Abstract This article proposes a cognitive-narratological perspective on David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive (2001) and the numerous contrasting interpretations that this film has generated. Rather than offering an(other) interpretation of the film, we aim to investigate some of the reasons why Lynch’s highly complex narrative has gained a cult – if not classic – status in recent film history. To explain the striking variety of (often conflicting) interpretations and responses that the film has evoked, we analyse its complex narrative in terms of its cognitive effects. Our hypothesis is that part of Mulholland Drive’s attractiveness arises from a cognitive oscillation that the film allows between profoundly differing, but potentially equally valid interpretive framings of its enigmatic story: as a perplexing but enticing puzzle, sustained by (post-)classical cues in its narration, and as an art-cinematic experience that builds on elements from experimental, surrealist, or other film- and art-historical traditions. The urge to narrativize Mulholland Drive, we argue, is driven by a distinct cognitive hesitation between these conflicting arrays of meaning making. As such, the film has been trailblazing with regards to contemporary cinema, setting stage for the current trend of what critics and scholars have called complex cinema or puzzle films.

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去年在穆赫兰道（Mulholland Drive）：模棱两可的构架和构架的歧义

摘要本文提出了关于大卫·林奇（David Lynch）的《穆赫兰道》（Mulholland Drive）（2001）的认知叙事学观点，以及这部电影所产生的众多对比解释。我们不提供电影的（其他）解释，而是研究一些原因，使林奇的高度复杂的叙事在最近的电影历史中获得崇高的（甚至不是经典的）地位。为了解释影片引起的惊人的变化（通常是相互矛盾的），我们从认知效果的角度分析了其复杂的叙事。我们的假设是，《穆赫兰道》的吸引力之所以如此，是因为这部电影在其神秘故事的深刻不同但可能同样有效的解释框架之间产生了认知波动：这是一个困惑而诱人的难题，在叙述中受到（后）古典暗示的支持，并作为一种艺术电影体验，以实验，超现实主义或其他电影和艺术历史传统的元素为基础。我们认为，欲望化Mulholland Drive的冲动是由这些相互冲突的意义解释系列之间明显的认知犹豫所驱动的。因此，这部电影在当代电影领域一直处于领先地位，为评论家和学者称之为复杂电影或拼图电影的当前趋势奠定了基础。