![]() It is a part of her fantasy where she ‘gets the part a major film role which could launch her career. So, in the brilliantly moody sequence where Betty auditions for the part, this becomes all the more obvious. She sees what she always wanted to see – someone fighting for her. In her fantasy, she sees Adam struggling and fighting with his superiors to retain her. ![]() Betty wanted to be that star – directed by the creative powerhouse Adam Kesher. And this ties into Betty’s dream rather conveniently. But, once again, David Lynch surprises.Īdam Kesher’s plotline symbolizes the very basic struggle any artist faces – to please the men who have the money or to go with his/her guts. Viewers would argue about the seemingly unnecessary storylines of the Director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), his twisted encounter with a lunatic cowboy, and the hitman going on a killing spree. What are the cowboy and the hitman doing in the film? Are they relevant to the story? It could mean the silence at the end of the Betty’s life – the real one, in which she has possibly committed suicide. ‘Silencio’ – that’s the word at the end of the film, uttered possibly by the magician at the theater-cum-nightclub. What does the Club Silencio sequence signify?īut what the hell was the theater or the Club Silencio all about? We think that the entire sort-of-opera sequence was the culmination of Betty’s dream. 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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