I didn't understand this movie the first time I saw it although I liked the overall mood of it. But then I read an explanation of the movie somewhere (maybe here at IMDb) and it makes perfect sense. SPOILER AHEAD!!!!
After the opening credits with the swing dancers and up to the point where the guy in the cowboy hat says, "Hey pretty girl, time to wake up", you have been watching a DREAM that the main character is having. After she wakes up and the reality of her life is exposed we are shown--in a bit of a non-linear fashion--some of the recent events in her life (and the people involved) that served as material for the dream we have just watched. That's it.
I thought that this was another "Lost Highway", a movie that I have never been able to make sense of, but "Mulholland Drive" turns out to be a lot more straightforward and accessible than it initially seems to be. Once I understood what I was watching I really enjoyed the movie and also appreciated the fact that it tells a very sad story. Don't give up on this movie.
After the opening credits with the swing dancers and up to the point where the guy in the cowboy hat says, "Hey pretty girl, time to wake up", you have been watching a DREAM that the main character is having. After she wakes up and the reality of her life is exposed we are shown--in a bit of a non-linear fashion--some of the recent events in her life (and the people involved) that served as material for the dream we have just watched. That's it.
I thought that this was another "Lost Highway", a movie that I have never been able to make sense of, but "Mulholland Drive" turns out to be a lot more straightforward and accessible than it initially seems to be. Once I understood what I was watching I really enjoyed the movie and also appreciated the fact that it tells a very sad story. Don't give up on this movie.