adult anxiety

His films like 'Synecdoche, New York' and 'The Master' dissect existential dread, self-doubt, and the paralyzing anxiety of creative ambition and human connection.

Works such as 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' explore psychological unease, social isolation, and the anxiety of moral responsibility through surreal, unsettling narratives.

His dreamlike films like 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Eraserhead' evoke primal adult anxieties about identity, failure, and the unknowable through disorienting imagery and psychological horror.