Seeing "Mulholland Drive" from a normal person's point of view

Charity 2022-04-19 09:01:20

Write in front:

As I write this review, I haven't looked at other people's opinions and wondered what I'm missing more than others. Now that I've read it, I just want to say, I'm awesome, I don't agree with the mainstream views, and there are many new points. I am worthy of staying up late.

Ps: Do not engage in dream analysis

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OK, let's get to the point now. (Original text below)

Ah B put "Mulholland Drive" on the shelves today, and he has long admired the name like thunder. Click to see, director David Lynch. My impression of him is still "Eraser Head", a stream-of-consciousness horror film.

Not long after the movie starts, there is a car accident. There is a barrage flashing "the end of the whole play". I pulled and pulled from memory, "Dead End". I thought I could foresee the direction of the movie, but the black-haired beauty came down the mountain and passed Sunset Boulevard.

I suspect you are "touching porcelain" another film.

It may not be a coincidence that I think about this paragraph after watching the movie, it is really a tribute. (press not listed)

Immediately afterwards, the black-haired beauty did not call the police and did not go to the hospital, but sneaked into someone else's apartment.

The next two characters, I didn't figure out their role at first. A man who looks like Eastern Europe said he had a nightmare, so he went to the restaurant he had seen in the dream to check if it was true.

And what I am very concerned about is that this whole section looks very abrupt, and almost every shot is green in the whole process.

I thought the director was going to make a psychological cue about color, but it's weird that I haven't seen green since then, except for this one.

The one who scared the two was a tramp with a black hole, and the next two shots also appeared black.

One is a brunette in a black suspender dress

One is a black stethoscope

followed by

This one, in particular, appears four times in the back.

From green to black, the jump in the plot is also completed through the change of color.

And yellow phone, red light. These colors are all cold, and it feels that what happened at this time is slightly cruel.

The film progressed to eighteen minutes before the heroine appeared. Her appearance made the picture suddenly light up.

Blonde and blue-eyed, with a bright smile, I almost didn't hesitate to stamp it with "Silly White Sweet". She even thought about whether the next second she would find out that the old lady next to her stole her luggage.

However it didn't.

Soon, she came to live in her aunt's apartment temporarily. The managers are very enthusiastic, they are always smiling and friendly.

After the heroine discovered the black-haired beauty, her first reaction was to guess that she was a friend of her aunt, and she kindly took in her homeless after knowing that she was unknown and lost her memory.

This made me once again deepen the impression of her "silly white sweet" character when I saw it.

In order to find out their identities, the two called and flipped through the newspaper, and finally saw a familiar name in the restaurant.

The two girls discussed to find this person tomorrow, but they met the goddess to warn them.

In order to ensure my curiosity and perception of the movie, I have always been reluctant to understand the content of the story before watching the movie. And at this moment, the barrage was blocked early.

But here, I suddenly have one, which is probably the heroine's dream.

The heroine's subconscious was uneasy, and she transformed into a character to warn herself that the black-haired beauty is trouble and she cannot be allowed to stay here.

The next episode further confirmed my suspicions.

This is the story of another line. For the convenience of narration, I did not tell it together.

This handsome director was slapped because he didn't have enough "open mind" to reject investors. He was cheated again, was beaten by a mistress, and after the card went bankrupt, he drove to meet a mysterious "cowboy"

This paragraph plus the front, I fully suspect that there should be two parallel lines, and the male and female protagonists are dreaming separately.

Why is it judged that they are male and female protagonists, because as of the current plot, only the two of them are connected, one is the director and one actor.

And the others, some crappy killer (kill one for two and set off a siren or something), two inexplicable guests, and a mysterious chair boss, it feels confusing.

Back to the main thread.

I said that the original heroine was silly and sweet, but what happened next made me doubt the character of the heroine.

During the interview, I quickly felt that something was wrong. The director's hand was too close, almost touching the heroine's chest. But the heroine was still smiling the whole time, and I thought it was because I thought too much.

But during the actual interview, the two actors were almost rubbing each other's ears, even sticking to each other in the end. However, the heroine did not show the slightest discomfort and discomfort from beginning to end, and passed the performance perfectly.

She doesn't look like a Hollywood newcomer at all, and even accepts Hollywood's unspoken rules without a teacher.

Then he was taken to the studio and "love at first sight" with the director

After leaving the set, they went to find the brunette beauty's "Diane" identity. At this time, the heroine showed a very uncharacteristic point.

When she saw the corpse on the bed, her reaction was rather flat. This actually doesn't fit her image of a rookie who has just come to Hollywood since she was a child.

After the two were frightened, they got on the Harmony Express and calmed down their emotions. Then they went to watch an inexplicable musical and found a blue box, which happened to correspond to the previous key.

From here, I have basically decided that this whole scene should be a dream, and there is no possibility that the male and female protagonists have double dreams and double realities.

Because the male protagonist has no role since the "love at first sight" drama ended.

At this time, I began to wonder about the real identity of the heroine.

After opening Pandora's blue box, return to reality.

Almost all of them are stark contrasts.

In the dream, she is warm, sunny, smiling, and has a beautiful face and exquisite figure.

in reality,

She was bloated, her eyes were sunken, her face was haggard, and even her teeth were rotten. (The teeth surprised me, I went back to take a screenshot, I really admire the actors, this costume is also absolutely amazing)

The heroine is called Diane, and the black-haired beauty is the Camilla who was forced by the boss in the dream.

The next comparison should be clear to everyone, so I won't say that much, but will mention a few points that I am more concerned about.

The female protagonist loves Camilla deeply, and the male protagonist is a rival in love, so in the dream, the male protagonist encountered so many unpleasant things, was kicked out after eating soft rice, went bankrupt, and bowed his head to capital.

However, the heroine also arranged a "revenge" scene for him, so that the big and tall man crushed the mistress and his partner.

Arranging a scene of love at first sight for herself and him again, does it mean that she also had fantasies and longings for the director?

It may not refer to this person, but the success that this person can bring.

The Camilla in the dream was what she wanted in reality, so she lost her memory, was helpless, and had nothing to do with the director Baganzi. She completely relied on herself and loved herself.

But even so, even in the dream, the other party took the initiative to say "I want to kiss you", but there was no response to her love.

It can also be inferred that in reality, Camilla provoked her first, but Ruo Ruoli never gave a positive response.

Really "Dear Devil, Too Dangerous, Too Beautiful"

After the heroine's venting self-comfort, the phone rang.

pay attention to this

This is a neat trick. In the segment before the dream begins, green turns to black, then turns to yellow and red.

We also see black and red one by one through flashback mode shortly after the dream ends.

When Camilla takes the hostess to the party, pay attention

At the beginning, the black-haired beauty stumbled down the mountain alone, and at the end, the two walked up the mountain in pairs.

This bath, the description is the director's house.

In the dream, this house is his object, so he eats soft rice. In fact, the director is very successful.

And the bag in the dream is full of money, in fact, it can also be explained here, the heroine's desire for money.

Why is this bag on Camilla's side? The heroine subconsciously thinks that Camilla wants it.

Or in the heart of the heroine, Camilla can have no ID card in her bag, but she must have money. This is probably also an explanation in the heart of the heroine as to why they broke up.

The success of the rival in love further highlights her failure.

At this time, I remembered that she went to the interview with great success in my dream. Before that, the rival actor said something

Here, does "they speak quickly" also mean that they don't cooperate with this kind of harassment drama. And here, is it the memory of the heroine?

When she first came to Hollywood and couldn't accept this unspoken rule, was she the kind of actress they said "the lines are spoken too fast".

In the dream, she changed from cowardice, became mature and mature, and her acting skills were applauded.

When the heroine was looking for the killer, she said the phrase "this is the girl", which was repeated countless times at the beginning of the movie.

We have reason to suspect that the heroine has gone through countless drills before she can understate this sentence in front of the killer.

That is, she is not passionately hired to kill. There is no regret, Camilla has deeply hurt her self-esteem, causing her to no longer have the confidence to live.

The director's compromise in the dream is precisely the decision she finally made after countless hesitations in reality.

But at the same time, this sentence has also become her lingering nightmare, reminding herself over and over in her dream that this sentence is the beginning of all nightmares.

She looks fierce here, but I somehow thought of this

The woman who was standing on the street was full of scars but still smiled ingratiatingly.

At this moment, the heroine was full of bruises and bruises, and her face was fierce.

In fact, it is quite meaningful.

Can't tell which is sadder.

As for other things like cocoa, coffee, blue boxes, fear of the police, this kind of simple comparison between reality and dreams should be said by some people, so I won't go into details.

As for the "sunset boulevard" I mentioned at the beginning, it's an old movie from 1950 about an out-of-date female star who lives on the sunset boulevard.

The film should be a tribute, after all, this film is strictly a story about an actor's tragedy.

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One thing I think is more interesting is that the heroine had a kind old couple beside her when she first appeared in the dream, and this old couple finally became the heroine's life-threatening image.

Some people say that this old couple is the heroine's aunt, I think it is far-fetched, because her aunt exists in the dream, and she has more than one phone call. An image need not be divided into two beings. On the contrary, I think these two old people may be the embodiment of the outside world's eyes. Like the beginning of the dream, the heroine is innocent and kind, and the people who subconsciously hope to meet are also full of kindness. In the end, the heroine was subconsciously tortured because she couldn't bear the pain of killing her lover, so she naturally felt that everyone hated her and wanted to kill her.

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Mulholland Drive quotes

  • Betty: Mulholland Drive?

    Rita: That's where I was going!

  • Adam Kesher: What's going on Cynthia?

    Cynthia: It's been a very strange day.

    Adam Kesher: And getting stranger.