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Post by Drish on May 17, 2021 13:15:32 GMT
This was premiered at Cannes this day, 20 years ago. Oh to watch it on big screen for the first time. Damn! Here's to the greatest film I've seen. To my favorite director and actress. To everyone involved in this. The movie that made me fall in love with movies😍   |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on May 17, 2021 13:51:05 GMT
My favourite film too.
Each time I watch it I notice something new. Each time I watch it I consider something I didn't the last time, I theorise something I didn't the last time, I feel something about it I didn't the last time.
It's the gift that keeps on giving.
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Post by stephen on May 17, 2021 13:59:27 GMT
The best-directed movie ever made.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 17, 2021 14:10:28 GMT
I've said this before but prior to this movie I wasn't much of a Lynch fan.....I liked The Elephant Man and The Straight Story and the pilot of Twin Peaks only - that's it. Everything else I was meh on..........and I would have told you that Lynch was a self-indulgent weirdo tbh. So to me - I was literally knocked on my ass by this piece of work. What's most amazing to me about Mulholland Drive - a genuine masterpiece imo - is how NOT self-indulgent it is when it so easily could be. Every scene - every second really - serves an artistic purpose and none of it exists to just merely be odd, or puzzling or confuse the audience or to call attention to its creator. Not only is it not repetitive but rather it extends further and deepens as it goes along. It's very rare you find a movie that messes with the audience to the extent this movie does but doesn't structure itself as being smug or superior to the audience. Besides that - it's just one of the great movies about Hollywood along with Sunset Blvd. and The Player but exists in its own space and functions by its own logic as much as is dependent on Hollywood's. Happy Anniversary   |
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Post by TerryMontana on May 17, 2021 14:19:36 GMT
Holds up very well. A great film.
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Post by jakesully on May 17, 2021 20:18:27 GMT
Outstanding film all around! Happy 20th Anniversary .  That's awesome Drish that this film is the film that made you become a big time movie buff. Very cool to hear! What David Lynch pulled off here was utterly incredible. IMO David Lynch should have won the Best Director Oscar over Opie's direction for A Boring Mind (seriously, I never got the appeal of that bland film ) 10/10 |
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Post by futuretrunks on May 17, 2021 20:50:59 GMT
Greatest film of the 21st century so far, tied with Malick's "The New World".
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Post by ingmarhepburn on May 18, 2021 0:03:02 GMT
My favorite film as well, and also the one that got me into movies. It made me start looking at cinema more as an art form and a means of expression rather than mere entertainment.
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Post by notacrook on May 18, 2021 0:10:07 GMT
Re-watched this last night, showed it to a couple of housemates. Not only is it still my absolute favourite film of all time, it's also so much fun watching other people watch it - the stunned silence after, followed by a good hour or more of theorising and analysing. It sets your mind and heart on fire - there's truly no other film quite like it. I'm gonna echo others here in that it really is the film that changed how I viewed cinema, where I went from liking film to developing a real passion for it. I'll never forget that first viewing - 16 year old me didn't know what hit me!
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Post by Sharbs on May 18, 2021 15:14:07 GMT
Happy 20th to one of the best! One of the best to show others for the first time. Going to see in theater next week with someone who I showed for it too for the first time a few years back and I'm delighted to see his reaction on rewatch.
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Post by Drish on May 18, 2021 15:20:48 GMT
Happy 20th to one of the best! One of the best to show others for the first time. Going to see in theater next week with someone who hasn't seen it and I'm delighted to see their reaction. Omg I envy you soooo much ANDREW!! |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 18, 2021 15:29:04 GMT
going to be rewatching this soon, I can't wait!  I think I've only seen it once and that was a while ago |
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Post by Sharbs on May 18, 2021 15:38:27 GMT
Happy 20th to one of the best! One of the best to show others for the first time. Going to see in theater next week with someone who hasn't seen it and I'm delighted to see their reaction. Omg I envy you soooo much ANDREW!! All three showtimes are sold out, otherwise I'd say come on through or make your way to the Heights! |
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Post by themoviesinner on May 18, 2021 19:44:56 GMT
It's a good film and Naomi Watts certainly gives a fantastic performance in it, but I never was a very big fan of it. I think Lynch made his masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time four years earlier with Lost Highway. That is the film that I think deserves all the praises that Mulholland Drive is getting. It deals with similar themes of identity, guilt and obsession but in a much more interesting and profound way.
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on May 21, 2021 16:37:24 GMT
Amazing theater experience. A small theater I frequent did a Lynch marathon over a few weeks back in 2014, and they saved this for last. I already loved it, but my appreciation went up so much watching it on a big screen in a room full of Lynch fans.
Also came across this video recently, and I thought it was nice hearing how much Billy Ray Cyrus didn't take his random cameo for granted. (Also like how he visibly reacts whenever the interviewer butchers Theroux's name. lol)
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Post by stephen on May 21, 2021 16:56:36 GMT
Amazing theater experience. A small theater I frequent did a Lynch marathon over a few weeks back in 2014, and they saved this for last. I already loved it, but my appreciation went up so much watching it on a big screen in a room full of Lynch fans. Also came across this video recently, and I thought it was nice hearing how much Billy Ray Cyrus didn't take his random cameo for granted. (Also like how he visibly reacts whenever the interviewer butchers Theroux's name. lol) Something that will always tickle me: the purported great actors of our time (Pacino/De Niro/Day-Lewis/Washington) haven't worked with David Lynch, but Billy Ray Cyrus has. |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 12, 2021 16:52:07 GMT
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 12, 2021 17:28:12 GMT
The GOAT. Plan on watching it tonight!
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Post by avnermoriarti on Oct 12, 2021 17:59:53 GMT
Saw it recently after a long time, the No Hay Banda scene conveys beautifully what the act of watching a movie is about.
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Post by jakesully on Oct 12, 2021 23:07:59 GMT
20 years later and this scene at the diner still gets me every fucking time.  There's no one quite like David Lynch |
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Oct 13, 2021 6:21:48 GMT
It's a good film and Naomi Watts certainly gives a fantastic performance in it, but I never was a very big fan of it. I think Lynch made his masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time four years earlier with Lost Highway. That is the film that I think deserves all the praises that Mulholland Drive is getting. It deals with similar themes of identity, guilt and obsession but in a much more interesting and profound way. I agree with you when you say Lost Highway is more interesting and profound. When I saw it, I was floored. It did a lot of things Mulholland Drive ended up doing a little bit better - and yet no recognition. Don't get me wrong. Mulholland Drive belongs on the list of 21st century film essentials and I can see how it would be a good entry point for new cinephiles. But I don't go along with all this greatest of all time praise. I don't even think it's Lynch's greatest work. I firmly believe Blue Velvet and Lost Highway trounce it. And I'm not ashamed to say that if you've having a special night, Dune does as well. |
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That's awesome 
I think I've only seen it once and that was a while ago
