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1. 1 On April 4th, 2009, jacques de beaufort said:

   brilliant

2. 2 On April 4th, 2010, chad said:

   I saw the Hollywood archetypes that you describe as I watched the film, but I also saw what appeared to be a film where the first three quarters were a dream/fantasy/hallucination and the last fourth being the actual real world. Diane/Betty fantasizes about a mysterious plot that casts someone else in a role she should have, when in reality the director simply favors or is having an affair with the Camilla/Rita character. All the other characters in the first 3/4 are seen or referenced in the last 1/4. I likened this to a dream-like narrative where the unconscious places people and events into roles and sequences that the conscious mind may not fully understand. This, to me is one of David Lynch’s specialties. He actually films the character’s unconscious activity. But cinematically he doesn’t fully reveal what he’s doing. There is no swirling screen effect plunging us down into a characters unconscious, or a hazy fog bringing us into another dimension. He uses POV shots and deafening sounds and silences instead, which are far more effective.

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