🎬 David Lynch Discussion Night: Wild at Heart + Mulholland Drive

## 🎬 David Lynch Discussion Night: Wild at Heart + Mulholland Drive

(No screening — we already saw them in theaters. This meetup is just the conversation.)

We’ve done the big-screen experience. Now comes the part Lynch movies are made for: comparing notes, swapping theories, and realizing half the room saw a totally different film than you did.

• Wild at Heart — fever-dream romance, violence, Americana turned inside out
• Mulholland Drive — identity, desire, Hollywood as nightmare, and the logic of dreams

Whether you left the theater buzzing, confused, emotionally wrecked, or laughing at the wrong moment: you’re welcome.

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### 🗓️ Event details

🗓️ Sunday, Jan 11, 2026 - 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
📍 Central Library - Meeting Rooms - L4 North (492) Meeting Room
Bring: Your thoughts, notes, favorite scenes, and at least one “Wait… what did that mean?”

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### 🧠 Format for the night

• Quick hellos + “first reaction” round (1–2 minutes each, optional)
• Wild at Heart discussion (themes, moments, characters, vibe)
• Mulholland Drive discussion (interpretations + big turning points)
• Compare/contrast: what connects these two? what totally separates them?
• Wrap with: favorite scene, biggest question, best line (optional)

No pressure to speak a lot — listening is welcome. Multiple interpretations encouraged.

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### ⚠️ Spoiler note

Because we’re discussing both films in full, this meetup is open spoilers. If you haven’t seen one of them yet, you may want to watch first (or come anyway and hang for the vibes, just know spoilers will happen).

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### 💬 Discussion prompts (so nobody has to “start”)

Across both films:

• What feels “Lynch” here: sound, editing, humor, performance, symbols, mood?
• When did you stop trying to “solve” it and start feeling it? (Or vice versa.)
• What’s the role of music and silence in shaping the meaning?
• Where do you see tenderness hiding inside the menace?

Wild at Heart:

• Is this love story sincere, satirical, or both?
• How does Lynch use “Americana”, nostalgia, parody, or horror?
• What moments felt like myth/fairytale more than realism?

Mulholland Drive:

• Dream logic vs. plot logic: what matters more here?
• Identity: who changes, who performs, who disappears, and why?
• What scenes felt emotionally “true” even if you can’t explain them?

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