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How does the Winkie's scene tie in?
posted by movie_naziSTAFFMOD on April 10, 2017 at 12:18 PM
The scene near the beginning where the man dies of a heart attack after seeing the man that lives behind the Winkie's. I completely forgot even though I have had it explained to me before. It's been a while.
Reply by 𝐒𝐚𝐦
on January 9, 2021 at 4:43 PM
I don't think he dies of a heart attack, only collapses from shock. I think it might've played a bigger role in the pilot than in the film but Lynch must've decided to keep it in. Considering the subject matter of Mulholland Dr. I'd guess it's there to add another layer to the dream/wake narrative, as the man who collapses recounts a dream he had which shortly thereafter comes true.
Reply by e3m88
on January 10, 2023 at 5:09 PM
He is Dane, another personality of Diane, the bum is all the ugly part of her she wishes doesn't exist.
Reply by movie_nazi
on January 10, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Dane or Dan? The cast list has the character named Dan.
Reply by bigcookietime
on January 21, 2023 at 11:11 PM
The way I see it, Diane Selwyn needs to"get rid of" Dan because she fears that he overheard her and the hitman plotting to kill Camilla Rhodes at Winkies in the scene shown near the end.