Had a chance to watch this last night, I'll say this, if I can get a solid explaination or at least a few valid connections, so this story makes some sense, I'll give it a thumbs up.
It was visually stunning, I loved the feel of the film, enjoyed the dialogue, BUT I have no idea what just happened. If someone knows I'd love to hear it. If this turns out to be 'weird' for 'weirds' sake, then that's just a shortcut to filmmaking. I need closure dammit, if Lynch got strange on this with no explainations, then I think it's a cheap way out of storytelling. Thoughts?
Below is the only quasi-explanation I could find on the web, but it's not good enough...
'Okay, what was this all about? Well, it took two viewings to figure out this much: Everything that happened in the final quarter of the film, starting with the opening of the bluebox, actually happened. Diane was a burned-out actress who longed for Camilla, who left Diane for the hip director Adam. Diane did hire the hitman to kill Camilla, and the hit did happen. Diane's guilt (symbolized by the elderly couple) drove her to kill herself. After she shot herself, Diane then had a dream (which is quite odd after shooting herself) that was the first three-quarters of the film. She imagined herself as Betty (from the waitress' nametag), an aspiring actress who is beautiful and impresses directors at auditions. She also dreamt that the hit on Camilla did not go down as planned, and that Camilla suffered amnesia, relying on Diane to help her. Diane also imagined Adam as an unlucky guy, with mobsters on his back, his wife in bed with another man, and no money. Adam is also not too impressed with Camilla, or at least the dream version of Camilla. As for everything else? Well, this is a David Lynch film, and basically, any theories one has about his films remain as such, because Lynch never provides clear answers about h'is films.'
It was visually stunning, I loved the feel of the film, enjoyed the dialogue, BUT I have no idea what just happened. If someone knows I'd love to hear it. If this turns out to be 'weird' for 'weirds' sake, then that's just a shortcut to filmmaking. I need closure dammit, if Lynch got strange on this with no explainations, then I think it's a cheap way out of storytelling. Thoughts?
Below is the only quasi-explanation I could find on the web, but it's not good enough...
'Okay, what was this all about? Well, it took two viewings to figure out this much: Everything that happened in the final quarter of the film, starting with the opening of the bluebox, actually happened. Diane was a burned-out actress who longed for Camilla, who left Diane for the hip director Adam. Diane did hire the hitman to kill Camilla, and the hit did happen. Diane's guilt (symbolized by the elderly couple) drove her to kill herself. After she shot herself, Diane then had a dream (which is quite odd after shooting herself) that was the first three-quarters of the film. She imagined herself as Betty (from the waitress' nametag), an aspiring actress who is beautiful and impresses directors at auditions. She also dreamt that the hit on Camilla did not go down as planned, and that Camilla suffered amnesia, relying on Diane to help her. Diane also imagined Adam as an unlucky guy, with mobsters on his back, his wife in bed with another man, and no money. Adam is also not too impressed with Camilla, or at least the dream version of Camilla. As for everything else? Well, this is a David Lynch film, and basically, any theories one has about his films remain as such, because Lynch never provides clear answers about h'is films.'
