Saw David Lynch's Mulholland Drive tonight. It truly is David Lynch's film: he wrote the script, directed it and composed some of the music. This film was well directed, photographed and acted, especially by Ann Miller, the female lead or co-female lead, whose fresh, ingenue character provided a sharp contrast to the corrupt and sinister Hollywood natives. Miller was outstanding, but all the actors were excellent.
The film left the audience to fill in a fair number of blanks as best it could. Lynch captured the sinister side of Los Angeles and Hollywood and provided suspense and dread that matched most anything by Hitchcock, minus a clear, coherent, completely comprehensible plot.
Lynch has come a long way since Eraserhead.
