I finally rented this movie, and I just didn’t get it. Would someone please explain it to me? Was it a flash back in a flash forward? I am totaly confused.
Would it have killed you to do a search before starting a new thread?
OK, I will try, although someone else will be in shortly to give you the full story.
The movie is actually in 2 parts : before and after Pandora’s Box gets opened.
The part before is more or less a dream by the main character about her move to Hollywood and the start of her career.
The second part is the true story, about how she fell in love with the wrong woman and never made it as an actress.
In the end she kills herself.
That is the story in a nutshell.
For the complete story, try :
Basically
the main body of the movie was a fantasy version of events based on the real story that comes at the end.
This salon.com article does a good job of clarifying matters.
Or what Fiver said. 
I have now watched this movie three times… with the annotations, even. I have tried. I really have, but I am still convinced David Lynch is laughing all the way to the bank.
Of course the real meaning behind the film is…
Those chicks were totally doing it.
Note that that thread didn’t appear among Fiver’s search results (because of the incorrect title).
Nope, but I wouldn’t be snarky about it.
It all came together for me after the 4th or 5th viewing. Worth every minute as I got to hear Rebekah del Rio sing Crying (or Llorando in espanol).
Great CD by the way…http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rebekahdelrio/from/indiejournal
Sorry. inkleberry’s thread put me in a mood.