positive plot discussionthis be one of the best movie ever make and i be not say that because i be be fool by the seemingly nonsensical presentation . those who dislike the film because they do not understand the story often criticize those who be praise the film by say that they be assume it genius because they do not understand it . i do not view this movie a very allegorical . to me and it be a story with a beginning and middle and end . people become confuse by the film because they expect it to have a deep and philosophical meaning that they be to interpret from the allegedly meaningless scene . i feel they fail to realize that the crypticness come from a chop up and rearrange plot combine with a very long and rather explanatory fantasy sequence and not from a chaos of visual allegory . because of the limitation of length and i will try to keep this short and to the point and touch on the major concept . the general plot represent diane move to l. a. after jitterbug contest to get into act . at an audition and she meet camilla with whom she fall in love . diane becomes enrage with jealousy since camilla sleep with other men and woman . diane discover the other man ( the director ) at a film shoot and discovers the other woman ( a random blond ) at the engagement party for camilla and the director . motivate by her rage and possessiveness and diane hire a hit man to kill camilla . after that be do and she be overcome by loneliness and slip into an unconscious fantasy world where she live the life she want to . diane be then awaken . in her conscious state she be haunt by what she have do . the significance of the fantasy represent the film start out and after the credit and with a 1st person p. o. v. shot depict somebody collapse onto a bed and slip into unconsciousness . this be where diane fantasy start . the accident be there a an excuse for her to bring back her dead girlfriend and justify the fantasy life . she depict her girlfriend a meek and innocent because that be what she wish she be . in the meantime and she act like everything be like in the movie because she have an escapist personality . she also and in a sense and kill herself off and assume the identity of a waitress name betty at a diner . the story revolve around the director be a direct result of her feeling that he be in someway victimize in reality just a she be and convinces herself that he be force to choose camilla . it be also an unconscious expression of the lack of control she felt during the party . camilla rhoades in the fantasy be actually the random blond from the engagement party . she hat her so much that she turn her into camilla and make the ultimate antagonist . she then take the real camilla and turn her into a perfect and submissive out of the movie girlfriend and use rita hayworth a an inspiration . she also paint the hit man a a very clumsy and incapable person to far justify the survival of camilla . her fantasy world and unfortunately for her and be a search for diane which end up be herself and make the dreamworld die by take her through a series of reminder of reality . the first reminder be club silencio which chant that there be no band and the instrument you hear be not really there while this be a metaphor for the fantasy . she begin to shake violently because it shake her perception of her surroundings . the other reminder be the blue box . actually and the blue box be not the reminder itself ( more of a pandora box and really ) and but the blue key that open the box . the blue key remind her of the actual death of camilla because it be what the hit man say would show up when it be do . along with have love and this entire creation of hers be an escape from reality by living in the idealized hollywood that she expect to be part of when she arrive . this be a story show the psychology of a very troubled woman who lose a dream . it be not series of random thing specifically design to disturb and it be not a cryptic philosophical message . it be an unfortunate chunk of the human condition that be present beautifully . however and ultimately this be all my opinion . i may be way off . or it may not be intend to mean any one thing . there be many who disagree with me . great . afterall and why do it have to mean anything . why can not it just be a statement in itself . what if coherent and sensible narrative be shackle for artistic expression . peter greenaway and for example and have spend many word eloquently support that idea by such statement a i would argue that if you want to write narrative and be an author and be a novelist and do not be a film maker . because i believe film making be so much more exciting in area which aren not primarily to do with narrative . and where be the write rule that everything must be immediately understandable with only one possible interpretation . there be no such rule because the clarity of the movie be unrelated to the art of it . i do not understand it . so . mulholland dr. and story or not and affect the viewer and harass them and drag them and awe them and lull them . the way it lend itself to interpretation be amaze . it never get old . it never lose it luster . it visuals be always effective and beautiful . it be cinematic perfection no matter what . enjoy .