Absurda
Four people (never seen, but heard) enter a theater, expecting to see a film about dancing, but only see a large pair of scissors sticking out of the screen.She highlights the projectionist as a key figure whose words reshape the film’s characters, reflecting the broader theme of identity as influenced by external force, drawing parallels between Absurda and Lynch’s other works, such as Inland Empire, emphasizing recurring motifs like duality and transformation.Šekrst situates the short film within Lynch’s exploration of identity as dynamic and affected by external narratives.[4] Harris interprets the projectionist as a metaphor for the filmmaker, with the theater setting reinforcing the connection between cinematic storytelling and audience engagement.He notes the symbolic role of objects like the scissors and their integration into surrealist imagery, underscoring Lynch’s focus on the interplay between illusion and reality.