MulhollandDr.-Theories
Thread:
Portions of the film explained
- (deli man)
Rita
and Betty are soul
wanderers
Camilla is DEAD! She died in the car accident at the beginning of the film.
She was supposed to get knocked off by the hitman driving the limo, but instead she was killed in the accident
("fucking car accident!" "who could have foreseen that, man?"). If she wasn't dead then she would not have been able to communicate with
Diane.
See, the "dream" sequences of the movie were not exactly dreams, they were real, to some extent.
Let me explain: there is a myth that when you die of un-natural causes, your soul wanders about this plane of existence for some time before you realized what has happened.
You become confused, per se (being a very spiritual person, chances are Lynch has heard and maybe
believes this myth). This is the case with Diane and Camilla. The whole film, they try and figure out who
"Rita" really is. When they finally find out the truth ("it is just a recording, it's all a tape"), they cry because they realize they are both dead.
A blue box appears out of nowhere in "Betty's" purse. The blue box is the truth, the exit.
When they open the blue box, they successfully exit this plane of existence because they realize the truth.
Aunt Ruth enters the room (Ruth is also dead) and finds that they are gone. Sequentially, this is where the movie ends.
Everything that occurs after this part in the film are the events that led up to the death of
Diane. - (deli man)
Camilla is murdered, but she doesn't know why. Before she can leave our earthly realm, she needs to find the truth for herself. In other words, she's finding closure.
That closure comes as she and Betty go to that theatre, Betty presents that blue box, which
Camilla has the key to. At this point, the look on Camilla's face seems to be that of understanding. When she returns to the apartment, she's prepared to release
herself... and turns the key. In life, Camilla was egocentric and she didn't consider how much in love Betty was with her. That was something she had to learn.
- (skinky_1999)