Mulholland Drive story
Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by David Lynch and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino and Robert Forster. It tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms (Watts), newly arrived in Los Angeles, who meets and befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) recovering from a car accident. The story follows several other vignettes and characters, including a Hollywood film director (Theroux).
17 total · 7 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| acting | major | Betty was an aspiring actress. |
| coping with getting dumped | major | Diane was dumped by Camilla, or maybe it was a counter-dumping, but then Diane goes nuts (and possibly the whole weird movie ties into this retrospectively) |
| girlfriend and girlfriend | major | Camille and Diane, and various alter egos perhaps |
| murder | major | There were numerous murders and murder attempts. |
| organized crime | major | We saw the illicit activities of some powerful gangsters whose boss wanted to influence a movie director to pick a specific actress. |
| romantic love | major | Betty proclaimed her love for Rita; Diane was obsessively besotted with Camille |
| what if I had amnesia | major | "Rita" remembered nothing after her car accident. |
| coping with a tough customer | minor | mobster spat out his painstakingly procured gourmet espresso |
| dangerous driving | minor | The story started with teenagers racing down the eponymous Mulholland Drive. |
| husband and wife | minor | Adam and wife |