13 MULHOLLAND DRIVE 2001

HOLLYWOOD DREAMS VS NIGHTMARISH REALITY

EXPECTATION David Lynch planned this for TV. Will it work as a movie?

OMG Its cinematography and loopy structure are intoxicating, but it’s Naomi Watts’ performance as an ingénue whose optimism is pushed to breaking point by a series of all-consuming encounters that endures.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Obsession rages over what it’s actually about... Murder mystery? Exploration of lost love/ambition? Pure fantasy? Arguably, it’s anything you want it to be.

“It’ll be just like in the movies.”

Before her audition, Laura Harring, who plays accident-surviving amnesiac “Rita”, was in a minor collision.