# The 2001 movie Matt Damon wishes he was in: “Just blew me away”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-2001-movie-matt-damon-wishes-he-was-in-just-blew-me-away/
- Published: 2026-07-19T18:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T06:15:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-2001-movie-matt-damon-wishes-he-was-in/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Damon wishes he had appeared in Mulholland Drive.
- He said Lynch’s 2001 film “blew” him away.
- The neo-noir is widely regarded as a modern classic.

## Summary

Matt Damon has said he wishes he had appeared in David Lynch’s 2001 neo-noir film Mulholland Drive, describing it as a movie that “just blew me away”. The remark highlights his admiration for Lynch’s distinctive, dreamlike filmmaking and the enduring influence of a film widely regarded as one of the director’s strongest works.

Mulholland Drive stars Naomi Watts as an aspiring actor who befriends an amnesiac woman played by Laura Harring after a car crash in Los Angeles. Originally conceived as a television pilot before being completed as a feature film, it received major critical acclaim, earned Lynch an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, and has frequently featured highly in lists of the greatest films of the 21st century.

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