"A love story in the city of dreams."
Mulholland Drive - Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Silencio.
— The Blue-Haired Woman
Context:
Whispered in the balcony of Club Silencio after the credits roll.
Meaning:
The final word of the film, signaling the end of the dream, the end of Diane's life, and the return to the void of the theater.
No hay banda! There is no band... it is all an illusion.
— The Emcee at Club Silencio
Context:
The opening speech of the performance at the mysterious nightclub.
Meaning:
A direct address to the audience and the characters that the reality they are witnessing is manufactured and fake.
This is the girl.
— The Castigliane Brothers / Adam Kesher
Context:
Used by the mobsters to force Adam to cast a specific actress, and later echoed by Adam during the audition.
Meaning:
A phrase denoting the loss of agency and the cold, transactional nature of the industry where people are mere commodities.
A man's attitude goes some ways to the way his life will be.
— The Cowboy
Context:
During the meeting with Adam Kesher under the moonlight.
Meaning:
A cryptic warning about the moral consequences of one's choices and the inevitability of facing the 'reality' one has created.