Mulholland drive cast2/11/2024 ![]() The Cowboy explains that heīelieves Diane's sad life is the result of a sad attitude. They think is in the best interests of Diane. In a malevolent way, the Cowboy and his ominous partners are only doing what So the woman/body on the bed doesn't have to see him in order for the pledge to be fulfilled, since Diane as the dreamer does. There is one point that could be added: Betty, Diane's dream persona is not present at the corral scene, so if the cowboy's pledge is made to Diane (as well as to Adam, to whom it surely must be), then it is made to her as the dreamer. As already mentioned, as we don't see the girl on the mattress see the Cowboy in his first visit to the bedroom either. One problem with this idea is that clearly with the body already decaying, she doesn't (literally) see him. The last one being him leaving the scene of the crime. So, counting Adam's party does that now make three? or zero sightings? Do you choose to think of the Cowboy corral scene as part of the dream and the bedroom scenes with the cowboy as the end of the dream? That would make two more visits. This explains the shot up mattress in the second view and more importantly the decomposing body. Is the cowboy coming into the Sierra Bonita bedroom one visit or two? I see it as two. On that same rationale, if we don't give Adam credit for seeing the cowboy when the dude is in his house, we can't give credit for the woman on the bed for seeing the Cowboy when her back is to him.Īs already mentioned, the words might not be for Adam but for anotherĬharacter or the dreamer. As he is in Adam's house, that would seem to be a visit in my book. Certainly, he could have met with Adam during or between other courses. I would suggest that there is a time lapse at the party where/when we see them (again) at the dessert course. Hence the Cowboy's mournful expression when he closes the Resulting in Camilla's and her own death. But Diane lets the obsession take control, Wisely (becoming the person she used to be), we wouldn't have seen theĬowboy this second time. Her that she personally did wrong. She had a choice and if she had chosen more Time - as a transition from her dream back to reality, which apparently Time the director would see the Cowboy, since he agreed to cooperate. Inĭiane's dream he turns into that girl's patron, strong-arming Adam to cast her into the "Sylvia North Story".īackward dream logic of Diane's fantasy, this would have been the one last While he doesn't fit into the party scene sheįictional construct in her mind to explain the reason he showed up for. Diane sees himĮye right after the blond girl walks out. House during the party at the end of the movie (flashback). You will see me two more times if you do bad." Girl, remarking " You will see me one more time if youĭo good. Misleading and menacing character (both for the audience and one of the film's Somewhat reminiscent of the Mystery Man in Lost Highway, who is a similarly Lynch's body of work, the character of the Cowboy in Mulholland Drive is In a certain light, the mayhem visited uponĪdam by the Cowboy and his ex-wife during the first 2 hours of Mulhollandĭrive can be seen as Diane's revenge fantasy against him. That it is this chain of events which makes Diane associate her negativeįeelings towards Adam (having taken Camilla away from her) with the shadowyįigure of the Cowboy, and turn him into Adam's fantastical tormentor during Separation from his wife, we see that Adam is now with Camilla and on theīrink of announcing their engagement, and we also spot the Cowboy as another That party, 3 important events occur in this respect: Adam speaks of his Result of Diane's experiences at the party in the second half of the film. Assumes the role that he does in the first 2 hours of Mulholland Drive as a
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