As a movie fan, you may either hate or love David Lynch. He is one of the few directors followed by a cult.
However, it's fair to say that his movies are decently suitable for course materials in film schools. Among his famous works, Mulholland Drive is definitely a great example. This film contains a wealth of montage stuff, clues, and symbols. In addition, he threw in some misleading and distracting threads to deceive the audience that would drive you nuts if you are eager to figure out what the heck he was doing. Pretty exciting, huh?
Unfortunately, he sort of overcooked this film. Yes, although he swtiched back and forth between dreams and reality like a veteran magician, I became less and less tolerant with his show-off. The film becomes drier and drier when you realize that he was not attmpting to make you feel touched. This is just an experiment.
Fortunately, Naomi Watts saved the world of Mulholland Drive. Her performance in the beginning was so pretentiously awkward. Alas, she was trying to tell you that she was a lousy actress-wannabe in the real life, but actually she was a talented rising star at Hollywood in her weirdest dream. Oh my god! As the story unfolds, you have already fallen in love with a devil, and you know it. Such a multi-layer performance is so precious and rare in the film history that you can forgive any flaw in this movie.
So, this is still a journey worth taking.
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