If you plan on seeing David Lynch’s new film “Mulholland Drive,” you might want to consult a travel agent, because this movie is a trip.
David Lynch, a director well known for his obscure, eerie and often ambiguous films, such as “Blue Velvet” and “Lost Highway,” pulls out all the stops with this film he directed as well as wrote.
The movie takes place in Los Angeles, the perfect setting for Lynch’s sensual, frightening and mind-blowing tale.
The film revolves around multiple plots that co-exist within each other. It opens with a stunning woman played by Laura Harring, riding in a limo that is struck by drag racing teens on Mulholland Drive. “Rita,” as she calls herself, graces the screen with her calm demeanor and stoic personality.
Suffering from amnesia, Rita stumbles into the city and seeks refuge in an apartment with a hot young blonde named Betty Elms played by Naomi Watts.
Watts lights up the screen with her “girl next door” good looks. She has a Reese Witherspoon resemblance, but with one small difference: Naomi Watts can act.
The girls grow real close to each other and end up becoming lovers. These girls aren’t flat-top lesbians either, they’re hot as hell. Nudity thrives in the lesbian scenes which makes “Mulholland Drive” a great family film.
Another plot opens with two middle-aged men having lunch in a Denny’s-like diner with one of them describing a dream he had. This scene is similar to the “Pulp Fiction,” diner scenes, but without the overbearing and boring dialogue that poisons Quentin Tarantino’s films.
Justin Theroux, a Johnny Knoxville look-a-like, plays Adam in “Mulholland Drive.” His character deals with rejection and confusion from his work along with his wife having an affair with handyman Gene, played by country sensation and mega heart-throb, Billy Ray Cyrus.
“Mulholland Drive” is your typical David Lynch film with many different subplots that eventually intertwine with each other.
With Peter Deming, best known for Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness” behind the camera, this film’s photography is both visually stunning and mysterious.
“Mulholland Drive” is an outstanding, intriguing movie.
“Mulholland Drive” doesn’t star Freddie Prinze Jr. or have a soundtrack by Limp Bizkit, so it probably won’t be shown in Bakersfield, but the trip to Los Angeles is well worth it.