Making Mulholland Drive was darker than the film itself

Mulholland Drive is considered by many to be David Lynch’s greatest film. But behind it, there’s a whole world of dreams—and disappointments. The truth is, Mulholland Drive actually started out as a promising TV project. But when it got rejected, things took a dark turn—and one of the cast members ended up literally out on the street.

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Lynch and TV
01:49 - The Pilot
03:20 - Discovering Talent
06:38 - A Lynch-Style Production
09:00 - The Rejection
10:38 - From TV to Film
11:18 - New Scenes
14:09 - Premiere
15:40 - Legacy

Mulholland Drive is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery art film written and directed by David Lynch; his tagline for the film is "a love story in the city of dreams". In the beginning, an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts) arrives in Los Angeles, where she befriends a woman (Laura Harring) who is suffering from amnesia after a car accident. It abruptly shifts later, with the actors taking on modified roles. The film follows several other vignettes and characters, including a Hollywood director (Justin Theroux) who must deal with mob interference while casting for his latest film.