What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

TheCunningStunt · 06-29-2010, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

I managed to successfully follow that film up until the girls went to that backstreet theatre or whatever the hell it was, and just totally lost it from there. Good film overall I'd say, but not one I'd particularly wanna watch again.

I've only seen it once, but I don't tend to watch amazing films over and over and to me, that's what Mulholland Dr was - amazing.

Guybrush · 06-29-2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I've only seen it once, but I don't tend to watch amazing films over and over and to me, that's what Mulholland Dr was - amazing.

What's so amazing about it?

TheCunningStunt · 06-29-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

What's so amazing about it?

The cinematography in the first half of the film was so subtly done, only on reflection you realise that the colours were vibrant and dream like, in the second half of the film it changes, it has a darker tone to it. I found that to be really great, the contrast of the first half to the second bit of the film. The acting was superb, Naomi Watts reached certain emotional levels and was really believable. It was edge of the seat stuff, there wasn't a moment where I switched off and it was a really trippy and surreal film, that for me makes an amazing film.

dankrsta · 06-29-2010, 10:53 AM

What I like about Mullholand Dr. and Lynch's other films, besides those visual, formal qualities that CunningStunt mentioned, is that themes in this film are not so obvious and in your face, they're not told, but you rather feel them on the intuitive level. That's not to say that you can't tell what this film is about. I thought that was clear by the end of the film. SPOILER: It's about the horrors of a lost soul trying to escape from facing the guilt. The first part of the film shows the ways she (Betty/Diane) is trying to do that through a perfect dreamworld. But eventually the cruel reality creeps in and she's forced to face it. It doesn't really matter whether this dream is taken literally or on a metaphysical level, the point is she's struggling to escape the reality.

Many people have understood this film as a puzzle that needs to be solved. But it's more than that, it's not even about the puzzle, that's just the narrative structure of the film. We're not really meant to solve it like some mathematicians or detectives, because it works on the level of dreams - it's loosely knit, associative and intuitive. That is not the same as something arbitrary with no meaning beneath all the artsy shit. In fact, with all the abstraction and spontaneity, Mullholand Dr. is a very consistent film all the way through. I guess part real in the word surreal actually means something.

For those who found this film confusing I suggest to watch it again. It can be very rewarding.
Sorry for the long post, I was inspired.

NumberNineDream · 06-29-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

What I like about Mullholand Dr. and Lynch's other films, besides those visual, formal qualities that CunningStunt mentioned, is that themes in this film are not so obvious and in your face, they're not told, but you rather feel them on the intuitive level. That's not to say that you can't tell what this film is about. I thought that was clear by the end of the film. SPOILER: It's about the horrors of a lost soul trying to escape from facing the guilt. The first part of the film shows the ways she (Betty/Diane) is trying to do that through a perfect dreamworld. But eventually the cruel reality creeps in and she's forced to face it. It doesn't really matter whether this dream is taken literally or on a metaphysical level, the point is she's struggling to escape the reality.

Many people have understood this film as a puzzle that needs to be solved. But it's more than that, it's not even about the puzzle, that's just the narrative structure of the film. We're not really meant to solve it like some mathematicians or detectives, because it works on the level of dreams - it's loosely knit, associative and intuitive. That is not the same as something arbitrary with no meaning beneath all the artsy shit. In fact, with all the abstraction and spontaneity, Mullholand Dr. is a very consistent film all the way through. I guess part real in the word surreal actually means something.

For those who found this film confusing I suggest to watch it again. It can be very rewarding.
Sorry for the long post, I was inspired.

^Exactly.
Great post btw.

dankrsta · 06-29-2010, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

^Exactly.
Great post btw.

Well, thank you. Sometimes, when I write these posts longer than I intend, I wonder if anyone will read it.
Good to know that at least a Lynch fan will.

TheCunningStunt · 06-29-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

Well, thank you. Sometimes, when I write these posts longer than I intend, I wonder if anyone will read it.
Good to know that at least a Lynch fan will.

I read it too!

dankrsta · 06-29-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I read it too!

Great

. Are you also a Lynch fan, or you just like Mulholland Dr?

TheCunningStunt · 06-29-2010, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

Great

. Are you also a Lynch fan, or you just like Mulholland Dr?

Lynch fan, but I think Mulholland Dr is my favourite of his films. Though I did like Blue Velvet.

dankrsta · 06-29-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Lynch fan, but I think Mulholland Dr is my favourite of his films. Though I did like Blue Velvet.

I think my favorite is Lost Highway with Mulholland Dr. and Eraserhead very closely behind it, although I love all of his films (well, maybe not Dune). And I absolutely loved Twin Peaks series.

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dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	What I like about Mullholand Dr. and Lynch's other films, besides those visual, formal qualities that CunningStunt mentioned, is that themes in this film are not so obvious and in your face, they're not told, but you rather feel them on the intuitive level. That's not to say that you can't tell what this film is about. I thought that was clear by the end of the film. SPOILER: It's about the horrors of a lost soul trying to escape from facing the guilt. The first part of the film shows the ways she (Betty/Diane) is trying to do that through a perfect dreamworld. But eventually the cruel reality creeps in and she's forced to face it. It doesn't really matter whether this dream is taken literally or on a metaphysical level, the point is she's struggling to escape the reality. Many people have understood this film as a puzzle that needs to be solved. But it's more than that, it's not even about the puzzle, that's just the narrative structure of the film. We're not really meant to solve it like some mathematicians or detectives, because it works on the level of dreams - it's loosely knit, associative and intuitive. That is not the same as something arbitrary with no meaning beneath all the artsy shit. In fact, with all the abstraction and spontaneity, Mullholand Dr. is a very consistent film all the way through. I guess part real in the word surreal actually means something. For those who found this film confusing I suggest to watch it again. It can be very rewarding. Sorry for the long post, I was inspired. __________________ Last.fm