Mulholland Drive (DVD)

What was that all about! Yes this is a typical reaction after watching a typical David Lynch film and Mulholland drive is no exception, but how does it stand up to his other great films like Blue Velvet or his even better excursion into TV land 'Twin Peaks'? THE PLOT Those of you who are familiar with my film review will know that I don't give away much when it comes to the story but in this case even if I did I don't think you'd be any clearer as to what is going on. The film about two women one Betty a newcomer to ...

David Lynch is one of those film-makers whose work I will always make an effort to go and see. He makes unique, challenging and often disturbing films. His last, The Straight Story, was something of a departure, being a simple, straightforward story. Mulholland Drive, a film that started life as a pilot for a TV series that never got made, and languished for a while until Lynch was offered the funding to turn the pilot into a feature film, is very much back to Lynch's more 'normal' weird and wonderful style. Mulholland Drive is a road in Los Angeles, between the valley and Hollywood. As the film starts, we follow a limousine along the road, with a ...

Well you all know by now that I am a little bit mental and it should come as no shock to you that I love absolutely weird movies. So when I read about a film called Mulholland Drive on the internet, being boasted that it was the oddest film around, I just knew I had to check it out. So of course I went out and bought it and what do you know I loved it so much I watched it twice in a row! The story The film starts off with a dance number. 50s music is playing and many couples are dancing together. Then we meet Rita, a woman who has just been in a car crash and has stumbled into an apartment building confused and disorientated. Betty is a young ...