Mulholland Dr (Lynch, 2001): Prince Charles Cinema, 1.15pm
Harvard Film Archive introduction:
"Like Billy Wilder’s film named after another iconic Hollywood street, Mulholland Drive
tells a sordid tale of the industry of illusion and its boulevards of
broken dreams – but for David Lynch, these dreams fold into dreams within
dreams within dreams. Originally intended as a pilot for a television
series, Lynch’s möbius riddle was rejected by TV executives. In
restructuring it for the silver screen, Lynch crafted one of his finest
masterworks. When the perky, wholesome Betty Elms lands in Hollywood
for what could be her big break, she meets “Rita,” an ostensible femme
fatale who is rendered identity-less because of amnesia from a car
accident. Lynch’s (and Hollywood’s)
dazzling dream factory sets to work with mysterious objects, startling
visions, amusing detours and revelatory alterations in acting styles and
character identities. The noir cracks open and gives way to a
multi-toned, terrifyingly beautiful hallucination that is as much a
complex reflection on Hollywood
as it is an endlessly transforming psychological puzzle. Cinematic
archetypes – including all versions of the female presented or rejected
by Hollywood
– double, reflect and regenerate into uncanny metaphors in Lynch’s
subconscious minefield where the fluid layers of identity, nostalgia,
desire, deception and projection could be in the minds of the
characters, the audience, or a complete fabrication by dark, unknown
forces behind the scenes … or well beyond."
There's a terrific piece on the movie written which you can find here by Robert Bright in The Quietus.
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