Now, first things first, I best give you a heads up on something: there is absolutely no way for me to be able to discuss anything even vaguely related to David Lynch without delving into Twin Peaks territory. I’m sorry, but that’s just how it has to be. It’s my favourite thing of all the things ever, and I believe it is my sole duty to bring it up at every possible occasion.

For future reference, other things I’m liable to try and find any occasion to bring up include:

• Casey Affleck
• My belief that one day, when the planets align, Quentin Tarantino’s nose and chin will meet in the middle.

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Lynch’s 'Mullholland Drive' breaks the rules of classical narrative thanks to it’s rather convoluted storyline. It leans towards being a puzzle, with a non-linear narrative and alternation between periods of time. It’s structure is based more of emotional growth, rather than the result of cause and effect, and as a result draws the audience in, despite their initial confusion. The film can also be viewed as a satire of the ultimate emptiness of Hollywood dreams.


The basic narrative structure is patterned on dreams, and the dream experience, yet the only instance in which dreams are explicitly mentioned is in the first scene at Winkie’s. In order to reinforce the relevance of the dream state, the seemingly illogical structure is implemented, along with characterization, to represent the unreliable nature of dream logic. The narrative is segmented into two parts; the dream vs reality, the lie vs the truth. The narrator fools the audience, and herself, into believing the lie to be reality, but the truth is later revealed, and the dream state confirmed.

If you were to rearrange the segments/scenes from Mulholland Drive into a linear fashion, it would look like something along the lines of this:

1. The film set – Here Diane begins to suspect the affair.
2. The one where Diane throws Camilla out of the apartment?
3. The dinner – Where Diane’s resentment grows.
4. The meeting at the Winkie’s – Where the hit is arranged.
5. The initial shot of the pillow – Where she enters the dream state.
6. The dream sequence – ¾ of the film.
7. The club – Silencio – Diane is brought into awareness, all the ~illusion~ talk causes her to realize that she’s dreaming.
8. Diane’s awakening – hallucinates Camilla’s presence.
9. The end.

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