watched mulholland dr. good movie. at first i felt that outside of the director's sideplot, the plot of the first two thirds of the movie was rather dull, though i did notice some odd things like the bright lighting, and the somewhat jarring dialogue (similar to twin peaks, same director i guess). the whole silencio scene verged on being ridicule. but then the last third of the movie came on and it all clicked and came together, and put into perspective all the different elements and oddities of the first two thirds. the whole exploration of diane's psyche was really cool, especially with the way it was presented (not explicit, and only something you can realize after reaching that last third). it's really cool how all the characters and different objects reappear in that last third, and you realize that they left a lasting impression on diane due to her emotional state and nervousness and that all of it translated into the dream or the first two thirds. that was my interpretation anyway. another thing i thought was really well done was the initially jarring shot/reverse shot of diane and herself, splitting one scene in two halves (the blue key is present before that shot, meaning it was the morning after the soiree, but not after, which means that that would be the day before it). really cool and subtle way to portray the events within a non-linear story. betsy was pretty naive, and there were quite a few obvious clues about her being in a dream, and in an idealized golden-age hollywood that diane wishes she were a part of, though it never felt too on-the-nose. it was delivered in a way that never really took you out of that "dream" while still leading you to doubt it at times, with subtle things like that lighting i mentioned earlier, and weird dialogue and facial expressions (like that old woman's creepy smile) that at a first glance, and if you hadn't seen anything else by lynch, you could just chalk up to bad acting. but the opposite is obviously true, the acting was pretty good. the strange stilted dialogue, like in that diner scene, accomplished exactly what it needed to.