Tracing the thread…
His films explore how systemic failures and individual choices cascade into catastrophic consequences, from class collapse in Parasite to environmental disaster in Okja.
Werner Herzog GermanyHe obsessively documents humanity's hubris and the unintended destruction wrought by ambition, whether through documentary (Fitzcarraldo) or fiction (Aguirre, the Wrath of God).
Yorgos Lanthimos GreeceHis surreal narratives reveal how ordinary people's thoughtless actions and societal absurdities generate spiraling, irreversible harm in closed systems.