Episode 219: Mullholland Drive (2001)

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Josh and Drusilla discuss David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece, Mulholland Drive, exploring its surrealist and neo-noir elements.

For Memorial Day, Josh and Drusilla discuss David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece, Mulholland Drive. From wiki: “Mulholland Drive[b] is a 2001 mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. Its narrative is characterized by surrealist and neo-noir elements, and follows an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) newly arrived in Los Angeles, where she befriends a car crash victim (Laura Harring) who is suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director (Justin Theroux) must deal with interference from...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Conkel, Drusilla Adeline

Topics covered

• film analysis
• David Lynch
• surrealism
• neo-noir
• Hollywood
• acting

Keywords

• Mulholland Drive
• David Lynch
• Naomi Watts
• surrealism
• neo-noir
• Hollywood
• film analysis

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Books & works: Mulholland Drive

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