Mulholland Dr. [2001 film]
by David Lynch (Director, Screenwriter)
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A beautiful woman riding in a limosine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles away from the accident and meets up with a plucky ingenue new to L.A. But are things really as they seem?Tags
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A difficult film, like every Lynch film. Parts were hilarious, in a Twin Peaks vein.
A love story in the city of dreams . . . Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project. David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium, a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other."
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Originally filmed in 1999 as a TV pilot, "Mulholland Dr." was rejected. The next year, David Lynch received money to film new scenes to make the movie suitable to be shown in theaters. He did so - and created one of his bizarre and nightmarish essays. Betty (Naomi Watts) is a perky blonde who's staying in her aunt's apartment while she auditions for parts in movies. She finds Rita (Laura Elena Harring) in her aunt's apartment and decides to help her. You see, Rita's lost her memory. She has no clue who she is. She takes her name, Rita, from a "Gilda" poster in the bathroom. So the two set out to discover who Rita really is. David Lynch has been known for making some weird movies, but this film is the definition of weird. It's bizarre, show more nightmarish, and absolutely indescribable. It's like a dream captured on film. By the 100-minute point, the film has become extremely confusing Is this your type of film? Well, that depends. You'll need to be patient with the film, and probably watch it a second time to pick up the many clues Lynch has supposedly left throughout the movie. I did so. I really couldn't pick up any clue, though. show less
Jan 5, 2026English (UK)
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David Lynch is an American filmmaker, director, musician, painter, and photographer, born in Montana in 1946. His feature films and television series include Eraserhead (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), show more Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006). He was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, 10 BAFTA (winning 3 for The Elephant Man and 1 for Mulholland Drive), and 13 Golden Globes. He is the co-author of Lynch on Lynch (with Chris Rodley), and Room to Dream: A Life in Art (with Kristine McKenna). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Mulholland Dr. [2001 film]
- Original title
- Mulholland Dr.
- Alternate titles
- Mulholland Drive
- Original publication date
- 2001-05-16
- Important places
- Los Angeles, California, USA; California, USA
- Related movies
- Mulholland Dr. (2001 | IMDb)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine with Robert Hayden's “Frank DeMarco” mystery novel of the same title; they are not the same work.
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- DDC/MDS
- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
- LCC
- PN1997 .M854 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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- 5 — English, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
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