identity and memory loss

His fragmented narratives and dreamlike structures dissect how memory fractures identity, most viscerally in Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead.

He explores how memory distorts identity through nonlinear storytelling, particularly in Memento-like examinations of consciousness and self-deception.

His films gently interrogate how memory shapes family identity and selfhood, examining what remains when memories fade, as in After Life and Shoplifters.