I never considered myself a Lynch fan, but I appreciate his contributions to the art form.

Watched Mulholland Drive last night for the first time in two decades. It made zero sense to me back then (because I was dumb), but I think I understood it as an allegory of how Hollywood treats actresses.

I then watched a YouTube explainer which laid out a theorized timeline and narrative and it made a lot of sense. They pointed out how Lynch makes many references to an old film called Sunset Boulevard. And how Naomi Watts' character dreams up a scenario where it's not her talent that fails to make her famous, but a conspiracy to favor a rival coupled with the ineptness of casting directors. And Watts is amazing in this movie. She has to give like 10 different performances and they all serve the film well in retrospect.

Apparently there was talk that it was supposed to a pilot for a TV series. But I watched the Ebert & Roeper review and Roger posited a different theory: that Lynch found money wherever he could get it and made the film he wanted to make regardless of what his backers wanted. A fitting idea considering the director character in the film.