CREDITS MULHOLLAND DRIVE, 2001 dir: David Lynch Naomi Watts Laura Harring Justin Theroux Ann Miller Patrick Fischler Robert Forster Lee Grant

“There's a man, in back of this place. He's the one who's doing it. I can see him through the wall. I can see his face. I hope that I will never see that face, ever, outside of a dream.”

Intended as the pilot for a TV series, a la Twin Peaks, and hurriedly wrapped up to become a feature film, this is still David Lynch at his nightmarish best.

Filmed around LA. Betty (Naomi Watts) arrives, with that charming old couple, at LAX. The courtyard apartment complex, presided over by Coco Lenoix (Ann Miller), in which Betty stays, is supposedly ‘1612 Havenhurst Drive’ in West Hollywood. That’s a fictitious address, of course, but the apartment is real enough. It's Il Borghese, 450 North Sycamore Avenue at Rosewood Avenue, south of Hollywood toward the upscale Hancock Park. Il Borghese also housed the apartments of radio vet Janeane Garofalo and model Uma Thurman in Michael Lehmann's romantic comedy The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

Mulholland Drive location: Coco's courtyard apartment: Il Borghese, North Sycamore, Hancock Park .

The motor accident, which causes Rita (Laura Harring) to lose her memory, occurs on Mulholland Drive itself, winding through the Hollywood Hills.

The hitman is seen at Pink’s, 709 North La Brea Avenue at Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, which has been, since 1939, the coolest hot dog stand in the universe. You may have to stand in line for upwards of half an hour to sample the legendary chili dogs, but there’s always a chance you’ll get to see one of the many Hollywood names who bolster their cred by turning up here. I found myself waiting behind the late Chris ‘Nice Guy Eddie’ Penn.

Mulholland Drive location: the office of 'Ryan Entertainment': Banks Huntley Building, Spring Street, downtown LA

The office of ‘Ryan Entertainment’, where director Adam Kersher (Justin Theroux) is instructed who must star in his film at a meeting with espresso-obsessed Castigliani brothers, is the Banks Huntley Building, 634 Spring Street. The silent brother is Angelo Badalmenti, the composer of the haunting jazzy scores of many of Lynch’s movies.

The exterior of ‘Club Silencio’ is the rear of the Palace Theatre, 630 South Broadway, downtown. The interior is the Tower Theatre, 802 South Broadway.

Mulholland Drive location: the body in the 'Sierra Bonita Apartment': 2900 Griffith Park Boulevard, Silverlake

The fictitious ‘Sierra Bonita’ apartment, in which Betty and Rita (Laura Harring) search for the mysterious Diane Selwyn and discover a body, is 2900 Griffith Park Boulevard, off St George Street, part of a cutesy cottage complex behind the ever-popular John Marshal High School, Silverlake (see Buffy The Vampire Slayer).

...down the steps, and...

‘Winkieís Diner’, where Dan (Patrick Fischler) dreams he sees the scary face behind the wall, isn’t on Sunset at all. You’ll find it way to the south of the city in Gardena.

...no, there's no-one there.

Itís Caesar’s, 1016 West El Segundo Boulevard at Vermont. If you want a coffee here, make it early. Caesar’s closes at 2pm. When I visited, it was closed and deserted. Ideal. Behind the restaurant, if you dare, are the steps and the wall. There was no-one behind it when I checked – but, who knows, you might get lucky.