The 2001 hit, Mullolland Drive played at my local art house film venue this weekend and unfortunately I missed it. Damn. The good news is, someone I know that’s also crazy about film let me borrow their copy, so I snuck away for 2.5 hours this weekend, opened some wine and re-visited this classic Lynch film.

Gods. I. Love. This. Film.

It’s not just the hot sex scene between my beloved, Naomi Watts and her amnesic lover, Laura Harring that’s well, fucking hot, or  the incredibly moving audition scene, which in my opionion probably launched Ms. Watts’ cinematic career…but it’s more, you see, it’s Lynch’s love for physics. Yes, physics. Let’s face it, David Lynch’s films are double-themed: psycho-noir thrillers runnning in a race with parallel universes. And hey, what’s not to love about that? Let’s not forget the music in his films is always amazing and I’m captivated to the point of film-noir obsessed with his characters. I didn’t use the term, beloved when describing the lovely Naomi above without good reason, folks. I love her. She is probably my favorite femal actor.

This week, one of my FB friends noted that this is the 20th anniversary for Lynche’s successful television series, Twin Peaks. It will come as no shock to you when I confess over my steaming cup of “black as midnight on a moonless night” coffee and a “slice of cherry pie” that I was one of the millions addicted to Twin Peaks those mere 20 years ago. I lived in Seattle while the show aired and in proper Dale Cooper form, I would try and locate the filming location: the falls, the deep woods, the actual town…it was all right there, but I could never actually find it. Upon retrospect I think Lynch could have been filming in another universe. No really. It makes perfect sense, doesn’t?

On that light note, have a great day skipping between universes, but beware of men wearing cowboy hats, midgets, missing ears, crazed-looking men, small, red velvet rooms…I’m just saying….

Neve Black