Mulholland Road: Illustrating the deep desires of a frustrated person in the form of a dream

Dell 2022-04-21 09:01:20

This is a movie that I have been hoarding for a long time hhhh I finally watched it today. I saw a lot of people commented that I couldn’t understand it / the story was bland / I wanted to sleep / there was no logical connection, I hesitated whether it was worth watching or not. But after watching it, I still think it's worth it. To put it simply, you can’t watch this movie with the logic of watching movies. This is a stream of consciousness work. The first three quarters are dreams, which are virtual, and the last quarter is reality. . The dream is divided into several parts (in no order): ① Rita escaped into a villa with amnesia in a car accident and was taken in by Betty (the heroine). Betty is a warm and generous woman full of sunshine. She wants to help Rita, who is sad and timid, to find her memory, and the two fall in love for a long time. ②Betty came to Hollywood to "seek her dream". With her superb acting skills and unspoken rules, as well as the interpersonal circle of her uncles and aunts, she became a duck to water in the film and television circle. ③Adam is a director. In a heroine casting incident, he lost his job due to a disagreement with the investor. When he returned home, he found that his wife had an affair with a cleaner. In a rage, he destroyed his wife's jewelry. Loss... in short, it's miserable. ④Adam got another chance and met Betty during casting, fell in love with her at first sight, but "this is the girl" made Adam and Betty pass by, Adam was full of regrets. ⑤ A man often dreamed about a place called Yunqi, where a demon was staring at him, so he came to Yunqi, and sure enough, a monster appeared, and the man fainted on the spot (the so-called "monster" was just a dirty Just a beggar) ⑥ A killer killed a man, but because of his lame tactics, he caused a lot of trouble, accidentally shot the fat girl, killed the cleaner in the hallway, and shot the alarm... (I'm watching In this part, I thought it was a comedy hhhhh) There are some trivial plots in the dream, such as making phone calls, watching the theater, looking for "Diane"... I will mention it later. The above is the dream, and at 117min of the film, Diane was woken up, and the film was switched to reality. Here we need to sort out the corresponding relationship between the characters in the dream and reality: Diane in reality - Betty in dreams card in reality Mira - Rita in a dream Real Camilla's Boyfriend - Adam in Dreams In reality, Diane is an unremarkable little actor who failed an audition for the leading actress. Camilla got the role and became famous. After that, Diane and Camilla met and became good friends, with Camilla's help, Diane played small roles in some of her films (this is Diane's original words, but in my opinion Camilla only Diane as a gay couple, not as a real good friend, can also be said to be emotionless, just Diane's unrequited love). Camilla became the darling of the film company, while Diane took Camilla as her lover. In a big production movie, director Adam fell in love with Camilla at first sight, and Camilla became the heroine and Adam's girlfriend (here Diane was extremely jealous of the director, and could not accept Camilla's "empathy" Don't fall in love", jealous). After witnessing Camilla flirting with her boyfriend, she was in despair at home crying and zw, and then a phone rang, Camilla took Diane to her wedding with Adam, and an actress left at the banquet. Come over and kiss Camilla in Diane's face. Diane is devastated when she realizes that even the gay partner has been taken by someone else. Later, Diane hired a killer to kill Camilla, and the killer gave her a blue key and told her that she would get proof of Camilla's death from a beggar when it was done. Later, she found the beggar, got a blue box, opened it, and found the remains of Camilla. She ran home in fright, and saw her uncle and aunt chasing her fiercely in a trance. She realized that she had fallen into the abyss, and fell on the bed exhausted, and had a dream (this dream is the content of the first three quarters of the film …) When she woke up, she couldn’t forgive herself and shot herself. The above is the general content of the film, it seems that a quarter of the reality occupies more text hhhh (maybe Diane is so miserable that I can't help but write a little more) The following combines reality and dream: ① Diane is in love with Camilla in reality, but Camilla is a slutty and selfish woman, so Camilla's image in the dream Rita is a timid and reliant on Betty (Diane) The amnesiac, and finally fell in love with Betty; ② Adam was Camilla's boyfriend in reality, and Diane hated (taking Camilla away), so in the dream he became a debtor, an empty account, a wife A poor person who also has an affair with others; ③Diane's career is not very good in reality, so she is a dream-seeking girl in her dream, and she is prosperous in the entertainment industry, and even rises to the top through unspoken rules; ④Diane I got the blue box from the beggar. The beggar corresponds to the "devil" in the dream, which may be understood as a kind of "judgment" for himself, representing sin, ugliness, and a symbol of Diane's sinful side; ⑤ Diane kills Camilla has always been in a very uneasy state after her death, so having a man in the dream kills a person and triggers troubles one after another, implying the fact that Diane can't escape the crime. As for the part of the phone call, "the girl is still missing", "the same", and the phone in Diane's room rang, although it appeared in the first three quarters, but I personally think this part should be realistic, maybe After Diane hired a killer to kill Camilla, the police searched for her but couldn't find her... (I didn't understand much of this paragraph, please explain orz) Searching for "Diane" is to imply that the audience is not In reality, watching the theater implies that the dream is about to wake up, and Betty's violent shaking also implies that she will be awakened. Here we will borrow Freud's method of dream interpretation: ① Freud believed that dreams are the satisfaction of wishes, and the analytical formula of dreams is: dream = repressed desire + satisfaction in disguise. That is to say, dreams are always used to express a certain wish of the dream owner. It's just that even in a dream, in order to avoid some concerns at the level of the dream master's consciousness, the expression of wishes is not straightforward, but pretends to be so clear at a glance. ②Similar effect: Simply put, it is to substitute oneself into another person in a dream. This is mostly because we subconsciously lie to ourselves that "this is not me" in order to avoid some pressure, and let another person release pressure and realize our wishes on our behalf. The above are all opinions. If you have different ideas, you can discuss them. There are also some that I may think wrong and please correct me (*/∇\*)

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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.