At the time, most people didn’t think it was a classic. But I thought it was fun.
I'm not saying you're lowbrow—you're talking to a guy who unironically loves Chopping Mall. But I am saying you may prefer less ambiguity. So let's try this again.
Mulholland Drive isn’t enjoyable because it’s a tightly wound plot machine. It’s enjoyable because it isn’t.
Lynch doesn’t make movies that move in straight lines—he makes movies that spiral, twist, and drop you in the middle of something uncanny. For people who like surrealism, ambiguity, and symbolism, that’s the draw. The movie isn’t telling you what to think—it’s inviting you to get lost.
That diner scene you dismissed as pointless? That’s the purest example of what Lynch does. It doesn’t “advance the story.” It advances the feeling. You watch it and you know you’re inside a nightmare. Not a slasher-movie nightmare, not a jump-scare nightmare. Instead, the kind where reality bends, logic collapses, and you wake up with your heart racing even though “nothing happened.” That’s worth more than ten minutes of plot efficiency.
The campy acting? Deliberate. It’s not supposed to look like real life—it’s supposed to look like a dream about real life. That’s why it feels “off.” Later, when the film cracks open, that over-the-top style turns into commentary on Hollywood itself—on performance, on artifice, on self-deception. What looks like bad acting at the start becomes part of the larger game Lynch is playing.
And the so-called “big reveal”? Sure, you can reduce it to “jealousy leading to a hit job.” But the real fun is that there isn’t one definitive reading. Is the second half reality? Is the first half fantasy? Is it all about fractured identity? Is it all about Hollywood chewing people up and spitting them out? Yes, yes, and yes. It’s a cinematic Rorschach test. The ambiguity is the point.
So no—it’s not “writers trying too hard to look smart.” It’s a director making a movie that works on dream logic instead of story logic. Some people hate that. Other people love it.
If you want clarity, watch a Marvel movie. If you want to feel like you just woke up from a dream that won’t let go of you, then watch Mulholland Drive.
You might prefer to watch a Marvel movie instead. Less ambiguity there.
Great question. For one thing, it’s built to be a general Piefed video game community. There’s another one on piefed.social but it’s way more meme heavy and into “gamer culture” instead of just video games.
As for why Piefed and not Lemmy, it’s because Piefed communities are portable. That is, if the admin proves to be awful or a server threatens to shut down, you can just move the community elsewhere.
Also, audience. I crosspost from @[email protected], an account that has 14.5K followers. So lots of comments come from Mastodon and Akkoma.
Finally, content. Less outrage culture. More games. Many which you’re likely to have never played before.
Joke’s on them. I use a fork of that obscure client/tool.
It ain’t pedantry. They’re weasel words cooked up to wallpaper what people are: pedophiles.
And I’m banning anyone who engages or supports such nonsense.
I don’t give a damn about how pedophiles prefer to be addressed.
Also, we don’t welcome pedophile apologists in this community so you’re banned.
DVDs and Blu-Rays are still being made. Actually, you can get this movie in those formats—if you wish.
Not an issue with the community itself, I just have a hard time federating to lemm.ee from atomicpoet.org. Whenever I tag [email protected], my reviews don't reach there. Piefed is much better when it comes to crossposting from Akkoma.
Nope, not a bot. You've spoken to me a few times.
These are not "random" but games I think deserve attention.
Do you realize 20K games were released on Steam last year but few of them were ever noticed?
You can see Lemmy posts from Friendica. For example:
https://friendica.world/display/e7311011-53fd1027bdcd0da2-858c998f
You can also see Friendica groups from Lemmy.
It’s a performance piece.