Continuity mistake: In the last shot of Adam beating the Castigliane brothers car with a golf club, we see a flock of birds fly from behind the car in a scare. It's impossible they've stayed there during the whole beating sequence and we don't see them land anywhere near the car during the sequence itself.
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: David Lynch
Starring: Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, Jeanne Bates, Dan Birnbaum
The first 3/4 of the film is just Naomi Watts' dream. The real life is the last 1/4, everyone in her dream (first 3/4) really exists but everyone has changed roles in her dream. Naomi Watts is Diane Selwyn. Laura Harring is Camilla Rhodes. Diane ordered a hit on Camilla because she was jealous of her success and her relationship with Adam. The hitman is the blonde-haired man and the bag of money was his payment. Diane's 'demons' attack her in real life and she shoots herself in the mouth, and the first 3/4 of the film is her dream before she dies. The body that they found on the bed in the dream world was her.
Dimitris Kleanthis
More mistakes in Mulholland Drive
Coco Lenoix: Honey, you're a good kid, but what you're telling me is a load of horse puckey. Even though it comes from a good place.
Question: Can somebody please explain to me everything that happened in Mulholland Drive? What is up with the bum behind the diner, the little people chasing Naomi Watts at the end, who is who, what is the key for? Ideally give a website reference which has a full answer, as a full answer will dominate this page.
Answer: Naomi Watts killed her lover, Laura Harring, rather than lose her to someone else. She felt such guilt, she created an alternate reality using everything and everyone she knew, to create a happy and peaceful world. But the real world was sneaking in and the key was to unlock her blocked memories.
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Answer: There is no one right answer. See http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,634856,00.html for some theories from movie critics.
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