1970s americana

His films like Taxi Driver and Mean Streets capture the gritty urban underbelly and moral decay of 1970s America with unflinching authenticity.

Badlands and Days of Heaven explore the romanticized mythologies and spiritual emptiness of American landscapes and characters in the 1970s.

The Godfather films and The Conversation examine power, corruption, and the American Dream's darker realities during the 1970s era.