their love relationship, she also felt extremely disappointed, resentful and jealous, and as a princess, she also had to forcibly endure this in front of the world. pain. The extramarital affairs between her husband and Camilla can also be called "blatant" because it was almost completely exposed by the media at the time. In addition, the women whose Diane and Princess Diana are at this level are called Camilla, but in the film Camilla is Diane's lover, while in reality Camilla is Diana's husband's lover.
I even think that the role of Diane/Betty created by David Lynch is to a certain extent based on Princess Diana. In the dream part of the movie, does the almost perfect Betty represent the glamorous, elegant and calm, enviable image of Princess Diana in front of the world? And does Diane in the reality part of the movie metaphorical the real Diana who suffered from the failure of marriage, lonely, irritable, and decadent? In dreams and reality, the looks of Diane and Betty have not changed, just as Diane in front of the world and in front of herself is the same blonde beauty, but the truth is that Betty is just a perfect version of Diane's virtual creation in dreams. The non-existent self, and Diana will never maintain the image of the beautiful princess in that glitzy world.
There are deaths both in the film and in reality. Diane hated her with jealousy and eventually hired a killer to kill Camilla who had destroyed her life. In reality, although Princess Diana had a similar experience, she died in a car accident in the end. Perhaps the tragedy is destined to end in death, although the film and reality have chosen different representatives.
Diane and Princess Diana have similar names, the same blonde hair, and similar encounters; the two Camillas became the starting point and the end of their tragic encounter. They are the participants and witnesses of the whole process. Only the ending is slightly different: Camilla in the film was engaged to director Adam and was subsequently killed; in reality, Camilla, who witnessed the death of Princess Diana, is now the wife of Prince Charles.
I always think that this film has countless solutions, even if the metaphorical hypothesis of Diane-Princess Diana; Camilla-Madame Camilla holds, it is only one of David Lynch’s countless ways of thinking. But I also believe that the names of Diane and Camilla are by no means coincidence, just like the mysterious aunt Ruth listed by Lynch as one of the ten clues: Aunt Ruth, read it together, isn’t it Untruth?
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