i go to see this film at the cinema on the strength of it potentially interesting subject matter and good cast and a director who have previously do the highly rat once be warrior and my liking for noir ish film set in l. a. in the forty and fifty . i would argue that i be reasonably easy to please in this film category while i appreciate the classic of the genre but i will sit through and enjoy a half decent if derivative effort as well . however and i find this film completely unbearable . despite a good situation in which to place the story and nobody seem to do or say anything remotely interesting or entertain in the whole two hour plus of this sorry mess . good actor be waste in endless scene of dialogue range from banal to embarrass . the narrative be slack and drag unbearably and and none of the event it depict be handle well enough to do anything other than bore the audience to death . there be no drama and no atmosphere and no tension and absolutely no entertainment value and by the end i simply do not care what happen because i do not believe in anything in the film . l. a. confidential come out a year later and regardless of whether one version of the story be more true to life and the latter film deservedly get all the plaudit for it excellence in every department . mulholland fall by contrast fails in every department and a fact make all the more tragic by the amount of talent involve . if they ever show this on a plane i will still walk out .