Mulholland Drive (2001) 1080p Criterion BluRay x264 DTS-SARTRE + Extras

David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous netherworld of Hollywood. A beautiful woman (Laura Elena Harring) riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles from the wreck with a head wound, and in time makes her way into an apartment with no idea of where or who she is.

As it turns out, the apartment is home to an elderly woman who is out of town, and is allowing her niece Betty (Naomi Watts) to stay there; Betty is a small-town girl from Canada who wants to be an actress, and her aunt was able to arrange an audition with a film director for her. Betty befriends the injured woman, who begins calling herself "Rita" after seeing a poster of Rita Hayworth.

While Betty's audition impresses a casting agent, and she catches the eye of hotshot director Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux), Kesher's producers and moneymen insist with no small vehemence that he instead cast a woman named Camilla Rhodes. As Rita attempts to put the pieces of her life back together, she pulls the name Diane Selwyn from her memory; Rita thinks it could be her real name, but when she and Betty find a listing for Diane Selwyn and visit her apartment, they discover the latest victim of a mysterious killer who is eluding police detective Harry McKnight (Robert Forster). Rita's emotional identity soon takes a left turn, and it turns out that neither woman is quite who she once appeared to be.

David Lynch originally conceived Mulholland Drive as the pilot film for a television series; after the ABC television network rejected the pilot and declined to air it, the French production film StudioCanal took over the project, and Lynch reshot and re-edited the material into a theatrical feature. The resulting version of Mulholland Drive premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where David Lynch shared Best Director honors with Joel Coen.

STARS.........: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin TherouxDIRECTOR......: David LynchWRITERS.......: David LynchGENRE.........: Drama | Mystery | ThrillerRATING........: 8.0/10 226,759 votesMETASCORE.....: 81/100IMDB LINK.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/RUNTIME.......: 2h 27mnSIZE..........: 5.41GBVIDEO CODEC...: x264 (High@L4.0)RESOLUTION....: 1920x1036BITRATE.......: 4500 Kbps (3-Pass)FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fpsAUDIO.........: English DTS 5.1 768kbpsSOURCE........: Criterion Blu RaySUBTITLES.....: ENGCHAPTERS......: YesENCODED BY....: SartreENCODE DATE...: 2016-02-10

Extras

1) Trailer - Original theatrical trailer for Mulholland Drive. (2 min, 720p).

2) On-set Footage - In this archival featurette, director David Lynch, composer Angelo Badalamenti, and cast members comment on the ambiance of Mulholland Drive. The featurette also contains plenty of raw footage from the shooting of difrerent sequences from the film (with various instructions from David Lynch). (25 min, 720p).

3) Deleted Scene - Hollywood Police Station (3 min, 720p).

4) Interview - David Lynch and Naomi Watts - In this new video interview, David Lynch discusses the long and very difficult production history of Mulholland Drive, the beauty of Los Angeles and the mystique of Mulholland Dr., the success of his film, etc. Naomi Watts recalls how she was on the verge of giving up and going back to Australia when she auditioned for the film, her initial encounter with David Lynch, the shooting of various sequences, how her career changed dramatically after the screening of Mulholland Drive at the Cannes Film Festival, etc. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion. (27 min, 720p).

5) Interview - Laura Harring, Johanna Ray, Justin Theroux, and Naomi Watts - In this video program, casting director Johanna Ray discusses her professional relationship with David Lynch (which started with Blue Velvet), the casting choices that were made during the pre-production of Mulholland Drive (and how important head shots are for David Lynch), her interactions with Naomi Watts, etc. Justin Theroux and Naomi Watts also explain how they were cast for their respective roles and discuss David Lynch's directing methods. Laura Harring explains how various sequences from Mulholland Drive were shot (including the notorious lovemaking sequence), the film's screening at the Cannes Film Festival, etc. The interviews were conducted exclusively for Criterion. (36 min, 720p).

6) Interview - Angelo Badalamenti - In this new video interview, Angelo Badalamenti discusses his long and illustrious career, his professional relationship with David Lynch (with excellent comments about the scoring of Blue Velvet), and the iconic soundtrack for Mulholland Drive. The composer also discusses the various ideas David Lynch had for the film's final sound design (sound effects/tempo management/dynamics). The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion. (20 min, 720p).

7) Interview - Peter Deming and Jack Fisk - In this new program, production designer Jack Fisk talks about his friendship with David Lynch and the work they did together during the years, the different locations from Los Angeles that were used in Mulholland Drive, and the ambiance of the film (which comes from David Lynch's love for Los Angeles). Cinematographer Peter Deming explains in great detail how various sequences were shot (with some great comments about the one featuring Monty Montgomery's mysterious cowboy), the management of light and some of David Lynch stranger decisions, and the dual nature, moods and colors of Mulholland Drive. The interviews were conducted exclusively for Criterion. (23 min, 720p).