David Lynch explains Ideas and Mullholland Drive

An English Teacher asks David Lynch about Mullholland Drive.

David Lynch speaks about ideas, and how he comes up with them.

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[CheeseMoe13]

aw god, THE FINGERS...THE FINGERS!!!

[Ichiboy900]

She watched Mullholland Drive with her son? I'm willing bet that son didn't know the film had a lesbian sex scene in it before he agreed to go watch it with his mom.

[keefe wells]

Cowboy.

[keefe wells]

I think this film is about two people that where together in life, and find each other in death.

[nfnkalyan]

this is real shit man.

[HellenicDigital]

Well said.

For me, the whole point of the film was: how can it be made any more obvious (explicit)? The blue key, which is the key, is in-your-face! Yet I didn't see that till the third viewing. Folks just don't wanna see what's right in front of their face, right? That, to me, appears to be the director's statement.

Once the viewer "gets" the key, I think they should be able to unlock most of the rest.

Some really simple themes originally and artistically treated!

[RushLimborg]

And he deliberately leaves it open so that different interperetations will fit the clues nicely--or will they? Either way, his films make us THINK.

[RushLimborg]

This is what I like about David Lynch. He basically told the audience in this clip that there IS a legitimate answer to the question of What Happens in the film--but he respects our intelligence enough to say, "I'm not giving away the answer--you're capable of figuring it out."

Figuring out a Lynch film is half the fun. And he's generous enough to give us "clues" such as the insert to the Mulholland Drive DVD--or his describing Inland Empire as a "mystery film" about a "woman in danger".

[nfnkalyan]

ha ha. 

[NeverAloneForever]

This explains a lot. Don't hate or love the guy. Just understand.

[KajiCarson]

Art will always make sense, that's why it's art.