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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > David Lynch Chat Lodge: There's always music in the air...
 
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kuddles
Jul 16, 2006

Like a fist wrapped in blood...

Tirranek posted:

Not trying to take away from all the interesting discussion that's been had about it, but I've never been able to see Mullholland Drive in any way other than the standard actor's guilt-trip/suicide. That theory just works so perfectly, it feels like other theories are looking for something that isn't there.
I don't think you need to interpret it any other way. I never viewed the story as anything more than It was all a dream!, which in most other director's hands would be extremely lame. That's not to say the film isn't chock full of intentional symbolism and metaphor, though, and doesn't deserve to be analyzed because it's clearly saying much more than that.

It's why I find the criticisms about David Lynch's work being a bunch of made-up nonsense as incredibly stupid. All his work has actually been pretty simplistic to follow if you bother to pay attention, it's how he tells it that makes it stand out.

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