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Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery art film written and directed by David Lynch.Its plot follows an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) who arrives in Los Angeles, where she befriends a woman (Laura Harring) who is suffering from amnesia after a car accident.
Lynch's other feature films include the critically successful The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive (2001), all of which went on to earn Academy Award nominations, [6] [7] [8] and the commercial flop Dune. [9] Lynch also branched out into television, and later, internet-based series.
It has become one of the most significant, well-recognized films of its era, spawning countless imitations and parodies in media. The film's dark, stylish and erotic production design has served as a benchmark for a number of films, parodies and even Lynch's own later work, notably Twin Peaks (1990–91), and Mulholland Drive (2001).
Lynch’s early success ultimately paved the way for him to direct such classics as Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006) and many more.
It is the first of three Lynch films set in Los Angeles, followed by Mulholland Drive (2001) and his final film Inland Empire (2006). The film was adapted into an opera by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth in 2003.
In the early 1950s, a four-man squad of LAPD detectives, frustrated with the rules and weaknesses of the legal system stopping them from more aggressively battling crime, commit an extrajudicial execution when they toss Jack Flynn, a powerful gangster from Chicago, off a cliff on Mulholland Drive, nicknamed "Mulholland Falls" for all the criminals they have thrown to their deaths.
Naomi Watts’ famous masturbation scene in the 2001 David Lynch film Mulholland Drive is seared into the actress’ brain, but not for the reasons you might think. Her unshakable memories center ...
Angelo Daniel Badalamenti (March 22, 1937 – December 11, 2022) was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001).