MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) - EXPLAINED AND ANALYSED

[@rodrich1644]

Now Lynch too can also understand the story.

[@Thor-Orion]

Rod Rich this is by far his easiest film to understand since Elephant Man (which was a Biopic) or Dune (an adaptation of a novel that the studio exerted far too much control over, basically crippling it’s potential) it is certainly his most straightforward original narrative since Eraserhead (his first film done while he was still in school). Some would argue Blue Velvet is a straightforward narrative, but i would argue that they’re dumb and don’t recognize the extreme narrative layers and intentional misdirection and multitude of levels to the story. Blue Velvet is anything but straight forward, yet everyone calls it his most “accessible” original work.

[@rodrich1644]

@@Thor-Orion I guess you're not familiar with a little film called "The Straight Story ". lol

[@Thor-Orion]

Rod Rich i’ve seen it. He didn’t write it. And it’s based on a true story. It’s a wholesome little movie.

[@slappy8941]

But nobody can understand David Lynch's hair.

[@WeCareAlot4693]

@@Thor-OrionNever a more conceited snob have I seen lol. I'd bet if David Lynch heard your description of Blue Velvet he'd have no fucking clue what you were on about

[@huangjunqi]

conclusion of the movie dream : 2 hours reality : 20 minutes

[@andrejk.7393]

Simple as that..

[@drwest-vk4pv]

@Jarred Knox yess thank you

[@АлександрАнсимов-м5н]

@Jarred Knox you would have to prove that. Otherwise it's a baseless implausible theory. Unlike the one that centers around a dream.

[@craiger9866]

@Jarred Knox I really think you don't understand Lynch then. Lynch explores dreams constantly in his works. I'm not saying the dream interpretation is accurate, but it's not beneath Lynch at all. Lynch loves exploring the nature of the spirit and the deep subconscious of the human brain. I believe that Mulholland Dr. is less about a literal dream, but a metaphorical dream of Hollywood. I believe he is illustrating the falsity of the Hollywood dream of how you will be discovered and be famous and have a unique romantic relationship. The first half is this dream. The final act explores the reality of Hollywood, and how Hollywood chews up and spits out anyone who tries to make it. It is a demonstration of how the industry can cause psychological damage to those who try to make it but fall short.

[@existenz001]

Not dream. Drug-induced stupor.

[@julianbell9161]

This is like the only movie I’ve ever seen where the big twist of it all being a dream was actually incredibly clever and not a cheap gimmick

[@muskokamike127]

haha right eh? SO many have used it cheaply....like Dallas.....the whole series was a dream.

[@cornsail]

Not only that, but the movie is actually much better and more interesting on second viewing when you know that it's a dream.

[@kyoga5714]

watch perfect blue

[@tomwells8093]

It was done by accident really. It was supposed to be a TV series pilot. It originally ended when Rita opens the blue box. All the rest of the scenes were shot much after. When the studio didn't want it for a show, so another studio picked it up and wanted to make it a movie instead. They gave another few million to reshoot some things and add more scenes. I still love the movie but it makes sense now that Lynch says to think of the first part as a dream or fantasy. Little bit disappointing though that it wasn't all one script and was made like this out of necessity

[@jebbennett4619]

@@kyoga5714 I second this. Absolutely perfect movie

[@mikeydashank3897]

Still my favorite Lynch film. There's something so cozy about the first half, like you feel as if it's going to go on forever. Then when it takes that dark turn so suddenly and everything starts crashing down it leaves you feeling so cold. But I keep rewatching it to get that cozy feeling again even though I know it's going to end badly.

[@goristhedeathclaw4548]

man, i get that feeling, the first half felt like it had gone on for hours. i just eonder now why i love movies like this.

[@palashwalali9768]

That is exactly how i felt!

[@marmite400]

Ditto

[@fickdich2867]

It was meant to go on forever, because it was actually a pilot to a series. That's also why the end does feel weird because it was an afterthought.

[@halgalardinj]

Cozy!? The whole movie was creepy to me.

[@ranciddeladonats2417]

Awesome analysis of an amazing film! Just an extra thought: The hitman tells Diane she will find his calling card where he told her. I always thought (always as in after the first 3-4 viewings of the film) that the location was behind the dinner where the rag-man in the dream dwells. The jump scare that terrified us all was not a cheap gimmick. It represents Diane's terror when she finds the key and realizes what she has become. A monster

[@TPsynth]

I like it! and explains why we see the monster with the blue box putting it in a paper.bag.

[@Mmxxaamm]

THIS... This is very important, it took me a whole lot of fucking time to place the disfigured man into perspective, and to understand his role on the film which btw, is "key". (pun extremely intended)

[@bootes53]

That is absolutely the case, one missed by so many who actually believe the hit man would take the time to go to Diane's apartment, break in, and leave it on her coffee table! No hit man is going to risk capture by doing this. He'd leave it somewhere public! There is a lot I did not "get" the first or even second time I watched this, but that is very obvious--the key was left behind Winkie's, and "Dan" is a revisiting of Diane reliving the horror she experienced when she went to check for it and found it (note that it's one of the few times in the 'dream' we see things from another character's viewpoint--because Diane HAS walked that path and those stairs). She knows there is no turning back now, and her fears, guilt, and shame have been realized. The monster is the embodiment of all of the evil she is now a part of.

[@IgnacioAOlivar]

inside the blue could be a finger of Camilla cutted by the hitman, like "job it's done".

[@ElVlogdeBob]

ooh that makes sense!

[@thelousyllama]

Thank you. My simple brain did not understand the movie at all

[@fatihkan2601]

it's not fully uncomprehensible. Some parts deliberately has been put in the movie to get you around this movie repeatedly.

[@thearcanearcade4923]

+Ambra Vanderpool It might seem that I am criticising someone for a view not aligning with my own, but you frankly are a sick despo

[@filminginportland1654]

The Arcane Arcade how is she a sick despo? Just because she watches it numerous times? Aside from not grasping it, it seems that she enjoys it. Everyone has at least one movie they've seen numerous times.

[@jd52wtf]

Don't feel bad. There is nothing to understand. Lynch made it stupid and weird just to fuck with people. See how many idiots tried to find meaning where there is none. #1 Hollywood troll.

[@nestor5429]

Don't worry i'm simple minded too, cuz i didn't understand one word of it either, as most of the spectators I think.

[@robbob35]

I would add that in the real world, Adam Kesher is the one who Camilla ended up marrying. Diane's jealous resentment of him explains why he is treated so badly in her dream. He has an absolutely horrible day. He's bullied by shadowy mob-like figures, the casting of his movie is taken out of his control, he is cuckolded by his wife, he is knocked to the floor by her wife's lover, his finances are frozen, leaving him near penniless, his very life seems to be threatened by The Cowboy. Diane, by turning his life upside down in her dream, subconsciously gets her revenge on him in spades.

[@meesalikeu]

Robert Stair yep that was the one thing that i actually got the first time i saw it and i thought was quite obvious.

[@cinnamonsquash]

Yes, this makes sense

[@iadorenewyork1]

And is splattered with pink paint! Symbolic.

[@gregsander8439]

@@iadorenewyork1 Pink? Don't get it.

[@nemanjafilipovic9376]

it's already mentioned in the video.. i don't understand what you're adding then :)

[@harrygill3008]

The box is like Pandora’s box - all the horror comes out when it’s opened

[@craigsips8677]

I thought the blue key was the road to reality.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@craigsips8677 those two things can both be true.

[@muskokamike127]

In the dream, the horror is the reality of what has happened in real life......

[@cuckoophendula8211]

While the analysis I saw by Twin Perfect didn't explicitly say this, it made me realize that opening the blue box representing the "dark Hollywood secrets" takes us out of the Hollywood dream world into the "dark Hollywood reality" represented by the waking world. In other words, entering the secret box gives us a rude awakening to the horrible reality.

[@Richard-dw4qo]

@@craigsips8677 yes but sometimes you dont want to see reality and when you open the pandoras box there is no going back!

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Whenever I revisit this analysis, I feel the urge to give a standing ovation at the end

[@LondonCityGirl]

What an amazing comment - thank you! And I love that you revisit this video :D

[@rmodey8157]

Same.Amazing work.

[@____uncompetative]

@@LondonCityGirl I didn't realise any part of it was a dream. LOL Excellent video.

[@isabellaperez3744]

Mulholland Dr. is the only movie that has made me turn my face away from the screen due to fear. The tramp jump-scare scene is terrifying

[@f67739]

all of the slow shots right around corners made me uneasy for the rest of the film

[@rashianand7534]

That even in daylight

[@zabe428]

The old folk maniacal laughter while chasing Betty did it for me along with the screaming. Terrifyingly sounds of hell. Made me feeel paranoid and creepy beyond measure.

[@kinh0t]

Lol? Dont watch the exorcist, u will die.

[@YTShadabkhan]

It was the sound that hit me up bad

[@aham555]

I dont think even the actors of this movie ever understood what their roles were meant!!

[@hemantnilim1541]

yes..thats true...i doubt if david lynch really explained this to watts!

[@bananabrittany263]

No, I think that’s more Inland Empire territory, lol!

[@jibranibrahim2350]

Naomi Watts once said that lmao She didn't understand the story initially

[@safdarkh786]

Hmm

[@razorbeard6970]

Yes, this is actually a common occurence for actors in his works probably going back to the beginning. Watts and the Winkies nightmare guy (among others) have admitted not knowing what the context, or subtext of their work was in service of, but in the same breath claim they felt they were in good hands and savor the chance to work with him.

Great explanation. I only want to add two things that I think you missed. I understood the elderly couple to be her parents whom she's disappointed. The role they play fits perfectly with that interpretation. And the second, I think even more brilliant, is that this isn't a drug induced stupor. She already shot herself in the first seconds of the film... The falling onto the red bed is after the gunshot. The whole silencio scene and the singing voice after the woman is dead clearly say this. There is no band, but the music is playing. Her mind is still lingering on, but she is already dead...

[@pulaksardar983]

Thanks

[@Survivethejive]

I like the idea that this is a death dream - she has to go through this fantasy before she can move on. In this case the cowboy is a psychopomp

[@csgomontagegonewronggonese9486]

@@Survivethejive yeah me too, something like this is supposed to happen when you die anyway, so i guess this is dianne's version.

[@takod323]

Didnt expect to see you here, Jive

[@Kelly-on3kf]

Survive the Jive what is a psychopomp?

[@nicky5043]

Still bitter that Naomi Watts wasn't nominated for an Oscar for this.

[@enriquesanchez9016]

Couldn't agree more. Was it because it was her first big role? I find it weird that she was nominated for 21 Grams but not for this.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Still bitter that Laura didn't get cast in higher profile films.

[@benjaminmarcus17]

I completely agree with you on that. IF that wasn't an Oscar-worthy performance, I don't know what was.

[@nicky5043]

@@benjaminmarcus17 I think it's the heavy anti-Hollywood vibe of the movie that really turned off a lot of industry voters (only one total nom at the Oscars!!!), which is a shame because it's one of the best movies ever. The same happened to Last Temptation of Christ too.

[@nicky5043]

@@enriquesanchez9016 I think it's the heavy anti-Hollywood vibe of the movie that really turned off a lot of industry voters (only one total nom at the Oscars!!!), which is a shame because it's one of the best movies ever. The same happened to Last Temptation of Christ too.

[@TheHypozonian]

Awesome analysis! A thing I noticed is that the script that Betty and Rita are reading together can be interpreted as a reflection on Diane's situation with Camilla. In the beginning, she says: "why are you still here". As in Diane saying: why am I stilling thinking about, why can't I just forget about you. Another reason for this could be that she ordered the hit on Camilla so it pains how to think about her. The part where she says: "Get out before I kill you", and Rita responds "But then they'll put you in jail". Can also be seen as a foreshadowing or a hint to Diane putting a hit on Camilla, on her fear of going to jail for it. Also at the very end of the dialogue, she says "I hate you, I hate us both", which again could be a reflection of how she feels about Camilla. She hates Camilla because she broke her heart, but she also hates herself, because of what she has become

[@christoskavousanos2368]

Since 2001, I have seen the film at least 20 times...this video was just like summing up all the conclusions I came to all these years and putting them in order! This is definitely one of the best Mulholland Drive analysis out there, excellent work LondonCityGirl!

[@muskokamike127]

I've only seen it twice and came here to see if my conclusions were at least reasonably close. I often totally miss the mark on complex movies.....(Like the movie dead ringers, I thought the lead was actually played by twins lol....the woman I saw it with though totally embarrassed me by stating the obvious which wasn't to me because I didn't know who Jeremy Irons was.)

[@oceanworld1383]

20 times really

[@PSYACTIF]

Very good analysis of this great film. I really think the moment where Betty and Diane are at the Silencio club and Betty starts shaking after hearing the thunder might be an exact moment of the gun firing as she's committing suicide on her bed. Thus her fantasy would've started after the blue key was given to her by the killer she'd hired (meaning the real Diane is dead) and would continue for a little longer after the shot. Although the duration of pre- and post-shot dreams would not match with the real life- it's understandable that in her fantasy time goes by in a much slower pace. My interpretation is that the first two hours of the movie which are basically her fantasy- are transpiring moments before the shot while the Silencio club scene sets stage for moments after the shot while her brain's consciousness is fading away. This can also explain why the very last scene is the woman with blue hair (blue = death) saying silence for the real Diane...

[@davidflowers450]

Wow. That's awesome.

[@LuisJose14]

@Anthony I also got the feeling that her shaking in the theater had something to do with her shooting herself. Of reality starting to encroach in her dream. I also think that Diane's dream starts after she kills herself, not before, thus making more sense to multiple scenes. In fact, this cinematic story-line, of a dream like state upon death, has been used before, such as in The last Temptation of Christ and Donnie Darko.

[@Cavemenandgods]

Well done! Yes this makes sense.

[@jasonanderson846]

That old couple looked like they were having the BEST time

[@ziggieiam1]

I think you summed it up beautifully. I could add a few things: 1) Through the series of ringing phones via the 'Hollywood mob' one man is caught saying 'Her name is Camilla Rhodes. The director doesn't want her' symbolizing Diane's desire for Kesher to have no interest in Camilla personally or professionally. 2)The love scene between Betty and Rita I believe symbolizes Diane's true feelings and desires about Camilla. Compared to the memory on the couch that was more about seduction and control, this scene was much more connecting and genuine. 3)The tramp behind the Winkies dumpster and the old couple I believe are personifications of emotions and consciousness. We see late in the film how the tramp is holding the blue box (which I believe symbolizes the ugly truth of it all) and suddenly drops it, spilling out the old couple. I believe they symbolize guilt and shame. Through the start of the dream, Betty says goodbye to the couple, happy and excited to be starting this new fantasy journey. The couple is then seen grinning suspiciously in the cab as if saying to each other 'She can run but she can't hide. We'll get her soon.'. Once the blue box is open and she wakes up (physically and mentally) to the reality of what she's done, Guilt and Shame come sneaking back in to haunt her. They together (yet inseparable [like an old married couple) are too much for Diane to handle, which quickly results in Diane's suicide.

[@zoranristov7349]

The movie portrays the subconscious part of the mind so brilliantly, blew me away when I found out that the story is Diane's dream

[@FifaMaestroAdam]

@Jarred Knox chillout Lynch was just trolling Nolan is still #1

[@cnoyes98]

This is beautifully done - thank you. A few people below have suggested a worthwhile point also articulated by other theorists about the film: Betty's audition strongly implies sexual abuse by an older man in a position of trust, presumably the grandfather figure we meet at the airport, who later chases her to her death. I think the film means to imply that Diane's ability to love was crippled by this experience, and that explains the ugly ending to her love of Camilla, and her own intense self-hatred ("I hate you. I hate us both.") - portrayed as literal sexual self abuse in the masturbatory couch scene. Diane's hallucinatory reimagining of her love of Camilla strips away all of this painful trauma so that the simple fact of her love can be purified, but it can only accomplish this by stripping Camilla herself of her identity and agency, rendering her utterly dependent on Betty; this need to infantilize the object of her desire in order to express her love is a sign of how deeply Diane was traumatized by her sexual abuse, while also alluding, rather uncomfortably, to the circumstances of her own childhood trauma. In her dream, Betty honors that love by fleeing the audition with Adam Kesher without ever trying out for the part, as she did not do in real life, at the moment where her self-love collided with her love for Camilla. Thank you again!

[@solicitor73]

My interpretation of the whole audition scene is twofold: 1. she was raped in her childhood by an elderly man, and 2. she slept with someone high-profile in the movie business to get a movie part, but she was skipped for someone else due to what she believes some higher power working to cast another woman.

[@powerinmisery]

That doesn't really make sense to me, why do you get that idea from the audition scene?

[@jackieburkhart7879]

i felt like that scene was sexual abuse too, it was very uncomfortable to watch, maybe was a sign that the movie was trying to show the ugly side of hollywood, it isn't just the glamour that she was expecting

[@Slebo_19SeventySomething]

@@jackieburkhart7879 It was trauma based to create dissociative personalities. Think Marylin Monroe. The 2 women are the same person. A new persona has been spawned for a particular part. This is MK Ultra so yes some trauma and it can be sexual. Hence the butterfly earnings warn by the women she meets when the old couple creates thee new persona. The cowboy is a persona used by the handler/creator to control and put fear when they have a disassociation breakdown hence why only a few interact with him. Very deep and not many at all even understand this. The director indicates he was controlled same way. he didn't want to work with her as he did not like her previous persona as they were introducing her a a new person.

[@hsblw_6]

Dude... You really think they thought all of this through?

[@Pleiades60]

i saw the movie yesterday and i will see it again after this video , anyways the scene of the guy behind the wall Fucked my heart up ! terrifying AF !

[@1chienandalou]

It has got to be one of the best cinematic expressions of a nightmare.

[@gladyouseen8160]

Even i had the same feeling.

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

That’s my favorite scene in any movie. Ever.

[@kosmique]

that scene really does something to a person. i remember it but dont wanna.

[@PhanaticalProduction]

Yeah that scene where he pops out is scarier than any horror movie I think I've ever seen...scares me and gives me goosebumps at the same time...

[@sioray7732]

6:25 this is what i felt for the entire front half of the film. it disturbed me so much. i almost cried at the jumpscare of the person that appeared from behind the wall in the guy's explanation of dreams

[@chrisitl]

Lol i got scared but instead of a scream, i said eww!

[@stopbunsen]

For the first few viewings I didn't connect to just how tragic this story is. I needed to understand it first, then internalise it, and then react to it. It's also universal in that we all can understand the loss of dreams, the unfulfillment of out potential, wishing we could change our narrative, wanting to be someone else, and unrequited love. For a film that is so seemingly impenetrable it carries a massive amount of emotional weight and intensity, once you connect with it.

[@bentonrp]

Thought out very well and articulated in a way that makes the impossible easy to comprehend. I don't have a clue how you and people like you figured it out. I swear that I could have watched this movie a thousand times and never understood it! :)

[@techh9171]

This movie is a masterpiece in every way possible Lynch created a nonlinear narrative which is unsettling and vicious at the same time.A must watch

[@kyleweaver1930]

Usually I'm pretty good at picking up what's going to happen in movies. Like oh that person's gonna die. Well that's obviously gonna break or whatever but what to me makes a great movie is when I really have no idea what's going to happen at all. There's a lot of movies of course I'm not a genie but this is one where I really had zero idea where it was going to go. When I thought I knew it never happened and while it's confusing it all does make sense when you see a video like this to sort of piece the fragments together that you made or connect the last few dots

[@techh9171]

@@kyleweaver1930 true.

[@joehackenstuff4648]

It was almost as if he saw Pulp Fiction and saw Muholland as a dare to be better than Tarantino

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

@@joehackenstuff4648 you’re one of those pulp fiction cinebros eh? Stfu

[@anandja8544]

@@kevinc.cucumber3697 you must be scorcese wannabe? Go away!

[@IggyLazarevic]

Great analysis! I also noticed that Hitman's eyes change colour: in reality he has two blue eyes, but in fantasy portion of the film he has one blue and one brown eye. I think it symbolizes the combined personalities and personas of Betty and Rita being one. I also like the fact of the same cups from the diner reappearing throughout the film.

[@repussucram]

this is the most coherent interpretation i have ever heard about mulholland drive. u r def a genius in film analysis... i watched it a lot of times. the first time was years ago in a graduate media studies course about film analysis and even the professors were not able to solve it like this! thanks for the interpretation!

[@DaniRaj666]

I watched it 3-4 times in last week and came pretty close to her analysis. Projections of success, regret, despair...

[@EnigmaStudioPro]

she has he internet to thank for it. its not like she came up with this herself

[@curiositytax9360]

A genius of film analysis? What a moron. Thanks for the eye roll

[@sadiqurrahman9741]

Great analysis, very helpful. I was clueless after finishing the movie...

[@DonnaBrooks]

I watched this video and I'm still clueless.

[@helpmesenpai8365]

Same

[@souravprakash6923]

Same

[@joaov.m.oliveira9903]

You have to rewatch the movie and reassemble the two halfs to understand. The first part is a dream and an escape from the hard truth of a failed young actress who thought of making it big in Hollywood. Second part is more of a reality based story, also full of hints and symbols of alegorical dimension - there's hallucination in the second part, but this hallucination is more a portrait of Diane's own guilty and hellish interior.

[@clumsytriangle2436]

I gained new respect for Naomi Watts after watching this film. I always thought her to be a good actress, but not amazing, but her performance in this film changed my mind. I would say she deserves more recognition in the film industry, but then she may be one of those actresses who is quite happy to just act for the sake of loving what she does. However, I would like to see her in more dramatic roles.

[@Sammy71ful]

I just watched Mulholland Drive today, and am now seeking out analyses of the film to give me some idea as to what the hell I just watched. I actually had no idea there could be such a clear meaning to the story. When watching Lynch I generally take the attitude of "okay, I'm about to be seriously weirded out". This is a fantastic analysis, and shows that parts of the film had far more significance than I realised. So many connections I never made. Thanks for this!

[@meerareeeem]

I recently re-watched this movie and I noticed something else. In the dream portion the hit man has one blue eye and one brown eye but later in the second part of the movie when we see Diane with the hit man, both of his eyes are blue. I don't really know what it could mean but I just thought it was odd.

[@1chienandalou]

Interesting. If you look throughout the movie the color blue is used to signify something. Like transition to reality. Think about the blue haired woman, the blue key, the scene in club Silencio which goes from blue to red and back to blue, and then finding the blue box in Betty’s purse with her bluish nail polish on. Generally I find in this movie blue is for used to signify the divide between reality and dream/near death conscious state. It might have been another indication of before and after the hit.

[@danishashraf3598]

May be an error in makeup

[@SuperCommenterGuy]

It could be that she didn’t remember the man fully so in her dream state he had one brown eye instead of two blue eyes. Trying to signify she’s in a dream, but who knows because I sure as hell don’t.

[@Kelly-on3kf]

Meera Salah I noticed this too! Thinking the different colored eyes shows the difference between dreams and reality

[@jumpingeezus5080]

Meera Salah He's a husky? ;)

[@mitocondriaUAU_]

One of the greatest cinematic achievements ever! I believe this is one of my favourite films.

[@peteralbert1485]

Wow! I saw the film just as you did, and you explain it so well! You point out the little moments of Diane's dreaming where reality seems to want to butt in and wake her. None is more disturbing (in my mind) than the "someone's in trouble!" scene: the "crazy" neighbor Louise Bonner is actually the one speaking the truth. She declares Betty is not Betty. She frets that someone else (eyeing Camila) is in trouble. And the look of terror on Rita's face proves the whole interruption is as ominous as it sounds.

[@strollic5162]

This is an old comment I know, but if you look at Camilla carefully during this scene, it’s almost looks as if she’s terrified looking at “Betty”/Diane as she should be.

[@CASantos]

​@@strollic5162 old comment², but another great example was in the script rehearsal. Dream Rita seems to be coming apart at the seams as 'Betty' delivers the lines about wanting to kill her and all that. There's also Rita' reluctance to go into the abandoned house, whereas Betty seems unusually eager and unbothered. At this point she's still playing the sheltered ingenue, you'd think she'd be the one squeamish about breaking and entering.

[@meesalikeu]

this is the review. if you do good again you will see me posting one more time on your threads. if you do bad you will see me two more times.

[@LondonCityGirl]

Haha, I love this comment

[@rockbrian8964]

Cowboy

[@karlholdo831]

Lol!

[@ImehSmith]

😂🤣👍

[@hermanirishman4525]

This is by far the best and most satisfying analysis of one the most important films ever made. I feel your explanations answer many of the questions I've been grappling with ever since I saw Mulholland Drive for the first time. (and countless times ever since). They address all the issues I've not been able to solve for myself - so thank you!

[@codyhastings5717]

UGHHHH, if your videos weren't so high quality I'd shamelessly beg you for more. I WANT MORE CONTENT, BUT I DONT WANT YOU OR YOUR PHENOMENAL VIDEOS TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF IT. Seriously, everything you've put out is phenomenal, but these film analysis videos really hit a good spot for me. Thank you so much.

[@LondonCityGirl]

Thanks Cody! I'm definitely keen to put out more content in the next year. I have so many half finished projects in the pipe line but they all take time to complete so I appreciate your comment - it's very encouraging! :D

[@rip6592]

*david lynch claps in thr background 👏*

[@damienscott6561]

Saying "that's not what my movie was about!".

[@kevinr.3542]

he'd be very disappointed that his simplistic vision , the only correct interpretation of this straight forward tale, was so badly misinterpreted. poor guy just wanted to make a movie about a spooky dumpster monster that lives behind diners...

[@damienscott6561]

@Travis B I know. There was an interview in which journalist asks David about fan theories and interpretations of his movies and David said that he read some of them, admired the amount of work that have put into it, but ultimately saying "that's not what my movie was about!",

[@LookingGlass1865]

Wonderful analysis! My favorite thing about Lynch's work is that the interpretation of the story is up to the viewer. There are so many unexplained story elements and loose ends, that it welcomes many possible explanations and interpretations. There are no wrong answers.

[@julianbell9161]

The big reveal at the end absolutely made my head spin. I had a similar but less detailed interpretation to yours. Good video and great movie.

[@KennDrumm]

Brilliantly done! I think there’s also a underlying story about abuse. From the directors “don’t play it until it’s real” line in Diane’s casting scene, the Guido Reni painting of Beatrice Ceni who was abused by her father and had him killed but was executed for her crime, the lines delivered by Keschers wife and Gene the pool boy (gene pool), and Betty’s ill-fitting pink cardigan.

[@SheIsntReal94]

i still dont fully grasp the 'dont play it until its real' line. i totally agree theres undertones of diane's abusive childhood in that scene but that one line still throws me off

[@Kombaiyashii]

Such a good analysis, my ideas were somewhat inline with yours but much more hazy. Could you do Inland Empire someday? that film really has me stumped.

[@LondonCityGirl]

Thanks for suggesting this - I like Inland Empire a lot and it would be a great film to do a video on! My next 'Explained and Analysed' will most likely be 2001: A Space Odyssey but I've noted Inland Empire down for a future project :D Thanks for watching! :)

[@N63B44TÜ]

Great Job! but i think Inland Empire is mission impossible :D ,,, actually i prefer Lost Highway

[@Littleprinceleon]

for me Lost Highway is more intriguing than inland....

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I did a video breaking down Lost Highway: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZnaopqHhJqartE I might try and tackle Inland Empire someday, but that one's pretty obtuse, even by Lynch standards.

[@1chienandalou]

Lost highway is similar to MD re the film turning inside out and full circle, but seems considerably simpler. It is interesting however the timing of when the films/the pilot for a TV show that MD was supposed to be - and reality, doppelgängers and doubles tend to be things that occupy Lynch quite a bit. I think LH has been sufficiently analysed elsewhere, but IE could be good. I hate to say it but I thought it needed just a tad bit editing, maybe about 20-30 min shorter and - more importantly - tighter. I did enjoy it, but I haven’t seen it nearly as many times as MH or even LH. Beyond it being fundamentally about women, I haven’t really settled as much in my brain how I view it. And by the way this analysis of of MH is very good, but in my head it’s never fully settled as to the very specific details as to whether it’s a dream or stream of consciousness before death, whether Rita is a separate character or another aspect of Diane/Bettys persona etc., whether parts are aunt Ruth’s story etc etc. And I don’t think they need to be exactly solved either. But thanks for this video, I have pointed it out to others in the past and it’s been a very useful.

[@OceanSwimmer]

The director Mike Nichols was asked what happens when we die. He answered, "We wake up in our dreams."

[@wingflanagan]

Excellent. I have tried explaining this film many times to friends. In the future, I will point them to this video. Well done!

[@rafaelmazas6593]

Thank you. This is my favorite explanation for Mulholland Drive. It is rich and detailed for a 20 minute video! 👏🏼👏🏼 21:33

[@Casey-zp9kv]

This is the best analysis of Mulholland Drive I've ever seen. A movie so entrenched in its symbolism is so hard to breakdown to a literal interpretation. I think you've done an amazing job here.

[@ekatarina909]

what do you think what happened to camila/rita did she die in car accident or

[@Casey-zp9kv]

@@ekatarina909 No, there was no car accident, (that was part of Diane's dream) but Camila was killed by the hitman, this is confirmed by the blue key Diane is staring at at the the end of the movie. The blue key represents "The jobs done" Camilla is dead, this was arranged by Diane & the Hitman at Winkie's diner.

[@ekatarina909]

@@Casey-zp9kv Thank you so much!

[@somearsehole]

That's great. I disagree with a few things, but our differences mainly revolve around your analysis of Rita-Camilla (R-C) and where dreams and reality are separated. I first saw this film at Clapham Picture house in 2001. I loved it, didn't understand it, didn't mind that I didn't understand it, and was in no hurry to. I went home, went to sleep. I was pretty sure that the dark haired woman was the main character. The next morning I'm on the tube and in a flash the whole thing hit me: the dark haired woman isn't real, and the film is the story of a failed actress who commits suicide. It's the story of a broken dream, in a dream world, told through a dream. (Regardless of what you think of my following analysis below, I think you'll agree that was a pretty impressive revelation to have during a commute on the Northern Line - all before changing at Vauxhall!) Ahem... So, imho... 1) There are only two moments of actual, pure reality in this film: the pillow at the start, and the gunshot at the end. Everything we see takes place between those two moments. (All the information we see is a dream state - elements of memory and fantasy woven together, telling the story of a shattered dream). .... 2) To me Rita-Camilla (R-C) is the embodiment of who Diane wishes she was - her opposite: more successful, more beautiful, someone who is able to succeed without hard work and talent - and as such she appears as Diane's physical opposite. But as we see later on, when R-C wears the blonde wig that they are indeed the same person... Why am I convinced that R-C isn't real? The dinner party. The dinner party is the climax of Diane's realisation of the truth of her situation in Hollywood: She has failed, and the cards are stacked against her. She arrives to this dinner party in the limo, but she's only allowed in because her fantasy alter ego R-C sneaks her in. 'A shortcut' R-C tells her... Diane is able to use that hidden shortcut that the effortlessly successful R-C uses, and Diane gets access the fancy party. Diane knows she wouldn't be allowed in the main entrance on her own. She has to be snuck in, through the back, with the help of her magic friend, though a secret passage. At the start of the film. we see R-C in the same Limo. This is just a version Diane sees of herself, a version she created as a fantasy and now wants to kill off, but can't. (More on this later). The dinner party should not be trusted as 'reality', but a dream within a dream. By the time we get to the dinner party, we have already seen that Hollywood is a dream, where hopefuls dream of success - we are in a dream within a dream. We have also seen, though Diane's incredible audition scene, that an actor's performance is a kind of alternate reality. And not only is she surrounded by actors (when are we not acting?) but we too are watching actors. In that amazing audition scene, Lynch holds the inner workings of a film up to our faces: 'This is an actor! This is not real! You are watching actors! This is a film! This is not real - but... it's all you have.' (btw: I like very much your reading of us the audience having 'done wrong' by supporting this exploitative industry - that hadn't occurred to me and I think it's brilliant) :) ... ok... moving on: Diane's hit on R-C is a hit on herself - it is her suicide. Kill the dreamer and you kill the dream. There is no actual sexual relation with Rita-Camilla, as R-C doesn't exist - she is, literally, a masturbatory fantasy that Diane has. Diane's shame is not from killing her friend, but of killing dreams - her failure, and the knowledge that she will never succeed - the cards are stacked against her, her life will only go from bad to worse. In fact, we see Diane picture these scenarios: 1) The real Camilla, Camilla Rhodes is physically similar to Diane. Diane is brilliant but there is someone who seems like an alternate version of her who, for some inexplicable reason, will get the role. That's the hard reality. 2) Diane also sees versions of her she thinks are worse... her fears: She see the waitress in Winkies (winkies = sleepy time).. The cliche for an out of work actor is of course to become a waitress - this waitress shares her name and looks physically similar to Diane. It is a symbol that being a waitress is the best Diane can hope for. But it's not the worst that can happen... 3) On another occasion, Diane dreams of another woman who also has a physical resemblance to her - another possible life path even worse than being a waitress at Winkies: a street prostitute. This woman is moving toward the back of Winkies - moving toward the ultimate fear we have seen represented by the homeless tramp who appears un-human. But she is stopped from reaching that terrible end by jumping in the hitman's truck, the hitman who Diane pays to kill her fantasy - again: If there is no fantasy, there is no failure. Diane is no longer in control of her fantasy creation of R-C - and instead of Diane living her dream of success vicariously through R-C, R-C has become another poisonous rival that will rob Diane of her realising her ambitions. Even Diane's own fantasy has turned against her. The dream has become a nightmare, and the dreamer can only awake into another dream. Gosh how did that cowboy get in my bedroom? .... Yep, it's time for dinner. When R-C and Camilla Rhodes kiss at the dinner party - the joining of two realities. The world of C.R., where Diane loses, and the world of R-C, where Diane has also lost. RC and CR kiss, the lipstick joins them as one, and Adam, the director who represents the key to Diane's dreams, says 'Sometimes good things happen'.. A tragic and cruel irony - as Diane now sees that it doesn't matter which reality she's in - she'll never make it. Not in the real world of CR or the fantasy world of RC - The cards are stacked against her. Club Silencio anyone? With the audition scene, Lynch shows us the mechanism of the film. In Club Sliencio, he shows Diane that she's been believing in a fiction. Yes... It was all a dream...

[@renatamarki2435]

Matt Willis-Jones Woow.🔝🎩👏🏽🤓✨ My version of the story was just faded compare with that and also really like tho "the truth show" explanation.

[@brandonontama2415]

Awesome analysis

[@saywhat5034]

Matt Willis-Jones That's awesome . Talk about a mind that can think.👍

[@gladyouseen8160]

Hey man its not essay. After all seeing a quantam mechanical thermodynamical fucking movie and watching a 22min complex analysis,i was unable to read your reply which​ seems a big essay.I am laz😊😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Diabolical3010]

Woahh i feel so dumb now 😂 I absolutely agree with your explanation .

[@bobbysands6923]

I just watched the DVD and couldn't figure it out. My first reaction was, "does this film come with an explanation?? Directions??" But now I found it! Love your analysis. And Lynch is my favourite as well!

[@LondonCityGirl]

Ah, thanks for such a nice comment!

[@thecoldglassofwatershow]

Lynch provides a list of 10 clues

[@Like2Singa]

Great analysis. Regarding the bungled hit scene, I think its more a manifestation of Diane's fear of getting caught rather than her hope that Camilla survived. Its a paranoid nightmare based on a chain of unexpected witnesses. For a while, it was my least favorite scene in the movie, but thought about this way, it makes sense.

[@mikebarker6979]

Ben Kaspar yep..i agree it's obviously a manifestation of her anxiety that the hit on camille will go wrong..or even just her general anxiety.

[@charliez077]

I never thought of that - I always found the scene absolutely hillarious, but never understood what the hell it does in the movie :) this might actually make sense!

[@valmarsiglia]

Really good analysis, thank you. I've been a fan of the movie since it came out, but every time I see a well-done discussion like this one, I'm always amazed by the details I'd never noticed or even considered before.

[@FLdancer00]

David Lynch really took the longest road possible to say that some actresses are delusional.

[@cryp35]

Its not about actress at all, its about that which we name human being

[@ObscuredByTime]

Lynch's masterpiece. No question in my mind. Lost Highway approaches it, but in the end, Mulholland Drive leaves it in the dust.

[@NanceDrew]

I feel the same, his best work ever...the colors, the flashing lights he uses in every project on the small or big screen, it all came together perfectly for Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway is my 2nd favorite yet I like them all except Inland Impire, I couldn't get into that one.

[@citrus_sweet]

The more I think about this film, the better it gets in my opinion. The way the film gave us Betty as this sweet naïve foreign woman and slowly transformed her into a horrible monster corrupted by fame, emotional immaturity, and her own delusions was so much to take in that I needed to sleep on the movie a few times to really understand it. Diane is one of the most intriguing villains I've ever experienced in film with this film's twist being akin to that of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

[@big0561]

The Funny part is that I won't need to watch Mulholland Drive multiple times because After watching the movie for the first-time, I right away came here

[@asiadp]

Me too man me too

[@Tomh821]

Watching it for the fifth time :)

[@markdenielnantin3032]

Nice, me too, now I understand more when people are considering this film the best movie of 21st century

[@sioray7732]

okay ur 2min explantion just wiped all of my thoeries because yours just makes so much sense

[@moxa4367]

The blue box may symbolize the exit to reality. That's why characters disappeared from the dream after they opened it. In the last scene, we see the box next to the gun in the drawer meaning she had a choice to accept her reality but she chose to end her life instead

[@leeslater8891]

This is by far the best and most detailed explanation I have ever seen of this film. Great Job London Girl!

[@pierrebezujov1880]

This analysis is amazing. I've read and watch many other explanations of the film, but none of them come close to this. Thank you!

[@xandr13]

BRAVO! *standing ovation* That's high level fully covered, but would be great to see a follow up video on some movie details.

[@cristiandone2837]

The best clue: Betty and RIta go to Diane's home and find her dead ! Another one: In the end the monstrous tramp holds the blue box. The truth is inside the blue box...

[@alexg2890]

Excellent, simple and coherent explanation. Lynch is much easier to read if you understand his narrative structure and symbolism. Thank you

[@aDogNamedHandsome]

Two things that struck me: 1: Llorando. 2: How sweet and adorable Naomi Watts is in the dream/fantasy/hallucination and how hard-core and scary she is in the 'reality'. It made me wonder how many adorables would scare me if I ever saw their real faces.

[@Nayab3322]

She is undderated.

[@JanLucanus]

Best analysis of the film I've seen. MD is in my top 2 favorite films. Great work.

[@gamen8209]

Jan Lucanus what's the other one?

[@them-mrtoko73]

@@gamen8209 i think. lost highway XD

[@thetaoofchaos]

It's good to see such an interesting and multi-dimensional movie receive the depth of analysis it deserves. Great job! If I was to offer a suggestion for movies to consider deconstructing, I'd vote for Pi, Under the Skin, and The Mirror (Tarkovsky).

[@LondonCityGirl]

Great suggestions! Especially Tarkovsky - he's up there as one of my directing heroes :D I've noted these down and will definitely be tackling a Tarkovsky film in the future. Thanks for watching! :)

[@kengruz669]

I would welcome Your take on "Primer."

[@kengruz669]

Which I now discover you have already made, and which I realize I have watched n the past! (And just re-watched.) Nice job!

[@DaniRaj666]

Tarkovsky is my favourite director...Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Nostalgia and Mirror are even more stunning auteurial masterpieces than the superb works Lynch has made.

[@holio84]

I think the old couple symbolized her grandparents who knew she would fail because she wasn't good enough, and told her that. She felt she even lost her own grandparents in the end because they were laughing at her. Like an "I told you so".

[@vist9175]

It is also symbolic of the dangers that can strike when one excessively seeks solace in fantasizing their life deriving temporary pleasure unable to cope with reality, what follows is a devastating turn of events that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. Mulholland drive is fynch's masterclass, a masterpiece that isn't completely digestable even on repeated viewing. But what sets it apart from the others is it's haunting luridness that is left behind with the viewer.

[@vesaversion298]

What an insane movie. I had not the faintest idea of the twist until i watched this analysis. My god. It all makes sense now. David Lynch is crazy.

[@KNakanishi]

Awesome video! I watched this film twice, and just finished watching it the second time. I finally feel like I have grasp on what this is all about. The first time I watched it I took everything literally and believed that the box was like a disruption in the space time continuum. That perception made me even more confused, because the last part of the movie made absolutely no sense whatsoever. This time around it made a lot more sense. I let myself drown out everything else and just focus. I also came to the same analysis as you: that the reality of the film is the last 20 minutes or so, and everything else is false. I will add thought that when I got to the silencio/singing scene I think the term, "It's all an illusion," is referring to beauty, and what happens on the stage (and, in turn, on the silver screen--in short, whatever is presented to the audience) is also an illusion. We see a beautiful woman sing a beautiful song with a beautiful voice, but it is not real. She is not actually singing; it may not even actually be her own voice she is lip syncing to. I also think that it is a commentary on the limitations of human beings as a whole. The fact that fame and celebrity elevates an individual so that audiences believe they are everything they appear to be. In the specific case of the woman that is on stage, for a brief, fleeting moment, we are lead to believe that she is beautiful, vocally gifted, and therefore, genuinely processing and expressing her emotions. But after just a minute or two, she passes out on stage--revealing that the only definite thing about her performance is that she is physically attractive. She is also definitely talented, but not for the reason of being genuine but instead she is talented for her ability to deceive. This, to me, becomes reconnected back to how Diane perceives Camilla--she is brought to tears by the performance of the singer because she wants so badly to believe that it is authentic. She wants to believe that at some point Camilla felt the love she felt for her. She wants to believe that Camilla was all of these great things she fell for, because it is also a reflection of how Diane sees herself. Diane wants to see in herself that she is, truly and undeniably, a fiercely talented performer. But the reality is: it's all an illusion. It is up for debate whether or not Diane was actually a talented actress, but what is not up for debate is the dream-crushing reality of what LA actually is. It is not this "beautiful place where you can make it happen if you try hard enough," that Diane wants it to be, which puts into question her ability to at least be recognized for acting. In turn, the illusion that she was never keen enough to perceive before it was too late was reality. She trusted in the wrong things; she made too many compromises and put her faith in the wrong people that would not be able to return to her what she gave to them. This is what lead her to the ultimate conclusion of murder and suicide. The tragedy is that it could have been prevented in hindsight; but that's the tragedy about hindsight: you only have it once your present becomes the past.

[@scottbailey7715]

Brilliant analysis. I saw this movie for the first time a few days ago and I'm still processing it. It's just masterful :)

[@chloerose5296]

I needed this! Thank you for making it so much clearer

[@bangkokbatman]

So was there really a car crash at the beginning of the movie ?

[@moviefan7755]

bangkokbatman Nope

[@living4ward2it]

The value placed on success costs us our own personal happiness....brilliant synopsis! I could never have interpreted this on my own--thank you.

[@danafreddy]

That's a Benjamin Disraeli warning

[@justenjoy8459]

David lunch now " ok now I understand the story of my movie "

[@Ohhhj0]

Lmfaoooooo

[@JHallenbeck]

I'd give you my interpretation of the story but you've already covered it! Excellent analysis, as always.

[@theviewer5104]

...diane wears the vertigo film famous grey suit in Mulholland drive...the one her lover scottie pick up for her. Ssme grey suit with white shirt underneath and pearl necklace.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

Thank you. After the first time, I only got the main plot. Your video cleared almost all of the questions I had about different scenes. And even if they are not the intended explanations, I'm totally content with yours. Once again, thank you.

[@LondonCityGirl]

Thank you for watching! :D

[@mstefanidis1841]

You deadass don’t understand how much I appreciate the explanation

[@jfbaquero]

I have seen Mulholland Drive several times, read many critics reviews and seen several video analysis, but this is by far the best and most coherent of all. Congrats!

[@StGeoRUSH619]

As a Psych-Major, I really wanted to understand this movie, because there really is a lot going on. Thank you so much for this explanation. I did get most of it right, however, parts of it were confusing... you helped me with those parts. Awesome analysis... PEACE

[@PercivalQyou]

I'm only 7 minutes into the video so I apologize if it's mentioned in the video. In the scene where Rita is opening the blue box (at the end) we can catch a glimpse of some clothes hanging inside the cupboard, one of them is Coco's red dress with golden floral patterns which we saw Coco wear when the neighbor knocked on Betty's door in the night. I don't know if it's intentional or it's just a used prop. If it's intentional then David put small stuff for careful viewers to find and that's really cool.

[@albertaytche7499]

Thank you for your explanation of this film. The best and only logical one I've ever heard.

[@zip91413]

Please read my long comment above (left today) when you get a chance, then watch the movie again. MASTERPIECE but my explanation is simpler.

[@sayanneogy3079]

Mulholland Drive & The Perfect Blue are the only two movies that achieved perfection in showing Dreams , hallucinations and not being able to deal with heartbreak/failure...

[@citrus_sweet]

Add Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to that list.

[@567dirt8910]

Yes! I haven't thought of The Perfect Blue in the longest. I don't care for dream sequences in film very much at all. Along with convoluted story lines and time travel- though it's usually sci-fi/fantasy films that irk me when using those devices. I had to force myself to finish Inland Empire, which is frustrating because I have loved every other Lynch project- except Dune. I don't even consider that film part of Lynch's filmography- in my head, that is.

[@valentinovigovv]

Amazing review. It makes everything even more tragic and sad.

[@noahg2]

Jesus Christ this is the best analysis I've seen thank you. I feel bad for Diane now 😔😔

[@SuperPizdolizac]

damn, you completely changed my mind about this movie. Thank you for this explanation

[@RCfiremanRC]

Wow, this was amazing, best explanation I've seen. Thank you

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

Thanks Simantha @LondonCityGirl - this was the best exposition and explanation I can find on this intriguing movie. I can see that this movie requires very complex thinking to understand, but you've done an outstanding job!

[@PeterBondeVillain]

That was amazing! Thank you for explaining this film so even a simpleton such as myself could follow along :-)

[@ahmde]

My god!!! your explanation and analysis were amazing!

[@Phylopn]

"mulholland drive makes a lot more sense once the entire film has been viewed" :^)

[@JanJanNik]

I really liked this movie. only thought the bum jumpscare was unnecessary, almost gave me cardiac arrest

[@SicaaRoulie]

Lmao

[@histeriamassal2290]

Watched it for the first time last night. I had to pause the movie after the jumpscare. That one scene drained my energy suddenly

[@isabeamon1190]

Great analysis! I have seen several of these videos on this masterpiece film, but this one certainly stands out. I wasn't aware of the parallels with the film Sunset Blvd. I did notice the old car in Mulholland Drive and assumed it meant something, but I wasn't sure what exactly. Now I have another old film to add to my watch list. Thanks!

[@felipelumo2705]

Goos analysis, it actually made me appreciate film a little bit more. Good job !

[@lorenzo8495]

It's safe to say that I've missed a few things, hehe.. great explanation!

[@PhanaticalProduction]

I like your interpretation....great video! Also this whole film gives me goosebumps every time I watch it....

[@grec.]

When Betty is arriving to LA, it's obvious she is in an idealized dream, because everything looks so bright and colorful. So eerie and synthetic.

[@joekerman4611]

This is a really excellent analysis! I've loved this movie since it came out and have always tried to put the pieces together. Over the last almost 20 years I think I had gotten pretty close, but I've never seen or heard anything this clear and comprehensive about Mulholland Drive. Thank you!

[@niori1574]

I personally agree with the biggest part of this analysis, however, in my point of view, in Diane's dream Diane (aka Betty) and Camilla (Rita) kind of switch places, meaning that Betty is the talented, successful actress and Rita is lost and trying to find her place in the world. For me, the fact that Rita represents Diane is emphasized when she puts on the blonde wig, becoming similar to Diane. There's also a scene after they have sex for the first time (in the dream) , where they are laying on the bed and the profile of one's face is smoothly "blended" with the other one's face, just like in the film Persona in which the two main characters feel like becoming each other's persona (excuse me for my English, couldn't describe it in a better way).Furthermore, I think Camilla was Diane's first love in real life, or maybe her first same sex love, and that's why in her dream when they're making out she says she hasn't tried anything like that but she wants to try it with her, and later on she tells her more than once that she's in love with her. It kind of explains how sentimentally bonded and obsessed she is with Camilla in real life.

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[@NikiBabyDoll]

Wow that was fantastic thank you so much! I have been overthinking it and I can't believe I didn't come to the same conclusion! I may have been on the right track though... maybe. =p

[@gintonique2387]

This movie is such a true piece of art. You can watch it over and over again and still detect new things in it, discover new ways of interpretation, new references. Great you're mentioning Hitchcock's "Vertigo" as a reference. Just a detail, but remember that scene when Rita and Betty go to Diane Selwyn's apartment. Betty wears a grey suit that is very similar to Madeleine's in Vertigo. It struck me straight away when watching that scene.

[@jeffshapiro9209]

Thanks for the explanation. There was so much to unpack in this movie it was difficult to get it all in one viewing. Time to watch it again

[@dgmsstuff]

holy shit I may be drunk, but it sure make sense