Thursday, June 18, 2009

First and Last and First

Depending on how you look at it... either of these could be the first post-opening credits image in the movie.


What's the movie?

If I use the last frame it's a dead giveaway -- click to embiggen for the memories


Highlight for the answer if you're still stumped: It's David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DR (2001)

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mulholland Drive!!!

Josh

Flosh said...

damn it! so close. anyway, yes, mulholland drive.

Dean said...

Even the shot inside the car is a pretty big giveaway. I don't remember the purple sillohetts though.

NATHANIEL R said...

yes, too easy i know.

i love those purple silhouettes. How on earth does David Lynch get away with so much randomness and yet his films always feel cohesive?

Anonymous said...

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

c*nt said...

"a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man"

Gayest thing I ever heard!

Chris Na Taraja said...

I wouldn't have guessed it. I hate that movie. Granted, I only saw the last half of it, so maybe I'm missing something. But it seemed like the hollywood version of THE SHINING. I'm sure Hollywood is actually scarier than a snowed in hotel.

Cinesnatch said...

Something about how that tree is lit at night screams Lynchian.

Unknown said...

The first one I didn't guess. Totally forgot about the opening shadow play.

Dominique said...

Didn't need to click on the real last frame to know it was Mulholland Dr.

I always remember those silhouettes...

Ben said...

Oh my God. One of the first ones I for sure know and I'm too late. Oh man... Love love LOVE that movie, and I usually hate Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE was unbearable, Blue Velvet is a mess).

Ben said...

This movie is so great. Disturbing and beautiful and evocative. Haunting.

DavidC said...
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DavidC said...

I love this movie. I totally could have gotten it too. The dancers the beginning, the headlights at the end. LOVE it. On a side note, I hated it the first time, but I "got" it the second time. The Club Silencio scene is one of my favorites of all time.

Peter said...

First one of these I knew, even without the final shot.

Noecito said...

I still shiver if I think about the homeless guy behind the diner!!

Carl Joseph Papa said...

mulholland dr!

Max said...

this was the first one i knew for sure: mulholland drive!

that jitterbug scene freaks me out. but what an incredible movie.

max

Glenn Dunks said...

I knew it from that opening shot.

Still the best movie of the decade, too.

Anonymous said...

To say that David Lynch's films are cohesive makes just as much sense as George Bush (i.e. none).