MULHOLLAND DRIVE

I had first seen Mulholland Drive on the cable TV at home sometime back, and naturally couldn't make any head or tail out of it.That's expected.Simply because it's meant to be that way.Because you have to watch it many times over , just like any other Lynch creation.

And I watched it again. This time though, I'd no expectations.I just wanted to totally immerse in it.For one thing I've learnt by now is what to expect out of a David "Genius/Crazy" Lynch movie.Expect no answers, no finitude, no boundaries.It's limitless as far as one can stretch one's imagination.And if someone's short of the imagination part, well.... one is free to choose any one of the two middlenames.Either suits perfectly.The propensity to draw conclusions or worse,predict the flow of the story from previous frames doesn't apply in David's world ( it's addictively non-linear !) ... well most of the times.Just try to flow with the tide, and if possible try to remember the facts, the situations - those are ones only means of solving the conundrum, if at all possible.

Of the not-so-many 'Lynch eccentricities' I've seen till date The Straight Story seems to be the straightest by all means.But then I don't think I'm gifted enough to absorb all of it in the first go itself without any glaring omissions.I'll have to watch it again.Definitely.

Coming back to MD, I've to confess I was pretty much lost even after my second session with it.And this time I was really restless.... I'd to get to the bottom.. anyhow possible.And so came Google Baba to the rescue.To save any of you the time and of course , frustration here's a link to a MD analysis. For any other trivia or queries , this site has it all covered from various angles.Take a look!