Could someone briefly explain Mullholland Drive for a Simpleton like me?
Giving the film only the tagline, “A love story in the city of dreams”,[8] David Lynch has refused to comment on its meaning or symbolism, leading to much discussion and multiple interpretations. Christian Science Monitor film critic David Sterritt spoke with Lynch after the film screened at Cannes and wrote that the director “insisted that Mulholland Drive does tell a coherent, comprehensible story,” unlike some of Lynch’s earlier films.[12] On the other hand, Justin Theroux said of Lynch’s feelings on the multiple meanings people take from the film, “I think he’s genuinely happy for it to mean anything you want. He loves it when people come up with really bizarre interpretations. David works from his subconscious.”[11] An early interpretation of the film uses dream analysis to explain that the first part is a dream of the real Diane Selwyn, who has cast her dream-self as the innocent and hopeful “Betty Elms”, reconstructing her history and persona into something like an old Hollywood
