Aaron and Mark talk about David Lynch’s recent Criterion Collection release of Mulholland Drive. We talk about the nature of the production, from pilot to feature, the randomness, the allure of Naomi Watts, and why the film is so popular. We then turn the blue key and try to make sense of some of the reasonable and wild theories out there. Do we solve this possible? Maybe, maybe not, but we at least make some sense out of it.

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Show notes:

Outline:

0:00 – Intro, Housekeeping

3:40 – News

12:25 – Mulholland Drive

46:00 – Unraveling the Mystery

News

Only Angels Have Wings – likely coming to Criterion.

David Lynch degree

“Most if not all of the Almodovar catalog is coming to Criterion.”

Hou Hsiao Hsien on Criterion Current.

Mulholland Drive

Facebook photo album.

Mookes and the Gripes review.

The many faces of Naomi Watts in MULHOLLAND DRIVE. pic.twitter.com/4TV994miuk — Aaron West (@awest505) October 29, 2015

The many faces of Laura Harring in David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE. pic.twitter.com/V7sSisIW9y — Aaron West (@awest505) October 29, 2015

The Club Silencio scene from MULHOLLAND DRIVE. "NO AYE BANDA! This is just a tape!" pic.twitter.com/bt8zrdPWft — Aaron West (@awest505) October 28, 2015

One of my favorite scenes from MULHOLLAND, the audition, when you really see what Watts is doing. pic.twitter.com/M2XGuxrwzm — Aaron West (@awest505) October 28, 2015

Another thing I love about MULHOLLAND DRIVE: the close-ups. pic.twitter.com/22QYg21L2V — Aaron West (@awest505) October 30, 2015

Oh hai. Wanna get some breakfast at Winkie's? pic.twitter.com/grtvjfpufq — Aaron West (@awest505) October 27, 2015

Unraveling the Mystery

Pilot Analysis

Everything you were afraid to ask about Mulholland Drive

David Lynch’s 10 Clues

Film Crit Hulk on Mulholland Drive

Mulholland-Drive.net Essay

Other Theories

What’s Real About Mulholland Drive?

Memory, Identity and Desire: A Psychoanalytic Reading of David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive – Psychological abstract

The Perils of Fantasy: Memory and Desire in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive

MULHOLLAND DRIVE and its influences. pic.twitter.com/EuO46ddNbe — Double InDavenity (@CinemaVsDave) October 28, 2015

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