trauma and memory loss

His films like Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire deconstruct memory and identity through fragmented narratives and surreal imagery that mirror traumatic amnesia.

Irreversible and Enter the Void use non-linear storytelling and visceral cinematography to explore how trauma fractures perception and memory.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things examine psychological trauma and dissociation through unsettling narratives that challenge linear understanding of reality.