Under normal circumstances, such complex genre dramas are usually marked "Based on a true story" or adapted from the original novel. But David Lynch-esque stories are always uniquely different. Friends who make movies say they don't like David Lynch because his movies are not very entertaining, so they are so mysterious that they don't even know what they want to say. Perhaps, applause and hits are not two things that can coexist, and for film practitioners, what they pursue is not only art, but also some elements of making a living. Filmmaking is first and foremost a profession, and there is no distinction between the high and the low-ranking professions I have been engaged in, like ordinary people. Therefore, the group of film critics will definitely not be able to make good movies from the perspective of the niche and critical. The things under the banner of popular literature and art are seen because ordinary people want to be arty, but they may not understand it. The real youth of literature and art are disdainful to see it because of the attribution of "popular". I can even imagine Mr. Lynch's expression after learning that such a film has won numerous nominations and awards at the Oscars, Caesars, Cannes Film Festival and more.
Pulling away, back to the original plot and hidden plot. It is nothing more than a dream supplement of people's lack and dissatisfaction in reality. However, in the eyes of normal people, fiction will still have cracks in the process of connecting with reality: when Rita and Betty came to the Spanish bar called Silent, they said: everything you see, hear, and feel is illusion. Such a positioning also echoes the theme of the film. At the same time, when the theme is revealed, it seems that the plot arrangement is about to be revealed - at least from the habitual narrative level, it is indeed the case:
When Betty, who has always been confident and strong in the dream, trembled when she heard the singing of the female singer, I knew: this is a watershed, and the climax is coming, and all the heavy realities are about to follow. By the way, I prepared a towel, and I was ready to cover my eyes when there were too sharp pictures - it belongs to the subconscious sequelae of Lynch's previous work "My Heart is Wild".
But fortunately, the follow-up development did not follow up as I imagined. The main line is simply that the person in the dream regains his real identity and draws an end to all relationships and intersections in a David Lynch-like manner. The real Diane (Betty in the dream) is a third-rate unlucky actor in Hollywood, who met the glamorous and charming Camilla (the amnesiac and weak Rita in the dream) in a draft, and became friends, and then became gay partners. But over time, Camilla became a star and developed a fiancee relationship with well-known director Adam. Diane stayed where she was, still where she was. So Camilla got tired of this kind of sex and wanted to make a break with Diane. But Diane was unwilling to hold back, so Camilla had to invite Diane to attend Adam's party and announced the news of their engagement.
Diane turned from love to hate because of love. So find a killer to assassinate Camilla. At the beginning of the film, the demon Danny sees on the side of the road is actually the killer who informs Diane that Camilla's dead hooker, a beggar. Danny was frightened to death by him, which proved that there would be something strange, Diane subconsciously did not dare to accept and admit this fact. And the blue box in his hand contained the proof of Camilla's death. When returning from the dream to reality, we saw that the camera shot into the blue box, but we still didn’t know what was in it. Whether it was a dream or reality, the blue box was opened by a blue key. Or, it can be understood here that Diane is unwilling to admit the fact that her lover Camilla has died, and by extension, it can be understood that Diane dare not face the fact that she bought the murderer and killed Camilla - how much deeper meaning is spoken by people, the director's Only he knows his true intentions. The comments that are often seen are also referring to the possibility of intercommunication of various humanities to gild the film. If it is posted well, it will naturally be accepted. But in any case, a film that can make people think, then it is quite successful.
The role conversion in reality and dream may be just Lynch's arrangement for the appearance and age and personality characteristics that the role should have. Diane met Adam's mother Coco at the engagement party of Adam and Camilla. She had a bad attitude, but in the dream she treated Betty's amiable landlady; A segment is also the only joke in the film); the road sign on Mulholland Road was actually passed by Diane at the engagement party of Adam and Camilla, but in the dream it became the position where Rita got off after losing her memory; Betty is excellent and confident, It is completely different from Diane in reality, but the origin of the name is the waitress of the coffee shop; Betty's uncle and aunt had a weird smile on their face when they left after making proper arrangements for Betty's life in Hollywood, and the camera switched to Betty is also the same (The soundtrack of this section is also quite weird, it may just be Diane's self-deprecating self-deprecating subconsciousness. And later, when they returned to reality, the two old men wore the same smile and waved their arms to force Betty into a corner. The real Diane woke up.), and their appearance is the two strange old couples that Diane met on the plane in reality; Betty participated in Adam's movie casting, and the final name of the heroine was Camilla, but in a dream The person named this name is only an actress under Adam; when Betty and Rita were looking for the person named Diane in the dream, maybe it was just Diane's subconscious looking for the real id who didn't want to accept the reality and escaped in the dream. Seeing the carrion also indicates that the dream is about to end and the reality is about to begin, and it also indicates the true ending of Diane: It was only after a long time that she was found rotting on the bed.
Character sets that create something with a plot, sometimes just to rationalize themselves, while focusing on echoes. Only then can all kinds of things that have been refined and extended by deep thought be derived. Some authors may have thought that some effects were added entirely by latecomers.
Naturally, there are many details in this film that are very interesting. If Lynch wants the audience to think about it patiently and seriously after watching it and his film has some turning points that people who pay attention to detail have watched many times, then His purpose can be said to have been achieved.
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