https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja State your thoughts on Mulholland Drive en-us 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC 2021-10-20 11:01:30 UTC hello@padlet.com chandler_cgh https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968368 Although to me it was clear that the film was divided between Betty's dream world and her reality, I think it is counterproductive to keep analysing it. It could be a drug-induced fantasy, or even a personal reinterpretation of someone's life before they die, but it is a viewer-created film where you discover only what it means to you. (Jonathan Ross, Film 2002 and The Daily Mirror)]]> 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968368 chandler_cgh https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968369 I'm not a subscriber to the theory that the first half of the film is a dream and the second half reality because I think it's to easy. There was much more to it than that. Watching this film is a bit like a police investigation. There's lots of evidence, but in the end only some of the clues will be relevant. (Jane Douglas, BBC Online) ]]> 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968369 chandler_cgh https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968370 The movie is hypnotic; we're drawn along as if one thing leads to another but nothing leads to anywhere, and that's even before the characters start to fracture and recombine like flesh caught in a kaleidoscope. Mulholland Drive isn't like Memento, where if you watch closely enough you can hope to explain the mystery. There is no explanation. There may not even be a mystery. (Robin Lewis, The Guardian) ]]> 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968370 chandler_cgh https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968371 It seems to me that it is a collective dream - the clue is in the title. Mulholland Drive is a twisting, turning road that tells a story of the history of Hollywood. Lynch's favourite film is Sunset Boulevard, but this road tells a different story, one set at the edge of Hollywood. Much in the film seems to come from a previous time. The young woman, Betty seems to have come from another world. (Phillip French). ]]> 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968371 chandler_cgh https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968372 For me the first half is the dream of a failed starlet idealising herself as a talented ingénue with a beautiful young woman who loves her. Then, about two-thirds of the way through, she wakes up and is faced with reality; she is a failed actress who has been dumped by her lover and is working as a waitress. (Tom Charity, Time Out)]]> 2021-10-18 18:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandler_cgh/2v9t7p53rb32h0ja/wish/1824968372