metafiction

His films like 'Adaptation' and 'Synecdoche, New York' explicitly deconstruct screenwriting and storytelling by making the creative process itself the central narrative.

His visual style in films like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' blurs the line between reality and constructed narrative through innovative filmmaking techniques.

His surrealist works like 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Twin Peaks' constantly interrogate the nature of film, memory, and constructed realities through fragmented storytelling.