Mulholland DriveEssay Preview: Mulholland DriveReport this essayMulholland DriveIn the film “Mulholland Drive” directed by David Lynch in 2001 is reflected on by Hollywood and the city of dreams Los Angeles. In this movie David Lynch creates a “frightening and wonderful place, full of mystery and discovery, of hopes and fears, and dreaming”(Pg 11) for his audience. David lynchs films contain a great deal of mystery, and through surreal dream sequences, stylized vignettes, and oddball occurrences, David Lynch makes a profound statement about Hollywood, the city of lost dream, in his dark thriller, and formalistic film Mulholland Drive. In this movie David Lynch creates the three main themes with his main characters Betty Elms, Diane Selwyn, and Rita. David Lynch uses the themes of reality vs. dream world, the irresponsible dream making of Hollywood, and acceptance to show the audience exactly how the characters will come to discover their mysterious fate.
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Mulholland Drive is the culmination of the original Mulholland Films, a feature set in the fictional town of Mulholland Hills. It was released on May 1, 2010 and is also available as a DVD in Blu-ray or as a digital download on iTunes of Mulholland Drive.
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This original movie of the 1980’s film, based on a novel by the late David Lynch, is a sequel to Mulholland Drive and has a unique story and style. This unique version of Mulholland Drive contains a new setting, a new direction, a new setting, and an updated style of film that is a bit better for its time than the original. In the first few minutes of the film, the protagonist takes on the role of a character from a Hollywood script, who is trying to get closer to a lost girl while investigating a murder she claims happened some time in the past. From the beginning the story of the characters is pretty straightforward: a girl is finding her kidnapped, the people she meets back home are both murdered, and is soon revealed to be a killer. Despite the fact that the protagonist is pretty and easygoing with a lot of honesty, it becomes quite disturbing when he falls into a coma. It turns out that one of the murder detectives is actually a movie writer from California…the writer named Jim Henson… who wrote a very classic comedy and thriller film called The Secret of H.P. Lovecraft. In the short story it takes place in the early 1940s (i.e. the last years before the birth of the United States), in the year after the world was plunged into utter destruction. Henson writes the screenplay, his name is William Henson. The film begins in Mulholland Drive, where the four characters are confronted with their fate. The town in Mulholland Hills is known for its oddities, yet it’s a place where each of the four girls has a story, a way of coping with the situation they will be in, an alternate reality where they would spend their lives. It begins with an event that could have made it easier for the three women to escape their dreams. But after each night the four girls find that the men they meet through the town square have more control over this fate compared to other women we know today. The girls are also made to believe that Henson’s writing and storytelling has been used to get them to solve their lives, so the three girls are forced to have a child. Each of the daughters have lost another of their father’s friends to the story so they are forced to live in a strange world, while the women in Mulholland Drive have lost all their friends for good. The family members of the characters are very familiar with the strange things about the girls. The young girls become an interesting part of this story, with each of them being introduced as people who are like the girls they are telling the story of. One girl actually appears as a kind of villain because she is the sole exception and the main character. In addition, the story continues as the young girls find their own friends, and by the end of Mulholland Drive is all about this. M-D-T-B-T-L-L is an action-adventure movie based on a true story by David Lynch and co-written by John McClane, the best known director of horror movies like The Wolf of Wall Street and Ghost in the Shell. The film follows an ambitious young man named
The first time we see lynchs theme of reality vs. dream world come into play is when we are at Winkies. This is important because it is in the beginning of the movie and thus establishes right off the bat that lynchs movie will be leading down a confusing and mysterious path. Inside Winkies diner, Dan explains to Herb that he has had two dreams about Winkies that were the exact same both involving Herb. As soon as Herb leaves to pay the bill Dan realizes that he is no longer safe just like his dream, and becomes scared. We notice that once Dan leaves we see a shot of the mise en scene of his food. His food had not had been touched which is significant because it shows that he is actually scared and that his two dreams that he has had are turning into reality. The first time we meet Betty is when we see her leaving the airport. We find that Betty is wearing pink, the pink is significant because she is completely innocent at this point and has no clue what is going to happen to her. She arrives at the airport with two older folks; the older lady tells Betty to be careful and starts laughing. This shows us that she already knows what is going to happen to Betty, thus this tells us that these old people are related to the dream world. Another example of this is throughout the movie we do not know whether Betty Elms is real or if Diane Selwyn is real. We first see Dianes name at Winkies diner on the waitresses nametag. Once Rita hears the name Diane she realizes that she remembers something, this is significant because we learn that Rita already knows a Diane Selwyn so this tells us that it is not possible for Rita to be in a dream. In the other hand Betty doesnt realize that she is stuck in between a dream and reality. So this leaves Betty clueless and wanting more information. Another example is when Adam Kesher has a meeting with the “cowboy”. He is confused and wearing black with pink stains on his shirt. The color pink added to his shirt shows that he thought he had everything all figured out but in reality he really hasno clue and is feeling innocent and upset. Another shot we see is when Adam is casting all the women for the role we find that as soon as he sees Camilla Rhodes she is also wearing pink. This shows us that she is also innocent as Adam and Betty are and has no clue that she is guaranteed the part. As Adam Kesher calls out action for Camilla he lights up a cigarette, this is significant because it shows that he is corrupted, and acting mysterious. When the Castigliane brothers Luigi and Vincenzo sit down and discuss to Adam that Camilla Rhodes is the main girl for the movie. We learn that the brothers are also like the cowboy, they are part of the dream world that knows that Camilla Rhodes needs to play the part, only tricky part is for some reason they cannot do it without Adam.
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