"A love story in the city of dreams."
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino
Mulholland Drive — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Silencio.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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