Traumatic memories of childhood

Carolyn 2022-04-19 09:01:20

What is the real situation of Diane? Two things, 1. I was sexually assaulted by my uncle when I was a child; 2. Now my acting career is extremely unsatisfactory.
Betty's audition line is actually what Diane experienced when she was a child. In the line, Betty said: "You are my dad's best friend...you will go to jail", and the old man he told the play said: "Don't stop". One hand touched Betty's ass, and then Betty said, "I'm going to kill you..." The old man replied grimly, "You'll go to jail..." In other words, young Diane didn't have any The way to resist the sexual assault of the father's good friend, neither complaining to the parents nor killing the strange sorrel.
After Betty and the old man's audition ended, a producer next to him commented that the story "It was forced maybe, but still humanistic." Isn't this the general attitude of society? Isn't that the reason why Diane's painful experience could not be made public, so she had to suppress it in her heart and vent it through her dreams?
From this perspective, we can solve the mystery of the blue key. In the fantasy, Betty buys a murder to kill, the hired killer said to Betty that you will get the blue key after the event is completed, and Betty asked: "What can you use this key to open?" The killer smiled and said nothing. In the end, after Betty opened the blue box with the blue key, what came out? What is that thing buried in the deepest part that even in a dream you don't want to face? Not Camilla, whom she was jealous of, but her aunts! Aunt and parents are chasing Betty! Diane couldn't stand the fear, and suddenly came back to reality and shot herself to death.

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Extended Reading
  • Michael 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    (about) the dream of the movie, (about) the movie of the movie. The dream itself is a metaphor for the film.

  • Pat 2022-03-22 09:01:14

    It is necessary to understand the position of the camera/viewing. It is not an objective narrator of a dream ("Game of Senses"), but the subject of the protagonist's consciousness in the dream (the "director" of the dream). The movement and editing of the camera constitute the subject of consciousness The sense of wandering (the image becomes “normal” after returning to reality), the editing between close-ups of different characters well conveys that all characters are a generation and branches of consciousness under the gaze of subject consciousness.

Mulholland Drive quotes

  • Cowboy: When you see the girl in the picture that was shown to you earlier today, you will say, "this is the girl". The rest of the cast can stay, that's up to you. But the choice for that lead girl is NOT up to you. Now... you will see me one more time, if you do good. You will see me... two more times, if you do bad. Good night.

  • Betty Elms: [Betty and Rita are in bed, about to have sex for the first time] Have you ever done this before?

    Rita: I don't know. Have you?

    Betty Elms: I want to with you.