Perspectives - 5 Ways Mulholland Drive is Postmodern

Figure 1. Mullholland Dr. (2002)

1. Hyper reality - There is a sense of Hyper Reality within the movie, from the beginning how certain characters act and the events that go for example Betty herself seems a bit too happy and happy go lucky. In the actual reality though Betty is now Diane Selwyn who is the opposite to Betty in the Hyper real world, Betty was a version Diane wanted to be.

2. Non Linear - There is a start an an end to the movie but it doesn't Chronologically play out, it jumps between points and different character perspectives.

3. Genre - The movie exhibits aspects of Genres, the Crime genre where the police investigate the crash, the Italian mobsters also represent crime but the classic mafia genres, the Western genre is also present when we are met with the Cowboy.

4. Unreliable Narrator - Before the reveal of whats in the blue box the whole movie seems to lead the audience to believe the events were true when in fact they were made up by Diane Selwyn to mislead the audience. Betty was an altered version of Diane to help cope with her loss of Rita.

5. Surreal - The jumping of plot points can cause a surreal feeling to the audience as it's an unusual order of events that happen within the movie making the audience lose focus and have more questions about the movies events.

Illustrations:

Figure 1. - Mullholland Dr. 2002 - David Lynch - [Movie Poster]