Mullholand Dr Vs Lost Highway

Really like Lost Highway inspite of all it's mind bending silliness

Mulholland Drive holds no interest for me because for all the theories people come up with the film isn't about anything and I find the whole thing bloody tedious.

Blue Velvet is his masterpiece

Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?

For me, it is nearly impossible to choose. I love 'Mulholland Drive' more than any other Hollywood film-see this list on my blog http://cinephilesss.blogspot.in/2016/05/the-ten-best-hollywood-films-of-all-time.html and then I watched last night 'Lost Highway' and can't really decide which is a greater piece of genius.

To be honest, both films are weirdly great in their own ways. 'Mulholland Drive' is basically a fantasy and that somewhat makes it easier to interpret- though alternate meanings can still be brought in from time to time. 'Lost Highway' is more of a complicated affair altogether- it is fantasy wrapped up with delusion, with denial of the reality and spurred by feelings and emotions that one never knew, or chooses not to know, to exist. Both are basically about failed, tragic people dreaming up some sort of release from the harsh truths of their lives. Yet, in both cases, they fail.

'Mulholland Drive' seems like a more experimental film while 'Lost Highway' is more rooted in the neo-noir genre- it conforms to the element of the femme-fatale actually though Rita is also a femme fatale in 'Mulholland Drive'. It is just that 'Lost Highway' still toys with the idea of a whodunit- who murdered Renee, or is Dick Laurent dead or why is Fred being framed? 'Mulholland Drive' is beyond such deceptive trappings of genre- it is its own beast, it shoves aside the early conspiracy theory as well and suggests a greater force, inexplicable and mysterious that is driving the strange things in this dream-world.

'Mulholland Drive''s main ace is ultimate mastery of mood. Lynch balances, deceptively, tension with humor, Hitchcock suspense with sensual romance, perfect bliss with wistful sorrow, fear with disappointment, moments of true discovery and wonder with paranoia and dread. 'Lost Highway' sort of starts off as grim and haunting and stays that way for most part. Except for maybe the way it ratchets up its sexual fireworks. Sexuality oozes from the frames in 'Lost Highway'- in both implicit and explicit ways and adds a streak of throbbing sexual energy into the proceedings, making things more unhinged and wild. Lynch pushes himself forward in this regard.

While 'Lost Highway' makes my mind buzz more due to its beautifully elaborate structure and rich detailing, 'Mulholland Drive' feels like a more complete film, if slightly more so. One of the delights of the former is the open-ended nature- leaving you to guess what follows next. 'MD' is more like a closed loop- a final moment of release and an upsurge of reality from the deep folds of the mind. Also, in terms of subtext, 'MD' scores more. It speaks volumes about the nature of Hollywood, itself a major illusion crafted to satisfy our desires and wishes, and also of the darker truths that its sheen- like this film- conceals. 'Lost Highway' is more insular- it is mostly about private things- failed marriages, invasion of privacy and the mediocrity that lies inside us.

While I admire 'Lost Highway' intensely for the visuals, the plot, the metaphors and the entire feel, my love towards 'Mulholland Drive' is slightly stronger. Though it did not quite have an excellent opening credits scene as the one in which David Bowie sings 'I Am Deranged' while we are racing on a long ribbon of a highway at night.

'Lost Highway'- 10/10
'Mulholland Drive'- 10.5/10 (extra marks for Naomi Watts)

Lost Highway for me, please.

Just ended rewatch MD. Final is astonishing. But I can't drop the feeling 90 minutes of it is a tv pilot, and another hour has been shot to tie loose ends, to fix it somehow and make a movie. Lynch decided to do another LH with women. Yes, its great, especially these hilarious scenes how hollywood factory works with a dckhead director and mafia producing the movies, etc, but...

And besides soundtrack from LH is one of the most played music on my iphone. Simply superb. The movie in my top-3 of all time.

I like both. Though in MD you get two sexy women instead of just one.

Mulholland Drive: film of the decade

Lost Highway: great movie, but not the film of its decade

+1 to the user above who said the mystery man is one of the great Lynchian villains, perhaps second only to Bob. Putting Robert Blake in the part is the key to the role's uncanniness.

By the way, film of the decade for our decade is Inception. The 90's has to be Pulp Fiction, but maybe Barton Fink. 80's goes to Lynch again: Blue Velvet--how could you say otherwise? 70's, of course, is Francis Ford Coppola...wait for it...no, not The Godfather, but The Conversation. Trust me, I know these things. PM me for previous decades.

MD is more mesmerizing. LH tested my patience.

I feel Lost Highway was just a little bit better than Mullholand Drive

Mulholland Drive. But I love LH every bit as much it seems.