SPOILERS
Somebody commented here that nobody is supposed to understand this movie. It's just David Lynch's weird mind and it's
not supposed to make any sense. That's bull. This movie has a
very particular (and very very good) story line that is 100%
understandable if you can do one thing; you have to understand
the sequence of events that Lynch twisted around so much. For
the convenience of everyone reading this (and anyone dying to
understand this movie) I have set up the sequence of events as I
understand them. Watch the movie again, and pay attention to the
10 keys that Lynch provides. Print this out if you need to : )
Sequence of Events in Mulholland Dr. (according to wicket_saic@hotmail.com)
1. Diane wins the Jitterbug contest. Her family (the old man and
old woman) is there and cheers for her. (this is much earlier than
any of the rest of the movie. years possibly)
2. Camilla and Diane fool around on the couch (notice the
ashtray). Camilla says that they shouldn't do that anymore.
3. Camilla and the director talk and kiss in the car for the movie. 4. Diane gets a phone call and is told to get in the limo. She is
dropped of at the bottom of the directors house. The dinner scene
occurs in which she finds out that her lover Camilla and the
director are getting married.
5. Diane sits in a restaurant with the hit-man and tells him to kill
Camilla.
6. Diane returns home and feels guilty.
7. She falls asleep on the pillow.
8. Diane has a long dream. What happens in this dream is
coming from guilt and the people surrounding her life. The
director who is getting married to her x-lover has a terrible life. Her
x-lover loves her again. Diane is an amazing actress and does a
great job. The part with the men in the restaurant and the monster
is all just a part of the dream. The cowboy has nothing to do with
the movie for the most part. He was just seen by Diane at one
point and he stuck with her so he's in her dream. Her dead aunt
shows up. She mixes up names just like everybody often does in
dreams. None of this is real. There are many things her dream
feeds off of... to many things to try to explain. The dream begins
with Camilla (Rita) in the car and ends with the cowboy waking her
up. That is all within her dream.
9. A knocking wakes Diane up. It is her neighbor looking for the
rest of her belongings. She picks up her ashtray (notice the blue
key) and says that there are detectives looking for Diane.
10. While making coffee, Diane thinks she sees Camilla (who
she just had killed). Its just a daydream.
11. Diane goes and sits on the couch and stares at the blue key.
Someone is knocking (I think that this could be the detectives
looking for Diane). The little people are her family representing
her conscience. She gets scarred of the knocking and the
haunting visions of her loved ones and she runs into her room
and shoots herself.
THE END
This is the order in which the movie plays out. See why it's so
confusing?
1, 7, credits, 8, 9, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 end credits
Hope this helps everyone and please stop saying that this movie
has no point and its just a bunch of thrown together scenes. It has
a very definitive purpose and meaning. You just have to do some
thinking to figure it all out.
********* 9 stars *********
Somebody commented here that nobody is supposed to understand this movie. It's just David Lynch's weird mind and it's
not supposed to make any sense. That's bull. This movie has a
very particular (and very very good) story line that is 100%
understandable if you can do one thing; you have to understand
the sequence of events that Lynch twisted around so much. For
the convenience of everyone reading this (and anyone dying to
understand this movie) I have set up the sequence of events as I
understand them. Watch the movie again, and pay attention to the
10 keys that Lynch provides. Print this out if you need to : )
Sequence of Events in Mulholland Dr. (according to wicket_saic@hotmail.com)
1. Diane wins the Jitterbug contest. Her family (the old man and
old woman) is there and cheers for her. (this is much earlier than
any of the rest of the movie. years possibly)
2. Camilla and Diane fool around on the couch (notice the
ashtray). Camilla says that they shouldn't do that anymore.
3. Camilla and the director talk and kiss in the car for the movie. 4. Diane gets a phone call and is told to get in the limo. She is
dropped of at the bottom of the directors house. The dinner scene
occurs in which she finds out that her lover Camilla and the
director are getting married.
5. Diane sits in a restaurant with the hit-man and tells him to kill
Camilla.
6. Diane returns home and feels guilty.
7. She falls asleep on the pillow.
8. Diane has a long dream. What happens in this dream is
coming from guilt and the people surrounding her life. The
director who is getting married to her x-lover has a terrible life. Her
x-lover loves her again. Diane is an amazing actress and does a
great job. The part with the men in the restaurant and the monster
is all just a part of the dream. The cowboy has nothing to do with
the movie for the most part. He was just seen by Diane at one
point and he stuck with her so he's in her dream. Her dead aunt
shows up. She mixes up names just like everybody often does in
dreams. None of this is real. There are many things her dream
feeds off of... to many things to try to explain. The dream begins
with Camilla (Rita) in the car and ends with the cowboy waking her
up. That is all within her dream.
9. A knocking wakes Diane up. It is her neighbor looking for the
rest of her belongings. She picks up her ashtray (notice the blue
key) and says that there are detectives looking for Diane.
10. While making coffee, Diane thinks she sees Camilla (who
she just had killed). Its just a daydream.
11. Diane goes and sits on the couch and stares at the blue key.
Someone is knocking (I think that this could be the detectives
looking for Diane). The little people are her family representing
her conscience. She gets scarred of the knocking and the
haunting visions of her loved ones and she runs into her room
and shoots herself.
THE END
This is the order in which the movie plays out. See why it's so
confusing?
1, 7, credits, 8, 9, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 end credits
Hope this helps everyone and please stop saying that this movie
has no point and its just a bunch of thrown together scenes. It has
a very definitive purpose and meaning. You just have to do some
thinking to figure it all out.
********* 9 stars *********