Outside of a Dream - Mulholland Drive and the Mystery of the Man Behind Winkies
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- A video essay on the famous Diner Scene from David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive. In this video, I explore the scene itself, in terms of filmmaking, storytelling, characterization, and themes by comparing it to the film as a whole, and to Lynch's career as a director more broadly. Is this a mystery capable of being understood, or will it forever remain an enigmatic detail in a film full of them?
Whether it's the studio executives, the cowboy, the performers at Club Silencio, or the grinning old couple, The man behind Winkie's still remains the most standout and fascinating character, not just in this film, or even in Lynch films in general, but in all film, as his existence implies a lot more about these characters, their trajectories, and about Hollywood in general than his short scene would imply.
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This is the best analysis of Mulholland Drive I've seen so far on RUclips.
Wow! Thank you so much. I'm glad the video came together in the end and that you enjoyed it.
I have only watched it twice, but I assumed that the "handsome" guy was his therapist. The dynamic you describe just slotted right into a therapist/ client dynamic in my mind.
I've never actually thought of that. But it makes a lot of sense now that you mention it.
For some reason I always thought they were detectives. The clothes, the coffee shop, the awkward relatiosnship.
@@theywerespaceships That's an interesting possibility. If so, I wonder what things they would have been doing in subsequent episodes of the mini-series that this movie was supposed to be.
Those two characters are doctor and patient, and would have probably been expanded upon if this had been a TV show. Many scenes in Mulholland Drive were designed to be part of a TV series so they seem disconnected, but pilot was not picked up. Ultimately, when the film was given a 'green light,' David Lynch did use them sparingly while shooting new ones to complete the film as we know it.
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Quizás no me entiendas (a causa del idioma) pero Mulholand Drive es una de las películas mas especiales que he visto en toda mi vida. La escena de Winkies me parece una obra maestra en todo el sentido de la palabra, aún recuerdo el tremendo susto que me causó el "hombre" detrás del restaurante.
I don't speak Spanish, but I used google translate to understand, and I agree with you, it has to be the most terrifying scene in any movie.
Very interesting stuff, well done!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks. I always thought of this as the horrible nasty reality behind hollywood, known but not confronted, if it is, it's shocking. Weinstien, casting couch, etc. ❤
Yeah, the movie has aged well in that regard, as unfortunate as that is.
Great analysis!
Thank you!
I would love to see a video connecting the man from behind Winkie's to the other soot(?) men in Twin Peaks season 3... GOTTA LIGHT?!
Great video essay
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.
I think there's a huge clue you're missing. In the credits for Mulholland Drive the man behind Winkies is credited as "The Magician" It's probably the same entity that BOB and Laura Palmer spoke about in Twin Peaks “Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see, one chance out between two worlds, fire walk with me!”
I didn't know about that. That's an interesting connection.
@@RiverBarcid Your were close at several points in your essay, good stuff. I haven't seen anyone talk about The Magician thanks for taking the time.
Considering that Lynch wanted to make a spin off of Twin Peaks, about Audrey going to Hollywood, this connection makes even more sense
“The Magician” is the host at Silencio, the person behind Winkies is credited simply as “Bum”
@@theghostsofgiants I stand corrected.
The first part of the film is a dream of Diane (who we’ll only meet at the second part). Plus there are dreams inside the dream (when Rita dreams). In the dream(s) Diane shifts slightly the events and actors of her real life in different levels of abstraction. It is her guilty conscience she is escaping in the dream, but it goes after her and finds her in the Rita character (who alone recovers memory of real life and who alone opens the blue box). Time to wake up little girl! The guilt she flights manifests as her parents creeping out of the blue box (Parents she hides as strangers Betty meets the dream), the blue box is an abstraction of the blue key the contract killer uses only as a symbol for the job done, it doesn’t open anything but the reality Diane covered in a world of illusion that can be a metaphor for Hollywood films, the illusion of life in Club Silencio (Buddhism Maya), etc.
Which film is the "I'm a star!" clip from?
That's from the movie Pearl
What film or scene clip with a woman in red is shown beginning at 7:37 ruclips.net/video/I3ZYPjoiSfM/видео.html ?
If I remember right, that's from Twin Peaks: The Return
I’m pretty sure the other guy from the Winkies is also one of the guys in the limo with «Laura» that crashes in the beginning.
I just re-watched that scene. There are two guys in the limo with her, in the front seat. Neither one is played by the actor who plays "the other guy from the Winkies."
Well done and thank you for creating this.
Thank you for watching it. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Is the man behind the diner Naomi Watts heavily made up?
He's played by Bonnie Aarons, who also plays The Nun. But they do look similar. If it was played by Naomi Watts that would have been fascinating.