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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.
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).
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.
Shortly thereafter, Watts said their meetings led to her being cast in the 2001 classic Mulholland Drive, the production of which led to Lynch becoming "a real mentor and friend" to the actress.
Daily Vanguard editor Victoria Castellanos remarked that the film "serves as a wonderful companion to Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, and in many ways is more surreal and emotional than some of Lynch's other films". [46] Lost Highway served as an inspiration for the 2001 video game Silent Hill 2. [65] [66]
Mulholland Drive (2001) "When I was 16, I went through this phase of watching critically acclaimed films. I had heard so much about Mulholland Drive, so I convinced my parents to take me to ...
He guessed that 99 percent of the surviving cast was happy to return. Dern also joined the show for the third season. ... 1999’s The Straight Story, 2001’s Mulholland Drive and 2006’s Inland ...
Harring is best known for her performance in David Lynch's 2001 movie Mulholland Drive, opposite Naomi Watts and Justin Theroux. She played both the characters of Rita (an amnesiac who names herself after Rita Hayworth when seeing the name on a poster for the movie Gilda) and Camilla. [19]