As humans we love to analyze and then categorize things based on their similarities and movies are no different, therefore grouping movies by genre gives us an expectation of what will be a film before being seen. Genres can be identified by the components of a film including setting, characters, and theme, so there are many different types of film genres. Mulholland Drive is not a typical film that can be placed in the main genres, so it falls into a subgenre class. The film has some characteristics of a black comedy with the casting of Billy Ray Cyrus, a very successful prodigy, and the scene where the director talks about the cowboy has a dark humor. Yet it also has the look of a horror film or a film noir if you focus on the lighting, but it doesn't show the standards of these genres. The film Mulholland Drive is a hybrid film that should be grouped under the psychological thriller category. Psychological film refers to issues of the human mind, whether based in reality or in the recesses of our subconscious. This film takes the viewer into the most obsessive and disturbing aspects of human nature through images and content. The protagonist, Betty, is innocent during her first scenes in the film. For example, she is naive when she finds Rita in her aunt's apartment and later when she and Rita find the large amount of money in her bag. He doesn't see the danger in the situation. She is more than happy to help Rita in any way, even if the neighbor warns her that things are going badly. Over the course of the film we see Betty transform from a girl who wants to be a famous actress into a bitter woman who realizes that Hollywood can be a dirty place. Because of its bitterness it has become......middle of paper......film written in a woman's voice while Donnie Darko represents the uncertainty of a suspense film with a male voice. On the other hand, Mulholland Drive is a female point of view written by a male voice which gives the effect of a psychological thriller. This allows the viewer to follow Betty and by seeing all her dreams we realize her psychological flaws which create her obsession with Rita, the lead actress. At the beginning of the film we see a hint of what is to come in the scene at Winkie's. It tells us that the film is portrayed in a dream state. From that moment we follow Betty's journey from the naive girl fascinated by Los Angeles to the psychotic, obsessed woman crushed by the film industry and the people who make films. The psychological thriller ends when Betty is haunted to death by the elders who encouraged her dreams.