after two brief scene that at first seem unrelated to the rest of the film and we see a dark haired and obviously rich beauty in the back of a limousine . her driver stop at an odd location on mulholland drive and which be a twisting and thickly wooded two lane road full of mansion overlook los angeles . just a her driver and another man in the passenger seat turn around to kill her and two drag race car from the opposite direction come crash into the limo . only the dark haired woman survives . she work her way down the ridge to sunset boulevard and hide in a vacation woman apartment . shortly after and betty ( naomi watt ) and the vacation woman niece and show up at the apartment and run into the dark haired woman and who now have amnesia . the bulk of the first part of the film be betty and the dark haired woman try to figure out who she be and why people be try to kill her and why she have thousand of dollar and a strange key in her purse . this be intersperse with oddly surreal thread about hollywood producer and director and with occasional foray into a land of hoodlum and prostitute . the above may sound a bit complicated and disjointed and but that not the half of it . the film be construct so that the meaning will always be open to interpretation . it basically guarantee that you will not understand this film and you will not have very much confidence arrive at your own interpretation the first time around . even if you have a lot of experience with like minded film such a memento ( 2000 ) and donnie darko ( 2001 ) and the i inside ( 2003 ) and the butterfly effect ( 2004 ) you may not understand it on a second viewing and either . the studio be aware of this to the extent that they have director david lynch write 10 clue to unlock this thriller and they put it on the back of the chapter list insert in the dvd . lynch be of a particular disposition and these clue be almost as cryptic a the film itself . it doesn not help when try to figure it out in the early stage that the structure be extremely complex . it take a very long time to figure out what part be suppose to be real and there be a complex nesting of flashback in some section and with only contextual clue that theyre flashback . but be the film worth watch and or worth try to figure out . that depend on your taste and obviously . on a surface level and the film be certainly attractive if you be a fan of surrealism and although it will tend to seem a bit slow and overly disjoint to some viewer . but those quality and and many other surrealist aspect of the film and be typical of lynch . a prime lynchian moment be the old couple in the beginning bizarrely smile almost a if theyre alien pod people try to put on a front . if youre familiar with that style and like it and you will find much to love here and although in many way and mulholland drive be fairly understate for lynch . it also worth note and for viewer who will primarily be interested in it or who enjoy it just as much a other aspect and that mulholland drive have a quite steamy lesbian scene . it not gratuitous and although i have no problem with gratuitousness and but be instead an important hinge in the film . like all of lynch film and it easy to become enrapture in his unique approach to every aspect of filmic art and his attention to detail . any serious student of film ( include armchair student or cinephiles ) should study mulholland drive while many will love it . lynch doesn not let anything pas unmanipulated . he include brilliant color scheme ( such a the plethora of red and pink ) with important symbolism . he make unusual use of sound and such a the ring telephone carrying over into the section of score that follow it ( when betty first arrive at the airport ) . he direct his actor to deliver their line in a plethora of bizarre way and such a his characteristic odd pause . he let his odd and surprising sense of humor poke through and such a the name winkie and and the hot dog make for pink sign that provide a clue to some of the color symbolism . lynch attention to detail in production design provide important and subtle clue throughout the film to help one unlock the meaning . it interest to note that lynch even apparently demand that the dvd program be unusual there be no chapter on the disc while you must either watch the film in real time or fast forward or rewind to get back to particular point . if the surrealism and veil meaning of the film be attractive to you and or if youre just fond of puzzle and then mulholland drive be well worth watch for that aspect . there be a fairly accepted interpretation of the film and at least on a broad and generalized level . i would not recount the standard interpretation here it be worth research and but only after you have see the film a couple time and have reach your own conclusion . many article and monograph have be write on the film and interpretation while there be even website dedicate to it . for my money and however and although i generally love lynch and find many thing about mulholland drive attractive and it be not quite a 10 for me and at least not yet ( i have a feeling that my score could still rise on subsequent viewing ) . to me and though and the twist aspect of the film be do much well in other work such a the i inside and the butterfly effect . mulholland drive be more attractive to me for it surface surrealistic touch and but the plot doesn not carry them as well a some of lynch other film . still and mulholland drive be certainly recommend for the right crowd . if youre serious about film and do not mind have to think about what you watch ( a if those two would not necessarily coincide ) and you shouldn not miss this one .