I don't think that Lynch is "dream logic", but only because that would mean some impossibly complex web of allegories. He may be more intuitive (not having a set meaning for many of his scenes) than it is usually presumed, though.
Of course you are right that there can be many interpretations. I just use my own, which is centered on mostly conscious allegorical design, but it may not account for most of the stuff in his films. Yet symbols are obviously the core part. Projection is inevitable, at any rate - for example for me the "Inland Empire" is some part which is landlocked, away from every easy entrance point, and should refer to repressed memory (I assume of the abused slav heroine of that film). My suspicion was in general that the real heroine is that slav (prostitute?) shown in a few scenes, and then self-hypnotized by watching some american sitcom which stars the false heroine. But really, Lynch doesn't bother to make much clear, and imo this isn't a good idea, when done to this degree, cause you rely too much on goodwill of your audience.
Is it lore-friendly , what is it called ?
