I haven't seen my copy of Mulholland Drive in about 6 months

[XemaSab]

Should I break down and order another copy?

[billyskank]

1. I stole it off you.

[Breeze54]

2. Huh?

:shrug:

WTH is "Mulholland Drive"?

A book?

[Zavulon]

4. A movie, which

most guys remember only for a couple well-placed lesbian scenes. With all due respect to the author of the OP, I can't understand why anyone likes it.

[Orrex]

6. Because the bit with the derelict by the diner is a rare, truly horrifying moments in American film

The scenes at the theater and the fucked up layering of action versus fantasy versus dream versus nightmare is also rare.

It's not Lynch's best work, but it stands out as one of the year's remarkable films.


Also, it has that real estate developer from Poltergeist who didn't move the bodies.

[Zavulon]

7. I see your point, but I guess it just didn't strike me that way.

It struck me as if Lynch just wanted several possible explanations to the film and hoped people would discuss and argue the point to the end of time. I don't require everything spelled out for me and generally prefer when it's not, but a movie has to hold my interest as well. This one bored the crap out of me, and I watched it only because it was my girlfriend's turn to pick.

The derelict / dumpster scene just didn't have that much impact on me.

(Not trying to be being argumentative here, mind you, I just didn't like the movie)

[Orrex]

8. I hate you and all that you stand for

Well, not really.


I saw the film in the theater, and when it ended (abruptly!), an older guy a few rows behind us yelled "you've got to be kidding me!"

So your dislike of the movie is shared by that guy, at least!

[Zavulon]

10. Not just him.

Of the people I know who have seen it, I only know one who liked it. As Murphy's Law would naturally ensure, I live with her.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Yeah, people are morons, what can you do?

Your roommate has taste though.

:P

[Zavulon]

12. It is worth pointing out that

she has been my girlfriend for a few years, so I must at least partially concur with your second statement. :)

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Haha, touché.

In any event, Mulholland Drive rules.

[Zavulon]

14. Well,

the retort not only suggested itself, but in fact was the only weapon in my arsenal at the time. I've long since discovered that when I disagree with someone on a movie, there is almost no chance I'll be able to convince that person that he or she is wrong. ;)

Kidding aside, I can't say I absolutely loathed the movie, it just bored me. Movies that I loathed are so bad that I gag when thinking of them; examples include Master of Disguise (Dana Carvey), Laser Mission (Brandon Lee), and other similar dreck.

[cemaphonic]

20. Well, the film started out as an unaired TV pilot that ABC passed on.

Lynch took a bunch of the footage from that, got some financing and shot some more film, and patched it all together. I happen to think that he did a great job considering the circumstances, but it is a bit disjointed as a result.

Also, I don't think that Lynch is really ever shooting for many-explanation-water-cooler-chitchat mindfuck movies, they just seem that way because he is not as focused on the narrative as almost all other mainstream filmmakers. A lot of stuff in his movies gets put in because he just likes the imagery, or because it has some personal symbolism to him (like the sparking electricity in almost all his movies), and because he is very interested in dreams.

[Zavulon]

25. Well, that makes Lynch sort of like country or rap to me.

No matter how skillfully done or how imaginative, I just don't like the style. It's not any of you, it's me.

[XemaSab]

26. How many drivers does a buggy have?

:shrug:

[Zavulon]

3. No.

The second it's shipped, you'll find the other one. It's not good enough to justify the ownership of two copies.

[XemaSab]

15. Not good enough to justify the ownership of two copies?

LIES! :o

[Zavulon]

16. I speak the truth, mere mortal.

;)

[XemaSab]

17. I've probably seen that film 20 times

and I am therefore more qualified to comment on the superiority of the film than you are.

[Zavulon]

18. By that logic,

I can state that Con Air is the finest film ever made, and nobody can argue with me. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

19. 20?

Lightweight. :P

[XemaSab]

21. Well, I didn't want to sound like a total freak

but yeah, probably three times in the theater plus once every two weeks for a year. :shrug:

[Symarip]

5. I'd do it

It's not the most popular movie and you don't want it going out of print on you. Maybe because I'm paranoid, if I know I'm going to use something that's eventually going to be a rare, I buy back up copies.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. I've had several DVDs go missing, never to be seen again.

I'd order a new copy.

[NV Whino]

22. I've got it. I took it with me.

But we didn't watch it.

[Evoman]

23. If you want coasters, it's cheaper just to use the AOL cd's. No need for more copies of mulholland

drive.

[Ivan Sputnik]

24. If it's important to you

and you think you will watch it multiple times, I would say it's worth it. If the the original turns up, you could give it to someone who's open to unconventional approaches to narrative, or maybe sell it. By the way, I think it's a great film.