Now Lynch too can also understand the story.

conclusion of the movie dream : 2 hours reality : 20 minutes

This is like the only movie I’ve ever seen where the big twist of it all being a dream was actually incredibly clever and not a cheap gimmick

Still my favorite Lynch film. There's something so cozy about the first half, like you feel as if it's going to go on forever. Then when it takes that dark turn so suddenly and everything starts crashing down it leaves you feeling so cold. But I keep rewatching it to get that cozy feeling again even though I know it's going to end badly.

Thank you. My simple brain did not understand the movie at all

Awesome analysis of an amazing film! Just an extra thought: The hitman tells Diane she will find his calling card where he told her. I always thought (always as in after the first 3-4 viewings of the film) that the location was behind the dinner where the rag-man in the dream dwells. The jump scare that terrified us all was not a cheap gimmick. It represents Diane's terror when she finds the key and realizes what she has become. A monster

The box is like Pandora’s box - all the horror comes out when it’s opened

Mulholland Dr. is the only movie that has made me turn my face away from the screen due to fear. The tramp jump-scare scene is terrifying

I would add that in the real world, Adam Kesher is the one who Camilla ended up marrying. Diane's jealous resentment of him explains why he is treated so badly in her dream. He has an absolutely horrible day. He's bullied by shadowy mob-like figures, the casting of his movie is taken out of his control, he is cuckolded by his wife, he is knocked to the floor by her wife's lover, his finances are frozen, leaving him near penniless, his very life seems to be threatened by The Cowboy. Diane, by turning his life upside down in her dream, subconsciously gets her revenge on him in spades.

I dont think even the actors of this movie ever understood what their roles were meant!!

Still bitter that Naomi Watts wasn't nominated for an Oscar for this.

Whenever I revisit this analysis, I feel the urge to give a standing ovation at the end

Great explanation. I only want to add two things that I think you missed. I understood the elderly couple to be her parents whom she's disappointed. The role they play fits perfectly with that interpretation. And the second, I think even more brilliant, is that this isn't a drug induced stupor. She already shot herself in the first seconds of the film... The falling onto the red bed is after the gunshot. The whole silencio scene and the singing voice after the woman is dead clearly say this. There is no band, but the music is playing. Her mind is still lingering on, but she is already dead...

That old couple looked like they were having the BEST time

this is the review. if you do good again you will see me posting one more time on your threads. if you do bad you will see me two more times.

Since 2001, I have seen the film at least 20 times...this video was just like summing up all the conclusions I came to all these years and putting them in order! This is definitely one of the best Mulholland Drive analysis out there, excellent work LondonCityGirl!

i saw the movie yesterday and i will see it again after this video , anyways the scene of the guy behind the wall Fucked my heart up ! terrifying AF !

*david lynch claps in thr background 👏*

This is beautifully done - thank you. A few people below have suggested a worthwhile point also articulated by other theorists about the film: Betty's audition strongly implies sexual abuse by an older man in a position of trust, presumably the grandfather figure we meet at the airport, who later chases her to her death. I think the film means to imply that Diane's ability to love was crippled by this experience, and that explains the ugly ending to her love of Camilla, and her own intense self-hatred ("I hate you. I hate us both.") - portrayed as literal sexual self abuse in the masturbatory couch scene. Diane's hallucinatory reimagining of her love of Camilla strips away all of this painful trauma so that the simple fact of her love can be purified, but it can only accomplish this by stripping Camilla herself of her identity and agency, rendering her utterly dependent on Betty; this need to infantilize the object of her desire in order to express her love is a sign of how deeply Diane was traumatized by her sexual abuse, while also alluding, rather uncomfortably, to the circumstances of her own childhood trauma. In her dream, Betty honors that love by fleeing the audition with Adam Kesher without ever trying out for the part, as she did not do in real life, at the moment where her self-love collided with her love for Camilla. Thank you again!

The movie portrays the subconscious part of the mind so brilliantly, blew me away when I found out that the story is Diane's dream

I think you summed it up beautifully. I could add a few things: 1) Through the series of ringing phones via the 'Hollywood mob' one man is caught saying 'Her name is Camilla Rhodes. The director doesn't want her' symbolizing Diane's desire for Kesher to have no interest in Camilla personally or professionally. 2)The love scene between Betty and Rita I believe symbolizes Diane's true feelings and desires about Camilla. Compared to the memory on the couch that was more about seduction and control, this scene was much more connecting and genuine. 3)The tramp behind the Winkies dumpster and the old couple I believe are personifications of emotions and consciousness. We see late in the film how the tramp is holding the blue box (which I believe symbolizes the ugly truth of it all) and suddenly drops it, spilling out the old couple. I believe they symbolize guilt and shame. Through the start of the dream, Betty says goodbye to the couple, happy and excited to be starting this new fantasy journey. The couple is then seen grinning suspiciously in the cab as if saying to each other 'She can run but she can't hide. We'll get her soon.'. Once the blue box is open and she wakes up (physically and mentally) to the reality of what she's done, Guilt and Shame come sneaking back in to haunt her. They together (yet inseparable [like an old married couple) are too much for Diane to handle, which quickly results in Diane's suicide.

Very good analysis of this great film. I really think the moment where Betty and Diane are at the Silencio club and Betty starts shaking after hearing the thunder might be an exact moment of the gun firing as she's committing suicide on her bed. Thus her fantasy would've started after the blue key was given to her by the killer she'd hired (meaning the real Diane is dead) and would continue for a little longer after the shot. Although the duration of pre- and post-shot dreams would not match with the real life- it's understandable that in her fantasy time goes by in a much slower pace. My interpretation is that the first two hours of the movie which are basically her fantasy- are transpiring moments before the shot while the Silencio club scene sets stage for moments after the shot while her brain's consciousness is fading away. This can also explain why the very last scene is the woman with blue hair (blue = death) saying silence for the real Diane...

This movie is a masterpiece in every way possible Lynch created a nonlinear narrative which is unsettling and vicious at the same time.A must watch

6:25 this is what i felt for the entire front half of the film. it disturbed me so much. i almost cried at the jumpscare of the person that appeared from behind the wall in the guy's explanation of dreams

Great analysis, very helpful. I was clueless after finishing the movie...

Awesome analysis! A thing I noticed is that the script that Betty and Rita are reading together can be interpreted as a reflection on Diane's situation with Camilla. In the beginning, she says: "why are you still here". As in Diane saying: why am I stilling thinking about, why can't I just forget about you. Another reason for this could be that she ordered the hit on Camilla so it pains how to think about her. The part where she says: "Get out before I kill you", and Rita responds "But then they'll put you in jail". Can also be seen as a foreshadowing or a hint to Diane putting a hit on Camilla, on her fear of going to jail for it. Also at the very end of the dialogue, she says "I hate you, I hate us both", which again could be a reflection of how she feels about Camilla. She hates Camilla because she broke her heart, but she also hates herself, because of what she has become

For the first few viewings I didn't connect to just how tragic this story is. I needed to understand it first, then internalise it, and then react to it. It's also universal in that we all can understand the loss of dreams, the unfulfillment of out potential, wishing we could change our narrative, wanting to be someone else, and unrequited love. For a film that is so seemingly impenetrable it carries a massive amount of emotional weight and intensity, once you connect with it.

I gained new respect for Naomi Watts after watching this film. I always thought her to be a good actress, but not amazing, but her performance in this film changed my mind. I would say she deserves more recognition in the film industry, but then she may be one of those actresses who is quite happy to just act for the sake of loving what she does. However, I would like to see her in more dramatic roles.

Wow! I saw the film just as you did, and you explain it so well! You point out the little moments of Diane's dreaming where reality seems to want to butt in and wake her. None is more disturbing (in my mind) than the "someone's in trouble!" scene: the "crazy" neighbor Louise Bonner is actually the one speaking the truth. She declares Betty is not Betty. She frets that someone else (eyeing Camila) is in trouble. And the look of terror on Rita's face proves the whole interruption is as ominous as it sounds.

Great analysis! I also noticed that Hitman's eyes change colour: in reality he has two blue eyes, but in fantasy portion of the film he has one blue and one brown eye. I think it symbolizes the combined personalities and personas of Betty and Rita being one. I also like the fact of the same cups from the diner reappearing throughout the film.

Lynch's masterpiece. No question in my mind. Lost Highway approaches it, but in the end, Mulholland Drive leaves it in the dust.

David Lynch really took the longest road possible to say that some actresses are delusional.

this is the most coherent interpretation i have ever heard about mulholland drive. u r def a genius in film analysis... i watched it a lot of times. the first time was years ago in a graduate media studies course about film analysis and even the professors were not able to solve it like this! thanks for the interpretation!

One of the greatest cinematic achievements ever! I believe this is one of my favourite films.

Thought out very well and articulated in a way that makes the impossible easy to comprehend. I don't have a clue how you and people like you figured it out. I swear that I could have watched this movie a thousand times and never understood it! :)

Brilliantly done! I think there’s also a underlying story about abuse. From the directors “don’t play it until it’s real” line in Diane’s casting scene, the Guido Reni painting of Beatrice Ceni who was abused by her father and had him killed but was executed for her crime, the lines delivered by Keschers wife and Gene the pool boy (gene pool), and Betty’s ill-fitting pink cardigan.

The blue box may symbolize the exit to reality. That's why characters disappeared from the dream after they opened it. In the last scene, we see the box next to the gun in the drawer meaning she had a choice to accept her reality but she chose to end her life instead

BRAVO! *standing ovation* That's high level fully covered, but would be great to see a follow up video on some movie details.

The more I think about this film, the better it gets in my opinion. The way the film gave us Betty as this sweet naïve foreign woman and slowly transformed her into a horrible monster corrupted by fame, emotional immaturity, and her own delusions was so much to take in that I needed to sleep on the movie a few times to really understand it. Diane is one of the most intriguing villains I've ever experienced in film with this film's twist being akin to that of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

The Funny part is that I won't need to watch Mulholland Drive multiple times because After watching the movie for the first-time, I right away came here

I just watched Mulholland Drive today, and am now seeking out analyses of the film to give me some idea as to what the hell I just watched. I actually had no idea there could be such a clear meaning to the story. When watching Lynch I generally take the attitude of "okay, I'm about to be seriously weirded out". This is a fantastic analysis, and shows that parts of the film had far more significance than I realised. So many connections I never made. Thanks for this!

That's great. I disagree with a few things, but our differences mainly revolve around your analysis of Rita-Camilla (R-C) and where dreams and reality are separated. I first saw this film at Clapham Picture house in 2001. I loved it, didn't understand it, didn't mind that I didn't understand it, and was in no hurry to. I went home, went to sleep. I was pretty sure that the dark haired woman was the main character. The next morning I'm on the tube and in a flash the whole thing hit me: the dark haired woman isn't real, and the film is the story of a failed actress who commits suicide. It's the story of a broken dream, in a dream world, told through a dream. (Regardless of what you think of my following analysis below, I think you'll agree that was a pretty impressive revelation to have during a commute on the Northern Line - all before changing at Vauxhall!) Ahem... So, imho... 1) There are only two moments of actual, pure reality in this film: the pillow at the start, and the gunshot at the end. Everything we see takes place between those two moments. (All the information we see is a dream state - elements of memory and fantasy woven together, telling the story of a shattered dream). .... 2) To me Rita-Camilla (R-C) is the embodiment of who Diane wishes she was - her opposite: more successful, more beautiful, someone who is able to succeed without hard work and talent - and as such she appears as Diane's physical opposite. But as we see later on, when R-C wears the blonde wig that they are indeed the same person... Why am I convinced that R-C isn't real? The dinner party. The dinner party is the climax of Diane's realisation of the truth of her situation in Hollywood: She has failed, and the cards are stacked against her. She arrives to this dinner party in the limo, but she's only allowed in because her fantasy alter ego R-C sneaks her in. 'A shortcut' R-C tells her... Diane is able to use that hidden shortcut that the effortlessly successful R-C uses, and Diane gets access the fancy party. Diane knows she wouldn't be allowed in the main entrance on her own. She has to be snuck in, through the back, with the help of her magic friend, though a secret passage. At the start of the film. we see R-C in the same Limo. This is just a version Diane sees of herself, a version she created as a fantasy and now wants to kill off, but can't. (More on this later). The dinner party should not be trusted as 'reality', but a dream within a dream. By the time we get to the dinner party, we have already seen that Hollywood is a dream, where hopefuls dream of success - we are in a dream within a dream. We have also seen, though Diane's incredible audition scene, that an actor's performance is a kind of alternate reality. And not only is she surrounded by actors (when are we not acting?) but we too are watching actors. In that amazing audition scene, Lynch holds the inner workings of a film up to our faces: 'This is an actor! This is not real! You are watching actors! This is a film! This is not real - but... it's all you have.' (btw: I like very much your reading of us the audience having 'done wrong' by supporting this exploitative industry - that hadn't occurred to me and I think it's brilliant) :) ... ok... moving on: Diane's hit on R-C is a hit on herself - it is her suicide. Kill the dreamer and you kill the dream. There is no actual sexual relation with Rita-Camilla, as R-C doesn't exist - she is, literally, a masturbatory fantasy that Diane has. Diane's shame is not from killing her friend, but of killing dreams - her failure, and the knowledge that she will never succeed - the cards are stacked against her, her life will only go from bad to worse. In fact, we see Diane picture these scenarios: 1) The real Camilla, Camilla Rhodes is physically similar to Diane. Diane is brilliant but there is someone who seems like an alternate version of her who, for some inexplicable reason, will get the role. That's the hard reality. 2) Diane also sees versions of her she thinks are worse... her fears: She see the waitress in Winkies (winkies = sleepy time).. The cliche for an out of work actor is of course to become a waitress - this waitress shares her name and looks physically similar to Diane. It is a symbol that being a waitress is the best Diane can hope for. But it's not the worst that can happen... 3) On another occasion, Diane dreams of another woman who also has a physical resemblance to her - another possible life path even worse than being a waitress at Winkies: a street prostitute. This woman is moving toward the back of Winkies - moving toward the ultimate fear we have seen represented by the homeless tramp who appears un-human. But she is stopped from reaching that terrible end by jumping in the hitman's truck, the hitman who Diane pays to kill her fantasy - again: If there is no fantasy, there is no failure. Diane is no longer in control of her fantasy creation of R-C - and instead of Diane living her dream of success vicariously through R-C, R-C has become another poisonous rival that will rob Diane of her realising her ambitions. Even Diane's own fantasy has turned against her. The dream has become a nightmare, and the dreamer can only awake into another dream. Gosh how did that cowboy get in my bedroom? .... Yep, it's time for dinner. When R-C and Camilla Rhodes kiss at the dinner party - the joining of two realities. The world of C.R., where Diane loses, and the world of R-C, where Diane has also lost. RC and CR kiss, the lipstick joins them as one, and Adam, the director who represents the key to Diane's dreams, says 'Sometimes good things happen'.. A tragic and cruel irony - as Diane now sees that it doesn't matter which reality she's in - she'll never make it. Not in the real world of CR or the fantasy world of RC - The cards are stacked against her. Club Silencio anyone? With the audition scene, Lynch shows us the mechanism of the film. In Club Sliencio, he shows Diane that she's been believing in a fiction. Yes... It was all a dream...

The director Mike Nichols was asked what happens when we die. He answered, "We wake up in our dreams."

This is by far the best and most satisfying analysis of one the most important films ever made. I feel your explanations answer many of the questions I've been grappling with ever since I saw Mulholland Drive for the first time. (and countless times ever since). They address all the issues I've not been able to solve for myself - so thank you!

Such a good analysis, my ideas were somewhat inline with yours but much more hazy. Could you do Inland Empire someday? that film really has me stumped.

I recently re-watched this movie and I noticed something else. In the dream portion the hit man has one blue eye and one brown eye but later in the second part of the movie when we see Diane with the hit man, both of his eyes are blue. I don't really know what it could mean but I just thought it was odd.

Wonderful analysis! My favorite thing about Lynch's work is that the interpretation of the story is up to the viewer. There are so many unexplained story elements and loose ends, that it welcomes many possible explanations and interpretations. There are no wrong answers.

Two things that struck me: 1: Llorando. 2: How sweet and adorable Naomi Watts is in the dream/fantasy/hallucination and how hard-core and scary she is in the 'reality'. It made me wonder how many adorables would scare me if I ever saw their real faces.

I think the old couple symbolized her grandparents who knew she would fail because she wasn't good enough, and told her that. She felt she even lost her own grandparents in the end because they were laughing at her. Like an "I told you so".

Great analysis. Regarding the bungled hit scene, I think its more a manifestation of Diane's fear of getting caught rather than her hope that Camilla survived. Its a paranoid nightmare based on a chain of unexpected witnesses. For a while, it was my least favorite scene in the movie, but thought about this way, it makes sense.

The big reveal at the end absolutely made my head spin. I had a similar but less detailed interpretation to yours. Good video and great movie.

This is by far the best and most detailed explanation I have ever seen of this film. Great Job London Girl!

I just watched the DVD and couldn't figure it out. My first reaction was, "does this film come with an explanation?? Directions??" But now I found it! Love your analysis. And Lynch is my favourite as well!

UGHHHH, if your videos weren't so high quality I'd shamelessly beg you for more. I WANT MORE CONTENT, BUT I DONT WANT YOU OR YOUR PHENOMENAL VIDEOS TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF IT. Seriously, everything you've put out is phenomenal, but these film analysis videos really hit a good spot for me. Thank you so much.

I really liked this movie. only thought the bum jumpscare was unnecessary, almost gave me cardiac arrest

Mulholland Drive & The Perfect Blue are the only two movies that achieved perfection in showing Dreams , hallucinations and not being able to deal with heartbreak/failure...

Excellent. I have tried explaining this film many times to friends. In the future, I will point them to this video. Well done!

This analysis is amazing. I've read and watch many other explanations of the film, but none of them come close to this. Thank you!

It is also symbolic of the dangers that can strike when one excessively seeks solace in fantasizing their life deriving temporary pleasure unable to cope with reality, what follows is a devastating turn of events that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. Mulholland drive is fynch's masterclass, a masterpiece that isn't completely digestable even on repeated viewing. But what sets it apart from the others is it's haunting luridness that is left behind with the viewer.

This is a really excellent analysis! I've loved this movie since it came out and have always tried to put the pieces together. Over the last almost 20 years I think I had gotten pretty close, but I've never seen or heard anything this clear and comprehensive about Mulholland Drive. Thank you!

Probably the best and most concise explanation of the complex world of "Mulholland Drive" I have ever seen! Admirations for the effort! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

I understood two things after watching this video : 1. You are an awesome analyst and a deep thinker 2. David Lynch is a freaking genius Mulholland Drive is my favorite movie btw :)

David lunch now " ok now I understand the story of my movie "

okay ur 2min explantion just wiped all of my thoeries because yours just makes so much sense

Goos analysis, it actually made me appreciate film a little bit more. Good job !

The value placed on success costs us our own personal happiness....brilliant synopsis! I could never have interpreted this on my own--thank you.

I have seen Mulholland Drive several times, read many critics reviews and seen several video analysis, but this is by far the best and most coherent of all. Congrats!

That was so well done--finally I understand, thank you! I have read other explanations of the plot, but nobody else came close to your amazing grasp of it :) .

Brilliant analysis. I saw this movie for the first time a few days ago and I'm still processing it. It's just masterful :)

Awesome video! I watched this film twice, and just finished watching it the second time. I finally feel like I have grasp on what this is all about. The first time I watched it I took everything literally and believed that the box was like a disruption in the space time continuum. That perception made me even more confused, because the last part of the movie made absolutely no sense whatsoever. This time around it made a lot more sense. I let myself drown out everything else and just focus. I also came to the same analysis as you: that the reality of the film is the last 20 minutes or so, and everything else is false. I will add thought that when I got to the silencio/singing scene I think the term, "It's all an illusion," is referring to beauty, and what happens on the stage (and, in turn, on the silver screen--in short, whatever is presented to the audience) is also an illusion. We see a beautiful woman sing a beautiful song with a beautiful voice, but it is not real. She is not actually singing; it may not even actually be her own voice she is lip syncing to. I also think that it is a commentary on the limitations of human beings as a whole. The fact that fame and celebrity elevates an individual so that audiences believe they are everything they appear to be. In the specific case of the woman that is on stage, for a brief, fleeting moment, we are lead to believe that she is beautiful, vocally gifted, and therefore, genuinely processing and expressing her emotions. But after just a minute or two, she passes out on stage--revealing that the only definite thing about her performance is that she is physically attractive. She is also definitely talented, but not for the reason of being genuine but instead she is talented for her ability to deceive. This, to me, becomes reconnected back to how Diane perceives Camilla--she is brought to tears by the performance of the singer because she wants so badly to believe that it is authentic. She wants to believe that at some point Camilla felt the love she felt for her. She wants to believe that Camilla was all of these great things she fell for, because it is also a reflection of how Diane sees herself. Diane wants to see in herself that she is, truly and undeniably, a fiercely talented performer. But the reality is: it's all an illusion. It is up for debate whether or not Diane was actually a talented actress, but what is not up for debate is the dream-crushing reality of what LA actually is. It is not this "beautiful place where you can make it happen if you try hard enough," that Diane wants it to be, which puts into question her ability to at least be recognized for acting. In turn, the illusion that she was never keen enough to perceive before it was too late was reality. She trusted in the wrong things; she made too many compromises and put her faith in the wrong people that would not be able to return to her what she gave to them. This is what lead her to the ultimate conclusion of murder and suicide. The tragedy is that it could have been prevented in hindsight; but that's the tragedy about hindsight: you only have it once your present becomes the past.

When Betty is arriving to LA, it's obvious she is in an idealized dream, because everything looks so bright and colorful. So eerie and synthetic.

I personally agree with the biggest part of this analysis, however, in my point of view, in Diane's dream Diane (aka Betty) and Camilla (Rita) kind of switch places, meaning that Betty is the talented, successful actress and Rita is lost and trying to find her place in the world. For me, the fact that Rita represents Diane is emphasized when she puts on the blonde wig, becoming similar to Diane. There's also a scene after they have sex for the first time (in the dream) , where they are laying on the bed and the profile of one's face is smoothly "blended" with the other one's face, just like in the film Persona in which the two main characters feel like becoming each other's persona (excuse me for my English, couldn't describe it in a better way).Furthermore, I think Camilla was Diane's first love in real life, or maybe her first same sex love, and that's why in her dream when they're making out she says she hasn't tried anything like that but she wants to try it with her, and later on she tells her more than once that she's in love with her. It kind of explains how sentimentally bonded and obsessed she is with Camilla in real life.

Best analysis of the film I've seen. MD is in my top 2 favorite films. Great work.

Thank you. After the first time, I only got the main plot. Your video cleared almost all of the questions I had about different scenes. And even if they are not the intended explanations, I'm totally content with yours. Once again, thank you.

That was incredible,. Thank you so much! Can’t wait to hear more of your analysis. Mulholland Drive is my favorite film of all time.

...diane wears the vertigo film famous grey suit in Mulholland drive...the one her lover scottie pick up for her. Ssme grey suit with white shirt underneath and pearl necklace.

I needed this! Thank you for making it so much clearer

Thank you for your explanation of this film. The best and only logical one I've ever heard.

I'd give you my interpretation of the story but you've already covered it! Excellent analysis, as always.

Great analysis! I have seen several of these videos on this masterpiece film, but this one certainly stands out. I wasn't aware of the parallels with the film Sunset Blvd. I did notice the old car in Mulholland Drive and assumed it meant something, but I wasn't sure what exactly. Now I have another old film to add to my watch list. Thanks!

Wow, this was amazing, best explanation I've seen. Thank you

That was amazing! Thank you for explaining this film so even a simpleton such as myself could follow along :-)

So many amazing movie analysts on KZfaq now. Who needs critics! This an incredible breakdown of a movie that left me dazzled but clueless. Thank you. Subscribed.

This movie can mess you up mentally, specially if you've walked by the boulevard of broken dreams and feel the urge to take it on the world and the disappointment of those who depended on you to get there

It's good to see such an interesting and multi-dimensional movie receive the depth of analysis it deserves. Great job! If I was to offer a suggestion for movies to consider deconstructing, I'd vote for Pi, Under the Skin, and The Mirror (Tarkovsky).

My god!!! your explanation and analysis were amazing!

THE best explanation ever! Great job! It all makes sense now, after all these years!

Thanks Simantha @LondonCityGirl - this was the best exposition and explanation I can find on this intriguing movie. I can see that this movie requires very complex thinking to understand, but you've done an outstanding job!

Jesus Christ this is the best analysis I've seen thank you. I feel bad for Diane now 😔😔

damn, you completely changed my mind about this movie. Thank you for this explanation

Thank you!! Finally an explanation. There was so much of the story I was missing.

This is an excellent analysis. Does a great job of explaining all the components of the movie. One other point that shows the virtuosity of Lynch is while the scenes jump jarringly and circle back, the core narrative of the relationship between Rita/Camilla and Betty/Dianne travels a perfect, unbroken emotional arch from discovery to adventure to trust to infatuation to love to jealously to betrayal to tragic end. Lynch does so many things brilliantly in this movie. This lineal narrative provides the spine that supports the rest of the movie.

It's safe to say that I've missed a few things, hehe.. great explanation!

Thanks very much for the excellent explanation! Thank you for taking the time to compile your thoughts into a coherent presentation of the meaning of the film. I appreciate th effort.

Extremely cogent and entirely convincing. The best analysis of this masterpiece ever uploaded.

Loved the way you explained the reality and dreams part!!

Bloody Bravo. I strung a majority together but this video has helped me complete the puzzle...It’s sealed the deal and made a good film a masterpiece.

I like your interpretation....great video! Also this whole film gives me goosebumps every time I watch it....

Thank you, this really helped me get an understanding of all this. This is the second time that I have watched "Mulholland Drive" finally, with your help, I can see it all.

What an amazing analysis, I can't give you enough credit. Absolutely fantastic!