![]() This is the life she couldn’t have the director she worked with, and is supposedly in love with, chooses another actress over her. She wants to be the newbie, who rises through the ranks and eventually becomes a Hollywood superstar. This explanation gives a lot of food for thought about the nature of identity and stardom Diane wants to be the perfect star. It is here that Diane conceives the name Betty that she uses for herself in her dream. In the restaurant, she sees the name-tag of the waitress, who is named ‘Betty’. Logically, this becomes evident in the restaurant scene when Diane hires a hitman to kill Camilla. It is a perfect starting point to decline of the capability of Betty’s mind to perceive reality. The accident signifies many things Camilla (Laura Harring) picks Betty up at the same location and then takes her to the party, subsequently revealing the fact that Camilla and Adam are about to announce their engagement. This is like the first layer of the struggling actress’s dreamscape, and becomes obvious only when someone watches the movie for the second time.Īctually, the car accident sequence is more important than we are giving it credit for. The accident, the injured Diane Selwyn emerging from the car and leaving the scene of the accident. Thematically, the clues to this are all there in the first few shots. She wants to escape the piercing barbs of Hollywood, but she is sinking further and further, unable to cope with her failures. In the real world, she is depressed, washed up and suicidal. The first two-thirds of the film is actually a perfect fantasy that is created by Betty (Diane) played by Naomi Watts. ![]() The most obvious explanation of the movie is that the actress Betty is actually Diane Selwyn. Is the first two-thirds of the film fantasy or reality? Who is actually Diane Selwyn? It is like a perfect starter to a sumptuous main-course. ![]() But therein lies the genius of David Lynch. That much is evident in the first few shots of the movie. ![]() Now, at its surface and stripping the film down to the most banal meaning, ‘Mulholland Dr.’ is a movie about a struggling Hollywood actress, period. In this article, we try to explain the major questions that you might have had and its various interpretations. ‘Mulholland Dr.’, quite simply, offers the greatest cinematic mystery of all time. A film that is discussed even today, around 15 years after its release and yet, not every question about the film has been answered. Not since Tarkovsky’s shocker of a film ‘Zerkalo’ has a film incited more discussions about its themes. ![]()
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