Early Sunday Evening, March 6, 2016

Bloomberg posted a story Sunday evening (tonight) at 6:00 p.m. or thereabouts suggesting that "the worst may be behind us."  I've provided the link and a portion of the story as an update to an earlier post.

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Mulholland Drive Now Part Of The Criterion Collection

Life is "funny." People are attracted to different things for different reasons. My wife hates Mulholland Drive. It's one of my favorite movies. Did we have this discussion before in which I provided a definition of what makes a "top 10" movie for me? If not, some other day.

Of the movies on my "top 10" list this is perhaps the only one I cannot watch often (along with Dr Zhivago), maybe once every ten years. Considering that it came out in 2001 I guess that means I've watched it once, or twice. It comes up now because it has now become part of the Criterion Collection and I finally ordered this copy.

It's hard not to call Mulholland Drive "soft-porn" but it is what it is. I don't suppose it's any "worse" than "old" Playboy (the "new" Playboy, as of March, 2016, no longer shows any nudity -- well, sort of "no" nudity).

The back stories about Mulholland Drive are fascinating and the stories of the real-life actors and actresses are likewise just as fascinating.

The critics "Ebert and Roeper" provide their top ten movies each year. For 2001, Mulholland Drive was #5 on Ebert's list and #3 on Roeper's list. And that's why I say life is funny. On Ebert's list I have only seen three of the ten movies, including Mulholland Drive. On Roeper's list, I have seen only two, and one of them was Mulholland Drive. 

The Cowboy, Mulholland Drive
The following video is only a minute-and-a-half of a much longer, and incredibly interesting "interview" with Naomi Watts and David Lynch. This interview and a couple of the other interviews was worth the entire price of the DVD.

David Lynch and Naomi Watts