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Mulholland Drive

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Movie propaganda

Love Story in the city of dreams.

Rita (Laura Herring) is abandoned on Mulholland Drive, following a car accident, suffering from amnesia. She makes her way to an apartment where she meets Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), an aspiring actress, who helps her put the pieces of her life, and the mystery of it all, back together. Elsewhere, other stories and characters weave into this ensemble piece, including Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), a director with mobster problems, and a man whose dream comes true...

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film drama Hollywood sex amnesia crime

Persons of interest

Laura Herring .... Rita
Naomi Watts .... Betty Elms
Justin Theroux .... Adam Kesher
Ann Miller .... Coco Lenoix
Dan Hedaya .... Vincenzo Castigliane
Mark Pellegrino .... Joe
Brian Beacock .... Studio Singer
Robert Forster .... Detective Harry McKnight
Michael J. Anderson .... Mr Roque
Diane Baker
Brent Briscoe
Scott Coffey .... Wilkins
Billy Ray Cyrus .... Gene
Chad Everett .... Jimmy Katz
Kate Forster .... Martha Johnson
David Lynch .... Screenwriter
David Lynch .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Awards and film festivals:

Independent Spirit Awards 2002: Best cinematography (Peter Deming)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2002: Best editing
Cannes Film Festival 2001: Best director, World première
Film Critics Circle of Australia 2002: Nominated: Best foreign film (English language)

Studios and distributors:

Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Memento without the clues, Vanilla Sky without Tom Cruise.

David takes you on an extended trip through the subconscious of a hysteric, twisting plot, characters, location and reality with little concern for Hollywood's ingrained clichés. A road map is not in David's bag of tricks.

If you're into being mind-fucked, Mulholland Drive will deliver the goods, it's just that I am a little more vanilla (no pun intended).

Having been told that things aren't what they seem, you'll have an easier time of it than I, who was often lost as Naomi plays several characters who all seem to be played by different actors. It's a great comment on her abilities (not to mention hair and make-up) but it didn't help when it came to figuring out what's going on.

You have been warned.