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Originally Posted by Antagon
Pretty much, yeah. The details or a specific set in stone meaning aren't really what Lynch movies are about. They're mostly about conveying themes and about how they make you feel in the moment. Beneath all the cryptic imagery and general Lynchisms lie some pretty universal and simple emotional beats, usually. One is best served interpreting his work on an emotional-sensory level rather than trying to pinpoint what each scene means exactly. At least that's been my experience. Glad you liked it. Blue Velvet and Lost Highway explore very similar themes.
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Watched in a cinema with a friend (he'd seen it before, I hadn't). Not quite as good as
Mulholland, as far as I'm concerned, but still a fun watch. Despite the weird shifting, the basic theming behind this seemed more straightforward to me - it's about paranoia, Fred/Pete as a possessive and jealous partner who fears losing what he has; my interpretation of the transformation was that it was a metaphorical way for him to try and renew himself as a less villainous self, but that he succumbs back to his own issues again. A fun watch, but unfortunately having a Marilyn Manson cameo in your film about sexual violence is pretty poorly aged. (And I was ripped off, The Perfect Drug is barely
in the movie!)