An actress longing to be a star. A woman searching for herself. Both worlds will collide... on Mulholland Drive.
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
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Character
Prestige, grave, open-ended and contemplative.
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
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“Is the ambiguity a cop-out?”
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David Lynch's Mulholland Drive | LynchPins Ep 6
Maggie Mae Fish · Jul 2026
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Cast
- Naomi WattsBetty Elms / Diane Selwyn
- Laura HarringRita / Camilla Rhodes
- Justin TherouxAdam
- Ann MillerCoco
- Mark PellegrinoJoe
- Robert ForsterDetective McKnight
- Dan HedayaVincenzo Castigliane
- Angelo BadalamentiLuigi Castigliane
- Patrick FischlerDan
- Brent BriscoeDetective Domgaard
Crew
- David LynchDirector
- David LynchWriter
- Peter DemingDirector of Photography
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- Mary SweeneyEditor
- Alain SardeProducer
- Neal EdelsteinProducer
- Tony KrantzProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
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The Double 201474% alikeBoth prestige, open-ended, grave.
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True Detective 201470% alikeSeries · Both grave, contemplative, open-ended.
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