It should be said that I understand 80%. With Rita opening the blue box as a boundary, we can divide the film into two relatively independent parts, the first part can constitute an ordinary story that adults can understand, but it is just a little boring; the latter part can also constitute an independent part The story, although the jump is relatively large, it takes a little brainpower to sort out the clues. The problem is that when the two are put together, some facts and timelines of the two stories contradict each other. My logic crashed directly and couldn't turn around for a while. In fact, it is very simple. There is only one truth. If there are several contradictory results for a certain object (do not make trouble with quantum theory), either one is true and the other is false, or one is real and the other is illusory, or one is reality. One is a dream. But I couldn't get out at the time, and the remaining twenty percent prevented me from fully understanding the film.
After reading it, I searched for movie reviews online, and I saw Crazy Diamond's "Take a Breath" on Time.com. Because I have read Freud's "Introduction to Psychoanalysis" before, so I understand it. If Freund's dream theory is introduced, all kinds of unexplainable things can be understood. And the reason why I believe this version of the analysis is that there are too many overlaps between the two stories before and after, and I can't think of any other self-consistent logic other than dream theory. As for how the reality and dreams in the film correspond and transform, many netizens have already analyzed them, and they are quite exciting, so I won't repeat them here.
If we accept the interpretation of this version of The Nightmare and go back and watch the film, you will be amazed by this film too. The interlacing of reality and dreams, various transformations, and finally the whole film is still a harmonious whole, which is incredible! Especially the application of dream theory is like the movie version of "Introduction to Psychoanalysis". No wonder Crazy Diamond sighs: If he didn't study Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams", then his IQ is at least 160 or above, or is this just David Lynch's own nightmare?
Since "Mulholland Drive" came out, there have been a flood of questions about the plot, but director Lynch has refused to confirm any interpretation of the plot's logic or character's meaning. This leaves the interpretation of the film still in an open state, and anyone can reserve their own opinion. Nightmare parsing is just one of the most successful versions.
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