identity and memory loss

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead explore fractured identities and unreliable memories through surrealist narratives that blur reality and delusion.

His meditative works such as Mirror and Stalker examine memory, consciousness, and the fragmentation of self through philosophical and poetic visual storytelling.

Films like Memento and The Prestige directly confront identity loss and memory manipulation as central narrative and thematic elements.