![]() The "it was a dream" plot device can be and generally is pretty weak. I honestly just love that art film can really be so subjective, offering more and more depth to a film you don't see unless you really look for it.Īlright, I gotta get the fuck off Reddit.Įdit: Sorry I didn't address Wizard of Oz. Not for everyone, but offers some unique thoughts. This reminds me of Room 237, a critical theory examination on The Shining. ![]() Lynch had his ten clues really to inform us that it was more than just a neat little plot twist. To save myself time, and everyone else the trouble, I highly recommend reading theories like this. We're given "Betty's" back story that she has created for herself in her dream as a possible way of making it more convincing or subconsciously something else (I'm honestly getting wrapped up just trying to write this quickly. It is pure experimental filmmaking, creating linear story through a unique style of image overlays, juxtaposition and rhythm. To start, the jitterbug contest at the beginning. But it's the attention to detail and extreme subtleties Lynch presents that makes it complex. What you have is the surface level of plot, which can be unraveled after a watch or two it's like a less complex Memento if you will. While you have everything spot on, I won't say it's his simplest. It really is one of Lynch's simplest films to unravel. Her dream life is bright and shiny and successful, while her real life is tragically falling apart. ![]() She finds love, her career is skyrocketing, and she incorporates (as Dorothy in Wizard did) people from her life into her dreams, even people she may have only seen for a moment. Then if you'd watch the first half, you'd see the dream (which she may be having as she dies). You see people that simply walk by her, like the cowboy, having nothing to do with her at all (as we all do in our daily lives). If you were to watch the second half first, you'd see Diane leading a miserable life, in a broken relationship, failing in her career, and eventually being tormented and dying. The first part is the dream, and the last part is the reality. Lynch's favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz, and it has definitely influenced his films, especially this one.
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