Escape and Evasion

His films obsessively explore wrongly accused protagonists fleeing from both law and danger, making escape a psychological and physical journey central to his narrative style.

His Westerns frequently depict characters escaping civilization, law, or their past into vast landscapes, examining freedom and evasion as fundamental to the American frontier myth.

His animated films consistently feature protagonists escaping oppressive systems and environments, using fantastical worlds as spaces to explore liberation and the courage required to evade control.