Reviewer
kumarihpx |
Build-up 4 |
Kissing 3 |
Love scenes 3 |
Movie overall
5 |
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OK, first of all, I will say that this is actually my favorite movie. It made me a real believer in David Lynch. It's got everything I like in a movie -- great creepy score, tension, mystery, twists and turns that blow your mind, intrigue, beautiful cinematography, and oh lest I forget lesbianism! Lesbianism is actually a plus, which I didn't expect but received happily; other things make this movie as beautiful and wonderful as it is. If you have to, watch it twice and you will get all of the underlying themes -- the Hollywood machine, lost dreams, love and revenge, etc. It's convoluted, but ultimately very rewarding when you get it.
I made comment about this story elsewhere, and I am still at odds of how to preceive the woman/woman relationship and its consequences for how we as society see lesbians. On one hand, the women are dead in the end, the main character commits suicide after having her lover killed. Not a good message. But on the other hand, I think David Lynch takes a gigantic leap in having the relationship be between two women, and it's so relaxed because it could have been anyone -- man/woman, two men, whatever. I think he treats them as any two human beings, but probably the story is best told between two women because the main character wants to have the successful acting career the other one has, so it's a classic want, desire, envy storyline, I think characteristic of how two women would interact. Am I a pig for saying that? I don't know, but what I do know is women, and I'm sure you all know women who feel this way.
What's cool, though, is that the women form a sexual relationship in the midst of all the success lust, mind games they play, taunting and teasing (That's in the second part of the movie where we see what the reality is, not the fantasy that comprised the first 2 hours of the film). The first part of the film is how Diane (her name in reality, her name is Betty in her fantasy) wished it would have happened. She has connections in Hollwood, wows the industry people in her very first audition ever, and she can turn them down all to be there for Rita (Camilla in reality). Diane has this warped fantasy in her last few minutes before she dies, imagining not only that she succeeded, but that Camilla actually desperately needed her help, made a pass at HER (instead of snubbing her as she does in reality), and loved her.
I think it's a love story, but it's so much more than that, and it has a very unhappy ending. But most things do in real life. This is movie which has many different layers, is extremely well-done, both leads are fabulous, is just weird enough to keep you guessing, and makes you think. My kind of movie.
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