identity and reality

His films blur the boundaries between dream and reality, creating narratives where identity becomes fragmented and indeterminate, particularly in works like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead.

He explores the emptiness behind modern identities and questions the nature of reality through alienation and existential uncertainty in films like Blow-Up and The Passenger.

His work examines how identity is constructed through family bonds and social roles, interrogating what makes us truly ourselves in films like Shoplifters and Nobody Knows.