comeback tour

His films frequently explore characters attempting redemption and return to relevance, most notably in 'Raging Bull' and 'The Irishman' where aging protagonists confront their legacies.

Lynch examines cyclical returns and resurrections of identity in works like 'Twin Peaks: The Return' and 'Mulholland Drive,' where characters and narratives loop back transformed.

His films obsessively revisit moments of lost love and failed returns in works like '2046' and 'In the Mood for Love,' where characters long to recapture vanished connections.