Why Mulholland Drive Breaks Everyone Who Watches It

We treat Mulholland Drive like a puzzle to be solved. We obsess over the blue box, the cowboy, and the monster behind the diner. But what if "solving" it is the trap? In this episode of The Lie Movies Taught Us, we stop trying to fix the dream and finally answer the phone call David Lynch has been screaming at us for decades. This video essay explores the censored truth of Mulholland Drive—not as a surreal mystery, but as a brutal documentary about what Hollywood does to identity. We dissect the contrast between Betty and Diane, the silence of Club Silencio, and how society misreads the film's warning about the toxic cult of fame. This is Mulholland Drive explained through the lens of psychological horror and lost identity. 0:00 The Dream We Can't Escape 2:45 The Lie About Betty 6:10 Don't Answer The Phone 9:30 Club Silencio Explained 12:15 The Truth About Diane Selwyn #MulhollandDrive #DavidLynch #VideoEssay #FilmAnalysis #ThePrism #PsychologicalHorror Get vidIQ to grow your channel faster! 🚀 https://vidiq.com/ThePrism