Why 'Mulholland Drive' is the greatest film since 2000

BBC ^ | 23 August 2016 | Luke Buckmaster

[Borges]

Cinema in the early years of the 21st Century has experienced something of an existential crisis. Terms such as ‘TV-like’ or ‘television-esque’ were once intended as insults; now, in a period most commentators consider a new ‘golden age of television’ – a Don Draper here, a Walter White there – that is no longer the case. So, if television has evolved to a point where it is no longer considered an inferior art form, what does this mean for cinema?

Perhaps it is no coincidence that David Lynch’s mind-bending mystery-drama Mullholland Drive has been named by BBC Culture’s critics’ poll as the best film of the century so far. Its very roots lie in television: the film began as a failed TV pilot and was salvaged into feature-length format.

[Borges]

Most people despise his movies, which is why critics love them.

What does that even mean? Reviews of films are written before a film is released so critics have no idea how a given film will do at the box office.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

It was sort of a wise-crack, indicating that critics are usually out of touch with ticket buyers.

And Lynch has a track record of appealing to a very slim, esoteric audience.

[Borges]

That has all sorts of contingencies. Apart from the fact that there are ton of populist hack critics, most good films don’t play outside of big cities. And even in big cities they play in few theaters.

[dfwgator]

No “Dude, Where’s My Car?”

Bogus list.

[Scythian_Reborn]

I beg to differ ...

[jpsb]

Naomi Watts is super hot.

Yes she is, IMHO the rules apply here

[Pelham]

“[That is one strange flick.] So is Eraserhead.”

‘Strange flick’ doesn’t begin to describe the pure hallucinatory nightmare that is Eraserhead...