Do we love the films ofDavid Lynchbecausetheyre confusing, or is it just an added perk of our adoration?
By the time the credits roll, however, you might just be left with a huh?
The movie seems simple enough for the first two hours.
From here, the camera becomes sporadic, the images blurry.
Rita is actually Camilla Rhodes, the famous film actor who played the lead role inThe Sylvia North Story.
In reality, Diane is a failed actress resorting to bit roles acquired solely through her friendship with Camilla.
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When the dream world inevitably crashes upon itself and reality becomes too difficult to bear, she commits suicide.
But what about the hysterical elderly couple, or the frightening homeless man behind Winkies?
Each serves as an important psychological symbol in Dianes dream and a crucial component to understandingMulholland Drive.
They are no longer happy but terrifying.
Her dreams of success were just that: dreams.
The truth is too brutal to bear, and she cannot escape it.
This translates in the real world to Dianes inability to accept the truth.
The ugliness of her crime is similarly too scary for her to bear.
She is finally allowed peace with the final silencio.
David Lynchseems to like keeping his films a mystery.
