Approach To Narrative: Mulholand Drive: Double

Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive movies by David Lynch talking about women who survive from a car crash on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood Hills name assumes Rita, Rita has lost her memory and being helped by Betty, Betty is curious about history and background of Rita so it leads both characters to find the truth about Rita and the accident and who really Rita is. The use of double character is used in the narrative of Betty and Rita, Betty and Rita is had something in common to identify as double, first from the look and second is from their goal both Betty and Rita is having a dream to become a Hollywood star and other similar that make both characters get along with other very well. Another goal that Rita and Betty have together is both of them helping each other to find the truth and answer their question. The use of double is not very common in this trial of the movie but its more common use in a horror movie. The concept of double is not only used in western cinema but also in Asian cinema, for example, a horror film in 2007 called Alone. Alone is a Thai horror movie that talking about a woman that found herself haunted by the spirit of her dead conjoined twin sister. The use of double in this movie is quite a difference from Mulholland Drive due to the narrative of Mulholland Drive is both characters are chosen to be together and help each other, but the use of double in Alone is not very pleasant due to the narrative of Alone is one of the twins being haunted by her dead sister. Concept of double is a concept that can be use in many difference type of narrative and some time the use of concept didn’t mean that the character have to be the same on term of characteristic but it can be that both character can share something in common to each other such an interest. For example in The Last Samurai, the character of Captain Nathan Algren and Lord Katsumoto can be identified is double sue to both characters sharing the same interest and goal. Double is a concept that can be used forever in the film industry but it will be about in many narrative styles.