Our theory is Rotten Tomatoes isn't revealing the whole story. But if Lynch directed four superior films years earlier, that certainly pours cold water on the notion of "Mulholland Drive" as a supreme celluloid dream. All four of these films - indisputably essential watches in their own right - arrived before 2000, so they do not necessarily disrupt the notion that "Mulholland Drive" is the millennium's pinnacle of cinema. If we gaze towards Rotten Tomatoes, we see that critical consensus grants "Mulholland Drive" an 84% freshness rating. I knew a boomer Lynch fan who thought that was one of the greatest lines in Hollywood history smh.Just like the owls, the takes are not what they seem. That’s not limited to (but symbolized by) the f*ggot line which was never cool and aged like milk. Whatever archetype he was going for… he seemed more pretentious and insufferable (exactly how I found Michael Cera’s acting in The Return). Primarily I think Cage’s portrayal just really didn’t work for me. But somehow I set that aside when ranking the film.
While I deride it, I simultaneously say it has a contender for Lynch’s best scene ever (willem Defoe “fuck me”).
Does anyone really think it should be his highest-decorated film?! Not that establishment award ceremonies ever matter…ĭon’t kill me but at the time my reaction was “Baz Luhrman does David Lynch” and not in a good way 🤣 I’m quite annoyed that’s the film that won Palme d’or for him. It’s been years and I owe it a re-watch, but I remember being disappointed.
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