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Mulholland Drive David Lynch 2001

David Lynch Jimmy Stewart from Mars Home grown surrealist Tension, Mood, Sensation of work stands out Lynchian

Violent Essence of American Life Transforms nightmares into pleasurable experience Devious humor, stylistic excess, and earnestness blended together Dread of women Disconnected series of images and moods

Nothing in Life is fixed (Movies, characters, aren’t fixed) Believes that ideas come from outside of us Born in Montana in to “normal parents” Enjoyed idealistic rural life, but knew “there was something else under the surface” Studied painting in Philadelphia Became anxiety ridden about the urban squalor and violence in the large city

Studied at the American Film Institute The Grandmother 1971 Eraserhead 1972 (Released in 1977) Took several years to complete The Elephant Man, Oscar Nomination Dune, Expensive Fiasco Blue Velvet “The Hardy Boys go to hell” Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway

no objective reality Betty is the dream of the actress Diane Narrated (like William Holden in Sunset Blvd) from Diane after her death Dark view of the ruthlessness of Hollywood--but told not as a linear narrative, but as a nightmare Thematically, the film says the same thing as Sunset Blvd, but in a different way (the perils of basing your life on something false) Mulholland drive 2001

Diane depends on Camilla in real life and the tables are turned with Rita and Betty-- Betty is also achieving fast success in Hollywood while Diane struggles In the second half we see the elements of the first half reversed Doesn’t use terror to drive the plot, but emotion-- with nothing conventional to cling to

There is no band Whatever story the film chooses to tell, the sadness behind it will always be there, a 'tape recording' that will continue whatever identity a character chooses to take. Crucial Scene

Funding ill-fated ABC pilot Developed for the 1999–2000 TV season Large portion of the film was shot with Lynch's plan to keep it open-ended for a potential series (events left open to interpretation) 8 Million for the Pilot 7 million of additional French funding Budget: $15,000,000 Gross Revenue: $20,112,339 Mary Sweeney unsung hero?