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Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist 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). The American-French co-production was originally conceived as a television pilot, and a large portion of the film was shot in 1999 with Lynch's plan to keep it open-ended for a potential series. After viewing Lynch's cut, however, television executives rejected it. Lynch then provided an ending to the project, making it a feature film. The half-pilot, half-feature result, along with Lynch's characteristic surrealist style, has left the general meaning of the film's events open to interpretation. Lynch has declined to offer an explanation of his intentions for the narrative, leaving audiences, critics, and cast members to speculate on what transpires. He gave the film the tagline "A love story in the city of dreams". Mulholland Drive earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director Award) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, sharing the prize with Joel Coen for The Man Who Wasn't There. Lynch also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. The film boosted Watts' Hollywood profile considerably, and was the last feature film to star veteran Hollywood actress Ann Miller. Mulholland Drive is often regarded as one of Lynch's finest works and as one of the greatest films of all time. It was ranked 8th in the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the best films ever made and topped a 2016 BBC poll of the best films since 2000. Plot A woman is about to be shot by her limousine chauffeur on Mulholland Drive, but is saved when a car crashes into them. The woman is the sole survivor, and wanders off in a daze; she hides in an apartment when the occupant leaves with suitcases. Aspiring actress Betty Elms arrives at the apartment, loaned by her aunt, and finds the woman. The woman confides she has amnesia and is in danger, and dons the name "Rita" from a Gilda poster. The two discover a large quantity of cash and a blue key in Rita's purse. At a diner, a man tells his companion about his recurring nightmare of the restaurant, saying it is caused by a horrific figure hiding in the alley behind. Noticing similarities to his nightmare, the man and his companion investigate behind the diner. The figure appears, causing the man to collapse in shock. Director Adam Kesher is threatened by mobsters, forced to cast unknown actress Camilla Rhodes as his film lead. When Kesher refuses, the mobsters remove his line of credit and the studio shuts down production. Kesher discovers his wife's infidelity and is soon asked to meet a cowboy, who urges him to cast Camilla for his own good. Elsewhere, a bungling hitman leaves three people dead in an attempt to steal a book of phone numbers. While at the diner investigating Rita's identity, the waitress's nametag causes Rita to remember the name "Diane Selwyn"; they call Diane's number, but there is no answer. Betty leaves Rita to attend an audition, and is shown around by a casting agent. Betty enters Adam's soundstage, where he is auditioning for The Sylvia North Story. Betty and Adam lock eyes but Betty flees the set, recalling a promise to meet Rita. Adam casts Camilla Rhodes at her audition, to the delight of the studio. Betty and Rita go to Diane Selwyn's apartment complex, but the occupant explains she is Diane's neighbor and they recently swapped apartments. Breaking into Diane's new apartment, Betty and Rita discover a woman's decomposing corpse, horrifying Rita. Rita emotionally attempts to cut her hair off, but Betty persuades her to don a similar blonde wig. Later that night, the two have sex. At 2 a.m., Rita awakens from a nightmare while chanting "Silencio" and insists that the two go to Club Silencio. At Club Silencio, the emcee explains that everything is an illusion, and the women soon cry to Rebekah del Rio's Spanish rendition of "Crying". The performer collapses but the singing continues, revealing audio to be a playback recording. Betty discovers a blue box matching the key in her purse, and the two women return home. Rita retrieves the key, but finds Betty has vanished; unlocking the box, Rita vanishes too and the box falls to the floor. The apartment owner, seen leaving in the opening, investigates the noise but finds nothing. Diane Selwyn, a depressed and struggling actress resembling Betty, awakens in the apartment Betty and Rita investigated. Diane's apartment swap neighbor shows up to claim her old possessions, and warns that detectives have asked for Diane's whereabouts. Diane has fantasies about her past relationship with Camilla Rhodes, a successful actress who looks like Rita. Despite Diane's investment in the relationship, Camilla breaks up with Diane. At Camilla's behest, Diane attends a party at Adam's house on Mulholland Drive, the party's attendees resemble people seen previously. Diane explains to the partygoers she moved from Canada after inheriting cash from her aunt, and became friends with Camilla on The Sylvia North Story despite losing the leading role to her. Camilla kisses and whispers about Diane to the "Camilla Rhodes" Adam cast earlier, angering Diane. Adam and Camilla prepare to make a joint announcement (suggesting they are getting married) as Diane shakes with rage. At the diner, Diane meets the hitman and hires him to kill Camilla, who explains he will leave a blue key to signal that the hit has been completed. In her apartment, a traumatized Diane stares at the blue key on her coffee table. Terrorised by hallucinations, Diane runs into her room and shoots herself. At Club Silencio, a blue-haired woman whispers "Silencio", ending the film. Cast Themes and interpretations Giving the film only the tagline "A love story in the city of dreams", David Lynch has refused to comment on Mulholland Drive's meaning or symbolism, leading to much discussion and multiple interpretations. The Christian Science Monitor film critic David Sterritt spoke with Lynch after the film screened at Cannes and wrote that the director "insisted that Mulholland Drive does tell a coherent, comprehensible story", unlike some of Lynch's earlier films like Lost Highway. On the other hand, Justin Theroux said of Lynch's feelings on the multiple meanings people perceive in the film, "I think he's genuinely happy for it to mean anything you want. He loves it when people come up with really bizarre interpretations. David works from his subconscious." The film was described as a neo-noir. Dreams and alternative realities An early interpretation of the film uses dream analysis to argue that the first part is a d.... Discover the Adam L Gowans Unknown popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam L Gowans Unknown books.