desert imagery

His films like 'L'Avventura' and 'Zabriskie Point' use vast, desolate landscapes including deserts as metaphors for human alienation and existential emptiness.

Lynch frequently employs desert settings in 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Inland Empire' to explore the surreal underbelly of American culture and psychological fragmentation.

His biblical and mythological epics, particularly 'Salò' and 'The Canterbury Tales,' use barren, sparse desert environments as backdrops for examining power, desire, and human degradation.