You can’t go wrong with The Criterion Collection’s edition of David Lynch‘s Mulholland Dr., but if you want to see a newly restored edition, you’ll have to head the U.K. this spring. Ahead of Twin Peaks arriving in May, Studiocanal will be re-releasing the 21st century’s greatest film (at least according to critics) in theaters and they’ve debuted a new trailer.
This new preview is a perfectly dreamy, unsettling look at Lynch’s masterful creation, highlighting some of the film’s most iconic elements as the tone transitions from one of hope to utter darkness. We imagine this new restoration will eventually hit the in the U.S., but in the meantime, check out the trailer and poster below and explore how the film manipulated our expectations here.
Beautiful, bizarre and strangely addictive, the film begins as a botched hit which results in the meeting of brunette amnesiac Rita (Laura Harring – Love in the Time of Cholera) and blonde would-be Hollywood actress Betty (Naomi Watts – Birdman, 21 Grams). Taking the viewer on a memorable neo-noir trip through Hollywood’s dark underbelly, Lynch dispenses with a conventional narrative in favour of a hallucinogenic assault on the senses that will stay with you long after the credits roll.
Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
Mulholland Dr. returns to U.K. theaters on April 14.