this movie feels like a dream you had and barely can remember but at the same time the whole thing is on your mind. it’s the middle thing between a sweet dream and a nightmare. i don’t know if that makes sense but it’s how i feel.
@@MrAlsgaard I always saw the first half as the blonde girl making an excuse or a reality to hide in as she tries to forget she was jealous of her friend being successful and marrying a director. So she hires an assassin to kill her friend, then suddenly regrets the decision, and reality crashes into her fantasy world.
Cindy L EXACTLY!! just had one of those the other day and it’s exatcly what u mean, it’s not terrible cause nothing bad is happening like in a nightmare but it’s not good either
Terrifying movie. I remember arriving in LA at Saturday night, getting into taxi to take me to Hollywood. All of a sudden, we passed the Mulholland Drive. Me, taxi driver and no one else, not a single car around, just darkness. I had goosebumps
This movie leaves you with such a feeling that no words can explain. You will be left with very confusing emotions that you won't be able to express to anyone. I have to say, David Lynch is a master craftsman. He can convey these emotions without you even knowing.
@akela84Its HIGH table. It struggles with Mr. Nobody equally for me. This scene IS everything though the glance. He's saying run but she's saying I want to be here. The Trap IS real in #hollywood...a masterpiece no less.
He didn't want to hear: "Poor choice, Adam. You're going to see the Cowboy soon". By the way, I'll take Naomi Watts over Melissa George I know most guys think differently, But there's something about Naomi that is sooo cutesie! I could sit and make out with her on the sofa for an hour and...er...READ THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER! That's it! We could read poetry! (cough)
Actually Adam made not the right choice because we will see Cowboy two times after this scene, and it means that Adam made a mistake ("you will see me one more time if you do good, you'll see me two more times if you do bad")
Absolute pinnacle of a scene. The song makes you dance and sing along, but the conversations and the noticeable eerie sound makes this more uneasy and sinister. I fucking love this
I can watch the shot of Diane and Adam locking eyes with each other over a million times, and I’ll STILL get massive goosebumps every single time! So unsettling yet so beautiful at the same time!
As much as I love the film as it exists, that scene with the locking of eyes makes me wonder how Lynch would have developed the story between Betty and Adam if this TV pilot had become a series. I suspect Adam would have fallen in love with Betty (both as a person and as an acting talent) and put his life in peril by defying the mob guys and giving Camilla the boot.
There's so much potential in that moment. You can feel the desire Betty and Adam have for each other, as if fate has brought them together, and for a second you imagine how everything could be different. And then Betty turns away. Edit: I just noticed the way the violins sustain a single note during that moment of eye contact. Subtle but brilliant detail in the sound design.
@@fakename5687 So? Just because something happens within a dream doesn't mean it isn't real, or doesn't have the potential to be real. As evidenced by the diner scene at the beginning. And don't forget that according to Lynch the entire film is a kind of dream. To reduce this movie down to "this stuff is a dream, and this stuff is real" is to destroy all the brilliant subtleties and ambiguities that Lynch uses to blur the line between the two.
sigh, me too. I wish I could go rewatch movies in the perfect setting and format. I guess that's like though. I too hold solace and comfort in the fact that many great movies require repeat viewings. Hat's off to Lynch for teaching me that movies dont have to be analyzed they can just be felt instead.
Same. I was watching it then my stupid roomate came home from work early and kept trash talking the movie. Made it really hard to understand the movie.
No movie has given me more goosebumps than Mulholland drive.... Pure nostalgia coming back to this song again... remember watching it first time...wish I could re-watch the movie without knowing anything
The song on its own isn’t remotely chilling (it’s purely innocent 1950s bubblegum pop), but now it has been forever “tainted” by its use in this film! (Just like “In Dreams” in “Blue Velvet”)
I also got to know the song from that H&M ad on TV! 😀🎶🎵 I hadn't heard of Linda Scott before and am also glad they used the real singer's voice and not the voice of the actress playing Camilla Rhodes.
This film, like few other films,..... leaves you swimming in your own subconscious looking for answers ...a search that ultimately gives you no concrete answers, yet, is a more satisfying experience than most films.
The film has a pretty concrete explanation. What you are seeing here is Diane's dream in which she has fantasized about herself coming to LA to become a star(which she has failed to do in reality). Camilla, the girl singing in the scene, is another female lover of Rita(who Diane recently found out is marrying Adam the director). So it's a small patch of jealousy that Camilla is performing a "part" that Diane is going to audition for, to which Adam the director has been forced by the "powerful executive strings of Hollywood" to "This is the girl" when Camilla is auditioning. Diane wants to believe that her failed acting quest has been because of the Hollywood system. Further, notice at the moment after he says "This is the girl", Diane suddenly feels anxious, meets eyes with Adam, and she suddenly has to go. This exact moment so perfectly captures the essence of dream logic and the way your subconscious experiences dreams of anxiety and confrontation. Adam's glance lingers on because even in your dreams you as the dreamer know they are still looking(because you want them to be know your experience) even when you aren't there to look back. P.S. The cowboy's "If you see me one more time.....two more times..." speech is both for Diane and the audience. It's a different connotation depending on the perspective. It's meant to have you fail on your first viewing("you did bad"). On understanding it, you realize that Diane "did good"(in a sense).
G Naomi in this film is probably the most beautiful women ever. That’s part of Lynch and the way he falls in love with the story he makes and the character he dreams up, and likewise we fall in love with the main female lead too, like we do here for Betty/Diane, and like we do for Laura in Twin Peaks.
50s and 60s music is not creepy and was not creepy in its day. It may seem creepy to you now because so many psychological thrillers and horror movies include a song from that era during an especially suspenseful scene in the movie, which conditions you to feel creeped out.
@@corydefenders5103 It was creepy for David Lynch. The neat and innocent 50s and 60s small town America is what he grew up in, but by coming of age he realized that it was all a phony facade. that's why his movies are how they are, and that's why he uses music like this for example to a terrifying extent. And because he happens to be one of the best living filmmakers he is able to evoke the same feeling in so many other people.
Part of it is that the scene gives you the added context of the poppy female performance being actively assessed by smarmy men, her brightly colored set a tiny cage within their vast, shady empire. Love the way this movie and "Perfect Blue" play with the framing of content to disturbing effect
I am so glad they used the original singer’s voice! Linda Scott did this one, and I loved hearing her voice used! Oh how I remember being in high school and this playing on the radio...we were so lucky to have been teens back then!
You really were, I’m so jealous! I fell in love with 50s/60s music and fashion as a little kid after watching Peggy Sue Got Married, Kathleen Turner in that film was my style icon as a 7 yr old lol- then Stand By Me came out and we had that famous soundtrack and I became a Buddy Holly fan for life!
@@oooER1Nooo The movie Stand By Me was probably the closest to how it was in the 50s...as I watched the film it was like watching my life! The kids outside playing...the music playing all day...you played outside like they did...no computers, etc. That was such a laid back time...no fighting! Slumber parties...best friends you had forever! Wish you could have seen it, but as you watch Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me you can tell he was there too! 🤗. BTW...I still talk to my best friend from high school! Met her in 1961! Another movie close would be American Graffiti!
When you understand the nature of Diane's narcissistic fantasy, the meaning of this scene definitely falls into a slightly more sensible light. Adam's looking at Diane and *wishing* he could be casting her instead of 'Camilla Rhodes' - remember that "The Sylvia North Story" is the film that Diane made with the "real" Camilla that established the toxic dynamic between the two of them.
@@antonydyatlov5651 There’s just enough randomness, though, to draw the viewer in and hold him there. That scene in Winkies and the inept assassination really hook you.
Isaac Graham. I agree. Diane looking longingly at Camilla wishing it was her up there instead. When Adam looked at Diane she knew he wished the same thing. Probably goes deeper than that but just my initial take.
@Tayia at least to give you some appetite for it other than just saying "it's mysterious", the base of the story is a young woman moves from Canada to LA to "make it big in show business"®. It also focuses on other characters in various types of jobs revolving around LA Show Business (as you know, it's the roses and honey that it pretends to be). There is a HELL of a lot more to it though. It's been years and I haven't found the bottom yet. Also it's Lynch and if you don't know Lynch then just know he doesn't do 'normal' movies.
This scene and the "Club Silencio" one, when Rebekah Del Rio sings Roy Orbison"Crying" in spanish, are my very favorites. They are so perfect , I love the way David Lynch directed them: the fact that the music it's pre-recorded give them that beautiful dreamlike atmosphere, but at the same time, when I was watching the movie, I felt that something weird, uncanny and somehow threatening was going on
Alcune cose vengono percepite istintivamente, altre ti vengono in mente come dei flashback. In questo Lynch è stato un maestro impareggiabile. Tanti elementi e sottotrame si riescono a capire gradualmente. Il fatto di aver dovuto comprimere una serie (che mai ha visto la luce) in un solo film, ha per forza di cose, purtroppo, reso ancora più complessa l'opera. Ma per chi lo guarda senza pregiudizi e con apertura svela tutta la sua potenza evocativa.
The homeless guy is still the scariest thing I’ve ever seen in a movie, the first transformation scene in the thing is a close second, but something about that muddy face is primordial in its terror.
One of my favorite little absurd things in this clip is Hank handing the assistant nothing but an empty paper plate, which he proceeds to walk away with. It's the little details in Lynch stuff that give away what's a dream and what isn't.
But when Lynch shot this it was NOT intended to be any kind of dream. People know full well it’s a pilot and then continue to go on about how intricate the “dream” is.
@@Heheeps Here’s the thing, I think if the dream narrative idea was planned from the start and intricately assembled it could absolutely work and be dramatically effective but that’s not the case with Lynch making this into feature.
I love when the lyrics gets to "maybe you may love me too, oh my darling if you do, why haven't you told me", you hear "why haven't you told me" at the same time Jason asks Adam if there's something he wants to tell him
I love the final look, she knows what he did and he knows that she knows, the dinner scene has the same look but the roles are reversed and this time she is the one being looked at
I remember the first time I saw this film, The Valley Art Theater. I remember being mesmerized by every shot, cinematic poetry. I also remember walking out of the theater, stopping on the sidewalk and thinking "What the Hell was that"?
The looks between Adam and Diane gave me the impression that they had fallen in love at first sight. I realized how wrong I was by the end of the movie.
Always felt bad for Kesher in this movie. He feels like the only remotely realistic and sane character in this fever dream. It's like one of those characters in your dreams who is not you, but you get to go under their skin for the duration of the dream, feeling what they feel, seeing what they see.
Mulholland Drive is a celestial masterwork, transcending the boundaries of cinema with its ethereal allure. Each scene, meticulously crafted by Lynch, exudes an atmospheric perfection that leaves one spellbound. Moreover, this enchanting song by Linda Scott resonates harmoniously, adding another layer of mystery and dream-like quality to this extraordinary experience.
I love how she walks up with a look of discomfort, almost reluctance or fear, and as she sings, she looks over towards the director, with that same kind of expression in her eyes...so very surreal. I wonder how this would've played out had Mulholland Dr gone on to series
POV: You're addicted to the song and singer but don't know why; you're playing it over and over. You feel drawn to it but don't know why. I did the same thing but eventually figured it out. The tune is super upbeat yet calm and melodic. It feels like the beach, Christmas and a time long forgotten all rolled into one. It's nostalgia for everyone no matter when you were born. A time of long summers and flavored frozen popsicles. Her dance and body language is seductively playful but reserved just enough to drive men mad. It takes you back to young love, first love. A simpler era where fast cars and cute girls filled the heart. To the old days, even from those who never knew you, cheers.
This is the scene I always think of when I think of Mulholland Drive. I've been enamoured by it ever since I watched the film a couple of years ago. It has that mesmerising David Lynch magic to it.
Just about every actor that gets a chance to be in a David Lynch film puts in some of their best performance. already an admirer of Lynch's work i was quite excited to see that he cast not one but three Australian actors in 2001's "Mulholland Drive", Naomi Watts, (who'd become a regular collaborator and is a joy to watch in "Twin Peaks; The Return"), but also Melissa George seen in this scene , and Marcus Graham, who we meet as the very nervous assistant (?) trying to serve a good cup of coffee to Angelo Badalamenti, during the scene where Justin Theroux argues over who's going to be the star of "his" film. Much to the annoyance of friends and anyone within hearing distance i cant, and will not, stop ever raving about D. Lynch's work. His films are the gift that keeps on giving, because there's always more to be discovered and pondered over with each viewing.
He makes the audience think for themselves by just providing so much to stir their emotions and get on their raw nerves. Then they not only question the work by their reactions to it also.
@@kurtkerby I didn't know Melissa George was an Australian either...and i'm an Aussie! So many of our home-grown actors that get to go to the US and have famous roles , are then hardly ever heard using their own accents (except in interviews- but i'm all about the films/tv roles they play, not their personal lives etc) . I also never watch locally made soap operas like "Home and Away "and "Neighbours" so i don't see them in the formative years of their careers. Se was terrific in Alias and i dont think i even knew she was Australian then! (a bit like Margot Robbie and Isla Fisher!). M. George can also be seen in both the Australian and US versions of a series called "The Slap", and she has a small role in the amazing "Dark City", which although filled with cool international actors (like William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and Richard O'Brien) was made here (written and directed by the awesome Alex Proyas), but cos all the accents are kind of "trans-Atlantese" American and British, you could be forgiven thinking it was all made in the US. Check it out if you haven't already. It's no David Lynch - but then who is?!
this gives me nostalgia, its like ur in a city and ur in the early 90s and ur passing by so many shining stores that glows and its snowy and the sky is foggy and its dark, i luv it
@@daveyboy_ Outwardly this scene given the song and tone should be upbeat but theres something ominous and seedy about it. And I think that mirrors hollywood and the experience of many actors and young hopefuls that strive to live that dream. Everything is definitely not what it seems.
When all the parts and pieces... the actors, the music, the cinematography, the direction, the editing, ...... Are set up and put into motion with Artistry and talent ..... This is what you got, a piece of pure Lynchian magical art that words can't touch.
One of the best edited scenes of all time. See how on the first cut, Camilla looks to Adam, because she knows she will be cast automatically. The next shot, she is bored, not trying to really audition because she already has the part. The last edit, a close-up, she is powerful and sulking, because now she has been cast.
FP I’m honestly more impressed with the cuts between Betty and Adam. Mainly because it means multiple things depending on whether you see this as a a complete film on its own or the beginning of a series. And that’s one of the things I love about this movie. Everything feels so deliberate and well planned despite the fact that it never was.
“Did you want to tell me something? “ “This is The Girl! “ “Excellent Choice. “ Then, Naomi’s gorgeous eyes and eye contact come into play. What Happens After is something you’d never ever expect.
I have a theory: David Lynch is from another planet. This film is a masterpiece of art. You have to be so intelligent to make this possible. No words to describe this movie
Agreed. If you love David Lynch, I recommend you to watch Noah Hawley's tv series "Legion". It's a Marvel adaptation, but it's very unique and mind-bending. It's about a young man with schizophrenia, but he can bend reality at his will. The cinematography and narrative style is similar to Fincher and Kubrick's movies, like "Fight Club" "The Shining" and "A Clockwork Orange".
@@youreverypicture3877 It's literally nothing like the Marvel films. It's a unique show, with amazing cinematography and the writing is excellent. Noah Hawley created, wrote and directed it, and he also made the show Fargo. You've seen the Fargo series, right?
@@youreverypicture3877 Dude trust me, it's completely different to anything Marvel has ever done. Just watch the first episode, you'll see what I mean. It's like if David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick had a baby. Dan Stevens plays the main character.
I have watched this scenes many times but still can't pinpoint why do I love watching it again and again. Maybe it's the way she moves, maybe it's the dialogues, maybe it's the eye contact between Betty and Adam...
The memorable thing about the Lynch style is how he manages to make mundane realistic scenes seem vaguely creepy and disturbing. I don't really know how he does it. How he turns the most low key events into something ominous.
I love everything about that scene; the mood, the surroundings, the actors, the choice of music, everything. I just in love with David shapes of ideas.
This is the kind of anticipation that was created to confuse the audience. And another interpretation is she was jealous about the love between Camilla and Adam. And secretly she desired the attention of Adam in real life. That's why she dreamt such things. You know, dreams are often bizarre!
I think your interpretation isn't too far off -- remember, Betty's memory is sort of an 'unreliable narrator' -- we're not really seeing a suddenly-beautiful successful ingenue and a preferred nepotism choice and an amnesiac mystery woman -- the two (or three) storylines blend together into a more humble, less successful small-town gal who hits town, encounters hard luck, quickly runs out of money, and immerses herself into a dirtier less-savory underside of the business (promiscuity, murder for hire, etc.). It's not impossible that she and Adam had 'a spark,' or 'a thing,' or that she started throwing herself at powerful men, towards the end, as is hinted by the final dinner-party scene. Lost Highway is almost an introduction, style-wise.
Why haven't I told you? I've told every little star Just how sweet I think you are Why haven't I told you? I've told ripples in a brook Made my heart an open book Why haven't I told you? Friends ask me am I in love I always answer yes Might as well confess If the answer's yes Maybe you may love me too Oh my darling if you do Why haven't you told me? Friends ask me am I in love I always answer yes Might as well confess If the answer's yes Maybe you may love me too Oh my darling if you do Why haven't you told me?
This tune stuck in my head for years since I heard it in a restaurant but could not identify. All I remembered was the dum da dum part. Then I discovered google hum and my long long search was over.
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this movie feels like a dream you had and barely can remember but at the same time the whole thing is on your mind. it’s the middle thing between a sweet dream and a nightmare. i don’t know if that makes sense but it’s how i feel.
at least, half of the movie is a dream...
@@MrAlsgaard I always saw the first half as the blonde girl making an excuse or a reality to hide in as she tries to forget she was jealous of her friend being successful and marrying a director. So she hires an assassin to kill her friend, then suddenly regrets the decision, and reality crashes into her fantasy world.
It's basically like a fever dream
Cindy L EXACTLY!! just had one of those the other day and it’s exatcly what u mean, it’s not terrible cause nothing bad is happening like in a nightmare but it’s not good either
It makes perfect sense brother.
Terrifying movie. I remember arriving in LA at Saturday night, getting into taxi to take me to Hollywood. All of a sudden, we passed the Mulholland Drive. Me, taxi driver and no one else, not a single car around, just darkness. I had goosebumps
Because of all the evil that goes on there. They don't call it Hollyweird for nothing.
@@brandonparker6696 so true
A lot of Manson family murders took place there.
David Lynch and the beautiful from the sordid.
@D C I hope you have a ton of money.
This is the girl.
excellent choice
Excellent choice, Jacob Harris.
No way. THIS IS SPARTA !!!
"HELP ME!!!!!!!!!"
Yaw mawn
This movie leaves you with such a feeling that no words can explain. You will be left with very confusing emotions that you won't be able to express to anyone. I have to say, David Lynch is a master craftsman. He can convey these emotions without you even knowing.
This movie won't let anyone cold... It is so weird in all regards...
@akela84Its HIGH table. It struggles with Mr. Nobody equally for me. This scene IS everything though the glance. He's saying run but she's saying I want to be here. The Trap IS real in #hollywood...a masterpiece no less.
I don't know why I find the singer in this scene so enrapturing and captivating but I can't stop watching this scene. Song is great too!
I felt the same thing. Very mysterious
omg it's the same to me, like I became obsessed with this scene for two weeks, I cannot stop watching it, it's like magic
Brendan Routh Same here, i don't know what is happening.
Same. It’s hypnotic.
Cause it's Melissa George, and she's hot.
The most perfect part is when he says, "Excellent choice, Adam". As in restaurants when you order something to eat and the waiter admires your choice.
veryyyyyyyyyy good
Gotta be one of the prettiest faces I've seen.
But he was forced to make that choice. Then he had to make it look like he made the choice. So its sinister.
He didn't want to hear: "Poor choice, Adam. You're going to see the Cowboy soon".
By the way, I'll take Naomi Watts over Melissa George I know most guys think differently, But there's something about Naomi that is sooo cutesie! I could sit and make out with her on the sofa for an hour and...er...READ THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER! That's it! We could read poetry! (cough)
Actually Adam made not the right choice because we will see Cowboy two times after this scene, and it means that Adam made a mistake ("you will see me one more time if you do good, you'll see me two more times if you do bad")
Absolute pinnacle of a scene. The song makes you dance and sing along, but the conversations and the noticeable eerie sound makes this more uneasy and sinister. I fucking love this
Only David Lynch could make Every Little Star eerie
Is it just me or this is one of the BEST FILMS EVER MADE???.
no its not just you!
@@resu2026 no it's not.. Because i think so too 😊
For me its in my top 10 best film ever
Nepente333 that movie is terrible
It's just you. If you like this film, good for you.
I can watch the shot of Diane and Adam locking eyes with each other over a million times, and I’ll STILL get massive goosebumps every single time! So unsettling yet so beautiful at the same time!
That part is so sinister and full of weird longing. Love it too!
As much as I love the film as it exists, that scene with the locking of eyes makes me wonder how Lynch would have developed the story between Betty and Adam if this TV pilot had become a series. I suspect Adam would have fallen in love with Betty (both as a person and as an acting talent) and put his life in peril by defying the mob guys and giving Camilla the boot.
There's so much potential in that moment. You can feel the desire Betty and Adam have for each other, as if fate has brought them together, and for a second you imagine how everything could be different. And then Betty turns away.
Edit: I just noticed the way the violins sustain a single note during that moment of eye contact. Subtle but brilliant detail in the sound design.
@@user-ro9md9wp3j but she’s dreaming
@@fakename5687 So? Just because something happens within a dream doesn't mean it isn't real, or doesn't have the potential to be real. As evidenced by the diner scene at the beginning. And don't forget that according to Lynch the entire film is a kind of dream.
To reduce this movie down to "this stuff is a dream, and this stuff is real" is to destroy all the brilliant subtleties and ambiguities that Lynch uses to blur the line between the two.
I would like to lose my memory just to rewatch Mulholland Drive for the first time.
sigh, me too. I wish I could go rewatch movies in the perfect setting and format. I guess that's like though. I too hold solace and comfort in the fact that many great movies require repeat viewings. Hat's off to Lynch for teaching me that movies dont have to be analyzed they can just be felt instead.
@@mellifont96 good lord, we got to live in an era with Lynch directing an entire season of TV
Same
Same. I was watching it then my stupid roomate came home from work early and kept trash talking the movie. Made it really hard to understand the movie.
Never seen it before , what’s the plot ?
No movie has given me more goosebumps than Mulholland drive.... Pure nostalgia coming back to this song again... remember watching it first time...wish I could re-watch the movie without knowing anything
In my case this movie gets better with every single rewatch
This scene, it’s framing, centered around this oddly chilling-sounding song, is perfection.
probably chilling due to association with this movie
The song on its own isn’t remotely chilling (it’s purely innocent 1950s bubblegum pop), but now it has been forever “tainted” by its use in this film! (Just like “In Dreams” in “Blue Velvet”)
This scene...a masterpiece in a masterpiece.
One of my favorite moments in the film. When "Camilla" comes out, and she bears that creepy resemblance to Naomi Watts. Brilliant.
I dont see any resemblance.
@@doityourselffixityourself3110 277 people disagree lol
That doesnt make his opinion less valid you just disagree
I initially thought THAT was Naomi ("I moaN" spelled backwards). But then the real Naomi showed up.
But it's not our Camilla from the second half, wherein Laura Harring is apparently "Camilla." Which Camilla is this then?
Just heard it on a H&M ad and remembered this movie. Total masterpiece!
I also got to know the song from that H&M ad on TV! 😀🎶🎵 I hadn't heard of Linda Scott before and am also glad they used the real singer's voice and not the voice of the actress playing Camilla Rhodes.
This film, like few other films,..... leaves you swimming in your own subconscious looking for answers ...a search that ultimately gives you no concrete answers, yet, is a more satisfying experience than most films.
David Lynch :D
Could not have said it better myself. I bought this dvd after my first viewing & have repeatedly come back to it.
The film has a pretty concrete explanation. What you are seeing here is Diane's dream in which she has fantasized about herself coming to LA to become a star(which she has failed to do in reality). Camilla, the girl singing in the scene, is another female lover of Rita(who Diane recently found out is marrying Adam the director). So it's a small patch of jealousy that Camilla is performing a "part" that Diane is going to audition for, to which Adam the director has been forced by the "powerful executive strings of Hollywood" to "This is the girl" when Camilla is auditioning. Diane wants to believe that her failed acting quest has been because of the Hollywood system. Further, notice at the moment after he says "This is the girl", Diane suddenly feels anxious, meets eyes with Adam, and she suddenly has to go. This exact moment so perfectly captures the essence of dream logic and the way your subconscious experiences dreams of anxiety and confrontation. Adam's glance lingers on because even in your dreams you as the dreamer know they are still looking(because you want them to be know your experience) even when you aren't there to look back.
P.S. The cowboy's "If you see me one more time.....two more times..." speech is both for Diane and the audience. It's a different connotation depending on the perspective. It's meant to have you fail on your first viewing("you did bad"). On understanding it, you realize that Diane "did good"(in a sense).
@@robertforster4275 Check out Twin Perfect's breakdown of the film, that is the best one I've seen yet.
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I love how everyone is here to watch this scene not once but 1000 times over cause we all find it so addictive
I can't stop playing this clip again and again. Love it.
woklikethis Nancy Grace is a lot more enrapturing and captivating. They should have chosen her for the role
"Excellent choice"
it's the same thing for me.
Me neither.
How lovely is Naomi in this movie. She is the most underrated actress ever.
I fell in love with her after watching this film and King Kong lol
G Naomi in this film is probably the most beautiful women ever. That’s part of Lynch and the way he falls in love with the story he makes and the character he dreams up, and likewise we fall in love with the main female lead too, like we do here for Betty/Diane, and like we do for Laura in Twin Peaks.
she should've got an oscar for this
She plays the same character in nearly every movie
Cairn The Aviator what? She’s stunning here.
The scene captures how utterly eerie and creepy 50s/early 60s pop music feels under the seeming innocence...
50s and 60s music is not creepy and was not creepy in its day. It may seem creepy to you now because so many psychological thrillers and horror movies include a song from that era during an especially suspenseful scene in the movie, which conditions you to feel creeped out.
@@corydefenders5103 It was creepy for David Lynch. The neat and innocent 50s and 60s small town America is what he grew up in, but by coming of age he realized that it was all a phony facade. that's why his movies are how they are, and that's why he uses music like this for example to a terrifying extent. And because he happens to be one of the best living filmmakers he is able to evoke the same feeling in so many other people.
I don't find it creepy at all.
Its just cause theres tons of reverb
Part of it is that the scene gives you the added context of the poppy female performance being actively assessed by smarmy men, her brightly colored set a tiny cage within their vast, shady empire. Love the way this movie and "Perfect Blue" play with the framing of content to disturbing effect
There's something about this scene, so haunting and beautiful
this movie gived me the chills like "Perfect Blue" from what i remember same vibe
I had a similar vibe as well. Both excellent films
I am so glad they used the original singer’s voice! Linda Scott did this one, and I loved hearing her voice used! Oh how I remember being in high school and this playing on the radio...we were so lucky to have been teens back then!
You really were, I’m so jealous! I fell in love with 50s/60s music and fashion as a little kid after watching Peggy Sue Got Married, Kathleen Turner in that film was my style icon as a 7 yr old lol- then Stand By Me came out and we had that famous soundtrack and I became a Buddy Holly fan for life!
@@oooER1Nooo The movie Stand By Me was probably the closest to how it was in the 50s...as I watched the film it was like watching my life! The kids outside playing...the music playing all day...you played outside like they did...no computers, etc. That was such a laid back time...no fighting! Slumber parties...best friends you had forever! Wish you could have seen it, but as you watch Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me you can tell he was there too! 🤗. BTW...I still talk to my best friend from high school! Met her in 1961! Another movie close would be American Graffiti!
When you understand the nature of Diane's narcissistic fantasy, the meaning of this scene definitely falls into a slightly more sensible light. Adam's looking at Diane and *wishing* he could be casting her instead of 'Camilla Rhodes' - remember that "The Sylvia North Story" is the film that Diane made with the "real" Camilla that established the toxic dynamic between the two of them.
Exactly. I get sick of people going on like it's a series of random incidents. There's a clear plotline, even if it isn't immediately obvious.
@@antonydyatlov5651 There’s just enough randomness, though, to draw the viewer in and hold him there. That scene in Winkies and the inept assassination really hook you.
Isaac Graham. I agree. Diane looking longingly at Camilla wishing it was her up there instead. When Adam looked at Diane she knew he wished the same thing. Probably goes deeper than that but just my initial take.
We viewers are invited to get in there and figure out who's telling this story and why. It's hypnotic!
Is really "narcissistic"? It more sad and tragic them other thing.
This movie messed me up. Powerful stuff.
lmao, you really have to watch it i dont think Micah can explain it
Yep, I just saw it for the first time the other day and am still "unboxing" it..No pun intended ;)
@Tayia at least to give you some appetite for it other than just saying "it's mysterious", the base of the story is a young woman moves from Canada to LA to "make it big in show business"®. It also focuses on other characters in various types of jobs revolving around LA Show Business (as you know, it's the roses and honey that it pretends to be). There is a HELL of a lot more to it though. It's been years and I haven't found the bottom yet.
Also it's Lynch and if you don't know Lynch then just know he doesn't do 'normal' movies.
pfefferfilm he Let’s us , the audience Do our very own interpretations !!
I just finished watching it, it’s was amazing film!!
This scene and the "Club Silencio" one, when Rebekah Del Rio sings Roy Orbison"Crying" in spanish, are my very favorites. They are so perfect , I love the way David Lynch directed them: the fact that the music it's pre-recorded give them that beautiful dreamlike atmosphere, but at the same time, when I was watching the movie, I felt that something weird, uncanny and somehow threatening was going on
"It's all a tape"
Alcune cose vengono percepite istintivamente, altre ti vengono in mente come dei flashback. In questo Lynch è stato un maestro impareggiabile. Tanti elementi e sottotrame si riescono a capire gradualmente. Il fatto di aver dovuto comprimere una serie (che mai ha visto la luce) in un solo film, ha per forza di cose, purtroppo, reso ancora più complessa l'opera. Ma per chi lo guarda senza pregiudizi e con apertura svela tutta la sua potenza evocativa.
When she walks onto set, that look...you KNOW she's up to no good. And I love it.
Also...in actuality she was the best tryout. Go Melissa!
Naomi Watts was fantastic in this movie. I didn't know her before but now I have seen every thing she ever did. David Lynch is a genius.
this movie scared the shit out of me when i saw it for the first time
You're not the only one.
The homeless guy is still the scariest thing I’ve ever seen in a movie, the first transformation scene in the thing is a close second, but something about that muddy face is primordial in its terror.
So watch Inland Empire ;)
Ted watch Lost Highway and Robert Blake’s character
Why, dude? I've never seen this movie
What's going with it?? Talk to me.
I could watch this a million times
Excellent choice Victor ;)
A million and one times..
One of my favorite little absurd things in this clip is Hank handing the assistant nothing but an empty paper plate, which he proceeds to walk away with. It's the little details in Lynch stuff that give away what's a dream and what isn't.
But when Lynch shot this it was NOT intended to be any kind of dream. People know full well it’s a pilot and then continue to go on about how intricate the “dream” is.
People will legit credit anything to Lynch at this point.
"Camilla's lipstick is actually a reference to the pink Camellia flower!! bravo Lynch!!!"
@@Heheeps Here’s the thing, I think if the dream narrative idea was planned from the start and intricately assembled it could absolutely work and be dramatically effective but that’s not the case with Lynch making this into feature.
I love when the lyrics gets to "maybe you may love me too, oh my darling if you do, why haven't you told me", you hear "why haven't you told me" at the same time Jason asks Adam if there's something he wants to tell him
This song is gonna be in my head all day now.
My late wife did her hair in that style when I met her and had it blond and she too was petite and pretty. Man do I miss her.
It’s a great hair style. Love that look.
Why does this sound like a line from twin peaks 😂
I love the final look, she knows what he did and he knows that she knows, the dinner scene has the same look but the roles are reversed and this time she is the one being looked at
"I must go, my planet needs me" -Betty
I remember the first time I saw this film, The Valley Art Theater. I remember being mesmerized by every shot, cinematic poetry. I also remember walking out of the theater, stopping on the sidewalk and thinking "What the Hell was that"?
Basically david lynch in a nutshell
"This is the girl," the Electric Cowboy must have been well pleased...
mkervelegan Nancy Grace is a lot more enrapturing and captivating. They should have chosen her for the role
“You’re too busy being a smart aleck..”
I wonder what happened when the director saw the Cowboy one more time.
Rick rick wat lol
@@robertbusek30 i bet we would have seen it if they had not decided to turn it into a feature instead of a tv series
This is a scene I will never forget. Haunting
Love how Adam keeps that creepy mob guy waiting. "This is the girl."
Just the way he does that hesitation before lighting his cigarette tells you he is shook.
Favourite scene from the movie, along with llorando scene too
Precisely that's the scene! :-))
Mrfole Nancy Grace is a lot more enrapturing and captivating. They should have chosen her for the role
Lucian Pavel Probably
Llorando is THE best movie scene I ever saw ;)
What about the sex scene?
The looks between Adam and Diane gave me the impression that they had fallen in love at first sight. I realized how wrong I was by the end of the movie.
Always felt bad for Kesher in this movie.
He feels like the only remotely realistic and sane character in this fever dream.
It's like one of those characters in your dreams who is not you, but you get to go under their skin for the duration of the dream, feeling what they feel, seeing what they see.
Mulholland Drive is a celestial masterwork, transcending the boundaries of cinema with its ethereal allure. Each scene, meticulously crafted by Lynch, exudes an atmospheric perfection that leaves one spellbound. Moreover, this enchanting song by Linda Scott resonates harmoniously, adding another layer of mystery and dream-like quality to this extraordinary experience.
You abide by the dream theory, right?
I love how she walks up with a look of discomfort, almost reluctance or fear, and as she sings, she looks over towards the director, with that same kind of expression in her eyes...so very surreal. I wonder how this would've played out had Mulholland Dr gone on to series
Camilla Rhodes: *auditions*
Adam: I'm about to start this woman's whole career
You subverted my expectations!
@@stephenthedude4383 lol
Cowboy*
On the Hollywood casting couch.
camilla rhodes: goes to casablancas
luigi: i’m about to start this woman’s whole career
Camilla Rhodes sings - Adam, monotone:"....This is the girl."
Betty's presence merely felt - Adam, watching her walk away: "THAT's the girl."
POV: You're addicted to the song and singer but don't know why; you're playing it over and over. You feel drawn to it but don't know why.
I did the same thing but eventually figured it out. The tune is super upbeat yet calm and melodic. It feels like the beach, Christmas and a time long forgotten all rolled into one. It's nostalgia for everyone no matter when you were born. A time of long summers and flavored frozen popsicles. Her dance and body language is seductively playful but reserved just enough to drive men mad. It takes you back to young love, first love. A simpler era where fast cars and cute girls filled the heart. To the old days, even from those who never knew you, cheers.
P.S. the best part is @1:34
This is the scene I always think of when I think of Mulholland Drive. I've been enamoured by it ever since I watched the film a couple of years ago. It has that mesmerising David Lynch magic to it.
You know the song wasn’t written for this film right?
@@markopolo958 you know I didn’t say that right? Read the comment, try again Mark.
No doy Sherlock
Just about every actor that gets a chance to be in a David Lynch film puts in some of their best performance. already an admirer of Lynch's work i was quite excited to see that he cast not one but three Australian actors in 2001's "Mulholland Drive", Naomi Watts, (who'd become a regular collaborator and is a joy to watch in "Twin Peaks; The Return"), but also Melissa George seen in this scene , and Marcus Graham, who we meet as the very nervous assistant (?) trying to serve a good cup of coffee to Angelo Badalamenti, during the scene where Justin Theroux argues over who's going to be the star of "his" film. Much to the annoyance of friends and anyone within hearing distance i cant, and will not, stop ever raving about D. Lynch's work. His films are the gift that keeps on giving, because there's always more to be discovered and pondered over with each viewing.
He seems to work with his actors very well. Some of the behind the scenes stuff from Twin Peaks The Return really shows his style to great effect.
He makes the audience think for themselves by just providing so much to stir their emotions and get on their raw nerves. Then they not only question the work by their reactions to it also.
No idea Melissa George was Australian. Fan of hers from Alias.
@@kurtkerby I didn't know Melissa George was an Australian either...and i'm an Aussie! So many of our home-grown actors that get to go to the US and have famous roles , are then hardly ever heard using their own accents (except in interviews- but i'm all about the films/tv roles they play, not their personal lives etc) . I also never watch locally made soap operas like "Home and Away "and "Neighbours" so i don't see them in the formative years of their careers. Se was terrific in Alias and i dont think i even knew she was Australian then! (a bit like Margot Robbie and Isla Fisher!). M. George can also be seen in both the Australian and US versions of a series called "The Slap", and she has a small role in the amazing "Dark City", which although filled with cool international actors (like William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and Richard O'Brien) was made here (written and directed by the awesome Alex Proyas), but cos all the accents are kind of "trans-Atlantese" American and British, you could be forgiven thinking it was all made in the US. Check it out if you haven't already. It's no David Lynch - but then who is?!
The Australian thing is probably very intentional telling Hollywood I don't need your casting system.
this gives me nostalgia, its like ur in a city and ur in the early 90s and ur passing by so many shining stores that glows and its snowy and the sky is foggy and its dark, i luv it
One of the best American films of the past 30 years. Love everything about it.
Watched this scene almost a thousand times. Something about it. I cannot pin point
it mimics the experience you have in dreams. lynch does surreal films. and this scene is from the surreal segment of the movie.
Me too and i dont wanna be 'that guy' but maybe they're on ti something when they talk about something evil in Hollywood
@@daveyboy_ Outwardly this scene given the song and tone should be upbeat but theres something ominous and seedy about it. And I think that mirrors hollywood and the experience of many actors and young hopefuls that strive to live that dream. Everything is definitely not what it seems.
@@shankapa3182 Well said
@@daveyboy_ of course they are. its as clear as day
this scene and the club silencio take my breath away
Love “Mulholland Drive”. One of my favorite DL movies! Nice balance of weird, sexy, mystery, and violence. In other words…..a David Lynch movie.
I think I prefer Blue Velvet just a little more.
When all the parts and pieces... the actors, the music, the cinematography, the direction, the editing, ...... Are set up and put into motion with Artistry and talent ..... This is what you got, a piece of pure Lynchian magical art that words can't touch.
So surreal seeing an ad for H&M playing right before this video using the exact same song
I love this Doo-Wop golden oldie from Linda Scott! The times have changed then since the 1950's. Truly a beautiful song to sing along with.
I wish I could meet someone who wanted to watch this and Twin Peaks with me.
One of the best edited scenes of all time. See how on the first cut, Camilla looks to Adam, because she knows she will be cast automatically. The next shot, she is bored, not trying to really audition because she already has the part. The last edit, a close-up, she is powerful and sulking, because now she has been cast.
FP I’m honestly more impressed with the cuts between Betty and Adam. Mainly because it means multiple things depending on whether you see this as a a complete film on its own or the beginning of a series. And that’s one of the things I love about this movie. Everything feels so deliberate and well planned despite the fact that it never was.
@@tatehildyard5332 Well said. That this film works so well is a miracle.
@@luckygitane it doesn't and is not a miracle
@@youreverypicture3877 That's just your loss, I guess
Easy as ABC.
I can’t stop watching this scene
I keep watching this one clip. It’s the song I’m sure, good songs never get old. Do they?
Just finished the movie and this scene can’t go out of my mind something about this but I don’t know what just perfection
“Did you want to tell me something? “ “This is The Girl! “
“Excellent Choice. “
Then, Naomi’s gorgeous eyes and eye contact come into play. What Happens After is something you’d never ever expect.
Damn David, back at it again with the amazing scene
Can we all appreciate the expert level smoke ring my boy blew like a boss? 0:13
bu kadar rahat nasıl yapabiliyor??
@@cynruee idk
Represents a Crime Ring.
I have a theory: David Lynch is from another planet. This film is a masterpiece of art. You have to be so intelligent to make this possible. No words to describe this movie
Agreed. If you love David Lynch, I recommend you to watch Noah Hawley's tv series "Legion". It's a Marvel adaptation, but it's very unique and mind-bending. It's about a young man with schizophrenia, but he can bend reality at his will. The cinematography and narrative style is similar to Fincher and Kubrick's movies, like "Fight Club" "The Shining" and "A Clockwork Orange".
or he just watched "the tenant" and ripped it off.
@@evanpeltier I really hate all things Marvel- yuk
@@youreverypicture3877 It's literally nothing like the Marvel films. It's a unique show, with amazing cinematography and the writing is excellent. Noah Hawley created, wrote and directed it, and he also made the show Fargo. You've seen the Fargo series, right?
@@youreverypicture3877 Dude trust me, it's completely different to anything Marvel has ever done. Just watch the first episode, you'll see what I mean. It's like if David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick had a baby. Dan Stevens plays the main character.
1:43 what a marvelous direction and acting, this is one of the best 2 minutes of acting and directing of all time
This is the girl
David lynch is a master of the movies you need to watch several times to understand. This,lost highway etc
Honestly, this is much more addictive than eating a whole party-size bag of Doritos
Even the one with the lime flavor?
Ohhh yes!!!!!
I have watched this scenes many times but still can't pinpoint why do I love watching it again and again. Maybe it's the way she moves, maybe it's the dialogues, maybe it's the eye contact between Betty and Adam...
it's dreamlike
One of the trippiest scenes in any production of all time
With only three minutes, Melissa does an amazing performance ! The kiss was also great ! Well done Melissa, the pink lady.
This reminds me so much of that one scene in Paris, Texas. You know the one.
H&M use this song. Wonderful!
i dont know why, but this is my favourite movie scene of all time
Excellent choice Fabster 🤨
Amazing song sung by amazing voice.
Just came here after so many years to write “this is the girl!”
Wonderful song. Never heard it till I saw this clip, now the song and her performance will remain unforgettable!
In this scene, Melissa George was just miming to the recording of the song by Linda Scott in the early 1960s.
You do realise that she's only miming don't you!
Linda Scott also had another tune, "Don't Bet Money Honey" that was quite catchy.
This movie is like a dream within a dream that's within another dream
My favorite film of all time.
This is one of those dreams when you wake up and actually wish the dream was real. Then you gotta face the harshness of reality. Depressing.
This is the movie 🎬📽️👌
Excellent choice
Gorgeous film. Full of dreams, strange characters. And that ending SLAPS.
Is it a dream or a nightmare?
man, this scene.
The best depiction of a dream in film. Ever.
She is very pretty.
The memorable thing about the Lynch style is how he manages to make mundane realistic scenes seem vaguely creepy and disturbing. I don't really know how he does it. How he turns the most low key events into something ominous.
I love everything about that scene; the mood, the surroundings, the actors, the choice of music, everything. I just in love with David shapes of ideas.
When she starts singing wow i love that moment❤
I dont know of this is deliberate but, when Adam looked at Betty I thought there would be some kind of romance between the two.
Boy was I wrong
This is the kind of anticipation that was created to confuse the audience. And another interpretation is she was jealous about the love between Camilla and Adam. And secretly she desired the attention of Adam in real life. That's why she dreamt such things.
You know, dreams are often bizarre!
I think your interpretation isn't too far off -- remember, Betty's memory is sort of an 'unreliable narrator' -- we're not really seeing a suddenly-beautiful successful ingenue and a preferred nepotism choice and an amnesiac mystery woman -- the two (or three) storylines blend together into a more humble, less successful small-town gal who hits town, encounters hard luck, quickly runs out of money, and immerses herself into a dirtier less-savory underside of the business (promiscuity, murder for hire, etc.). It's not impossible that she and Adam had 'a spark,' or 'a thing,' or that she started throwing herself at powerful men, towards the end, as is hinted by the final dinner-party scene. Lost Highway is almost an introduction, style-wise.
Perfection is that movie
Yes, the best film ever made. Period. I have watched it four times and it blows my mine.
Not even Lynch's best.
Why haven't I told you?
I've told every little star
Just how sweet I think you are
Why haven't I told you?
I've told ripples in a brook
Made my heart an open book
Why haven't I told you?
Friends ask me am I in love
I always answer yes
Might as well confess
If the answer's yes
Maybe you may love me too
Oh my darling if you do
Why haven't you told me?
Friends ask me am I in love
I always answer yes
Might as well confess
If the answer's yes
Maybe you may love me too
Oh my darling if you do
Why haven't you told me?
A movie all about the magic and illusion of movies
I think it’s more about casting couch, and how Hollywood can affect girls like Diane
@@gwynbleidd9000 That's a really cool perspective, didn't think of it in that way.
This tune stuck in my head for years since I heard it in a restaurant but could not identify. All I remembered was the dum da dum part. Then I discovered google hum and my long long search was over.
I watched this and felt like I remembered it all through my sleep, in my dreams. I can't remember it at all upon waking. So I'm back.
this movie is beautifully sinister, it's the real horror movie for me
This short clip of this scene captures so well Lynch's range in the use of sound and its subtly.