Skitzoid: Mulholland Drive directed by David Lynch is a fragmented skitzoid vision of the unconscious with a non linear narrative which does not have a clear idea of who's story is being told or who's head the viewer is in throughout the film:
Aleatory: Lynch's directorial vision for Mulholland Drive has random stories and scenes from different characters that are hard to make sense of and are intertwined with a bricolage for the Meta Narrative showing stories within stoires which makes the viewer question if everything is connected or not at all.
Pastiche: Mulholland drive is very pastiche in particular with Betty's view of Hollywood as being this magical world where dreams come true and stars are born, something that is often depicted in Hollywood in Cinema.
Hyper reality: Hyper reality is superabundant in Mulholland drive as its unclear who's reality is being told. It seems as though the main protagonist Betty is unable to decipher what is real and what is in her subconscious, or if her subconscious is bubbling to the surface and manifesting with her reality jilting her mind and skewing her perspective.
Lynch makes it clear to the viewer that Mulholland Drive is abstract and determining what the story means to the viewer is left up to interpretation. Parts of the film dictate that Lynch is telling the viewer that it is a movie and he makes it known, in particular when Diane and Betty are in the theatre a trumpet is heard but it doesn't show while the magician states its "all in your imagination". The question is why is the viewer shown this?
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