I chose to watch Mulholland Dr. because it was on the IMDB top 250 list and in my treasured book, "1001 Movies You Have to See Before You Die." It follows Rita (Laura Harring) and Betty (Naomi Watts), two aspiring actresses in Hollywood.
The plot is REALLY confusing so I am not even going to try to explain it here...
The only thing I can say is that the cops, the voodoo guy hiding behind a coffee shop, the director, the creepy cowboy, the gangster, and basically the whole first one and a half hours of the movie is TRIPPY and CONFUSING.
By the end, no one knows what the reality is. Is Betty real or Diane real? Both are played by Naomi Watts... but who is real? I think that Diane is real (if you watch the movie, you might agree....)
The plot makes me feel frustrated, but I would like to believe there is some significance behind it. The film could be about illusion vs. reality or the craziness of Hollywood.
OVERALL, the only thing I really admired about the movie is its cinematography. Each scene made me feel differently. In the beginning, when a car is driving down a seedy street, it is eerie and ominous. Later on, when Rita and Betty are stepping into a taxi late at night in LA with lights flashing everywhere, it is glamorous and exciting. When Rita and Betty have their love scene (the screen seemed to be covered with a palate of beige), it is romantic. When Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), a famous director drives to his house and sees his wife cheating on him, the lighting is bright and the scene is funny. Especially when Kesher furiously dabs pink paint all over his wife's jewelry as a comeback...
Therefore, it's careful attention to the camera lens that makes this movie unique and probably worth watching...
